Cab write up/progress, pic's
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Cab write up/progress, pic's
Well I picked up my cab for the swap. Pulled it off of a 1975 f 250 camper special long bed. It only took me a couple hours to disassemble the cab and have it ready to load in my truck. I think I got a pretty good deal at 300 dollars. The cab has almost zero rust. Here it is in the back of my F100. I'll keep you guys updated on progress.
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Im doing a cab swap. it seems super easy with no welding or body work involved. Plus it gives me piece of mind knowing that its all factory and not a Bondo bucket. So far this project is very fun. I got to tear apart a truck with no regard on breaking dash pieces and using my impact gun to rip of bolts lol. kinda felt like a kid again taking apart dads lawn mower. uploading pic's right now so I will show you guys how the cab looks.
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Ok so I bought some Eastwood rust encapsulateor and internal frame coating so I could really get a good seal on this cab and prevent future rust issues. I live in Southern CA, Desert climate so rust is very rare but again just for piece of mind. As you can see the cab is bare so I sanded all areas that even looked like rust then coated and then primed over the encapsulator. The door pillars and cab corners all got the frame coating in side them. The Eastwood frame coating comes with a 24 inch hose with a sprayer on the end of it so you can put in it areas that cant be reached any other way.
As you can see below I hit all the seams first with 2 coats and then went over the entire cab again so I have 3 coats now. I pressure washed the cab and all the seam sealer came off which was nice because moisture can sit under that stuff and cause rust
As you can see below I hit all the seams first with 2 coats and then went over the entire cab again so I have 3 coats now. I pressure washed the cab and all the seam sealer came off which was nice because moisture can sit under that stuff and cause rust
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She is just about done with sealer and primer. I decided not to paint the floor but I am going to dynomat it then carpet over that. Im also going to leave the entire inner cab flat black and then when I install my dash its going to look sweet because my dash is painted RED and its very nice.
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If you look at the dash you can see a speaker access panel. My other dash doesn't have this so I thought that was kinda cool. The other dash only has a grill but it cant be accessed from the top. That panel is going to be red also. Also I have a question for you guys.... This cab was off of an A/C equipped truck yet my truck does not have A/C so I need to make a cover for that huge hole. Should I just make a cardboard template then cut some sheet metal and seal it that way?
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Yes it is rattle can as you can see from the pics above. I ruff sanded the entire cab and then used an abrasive grinding wheel to take any surface rust and grime off. The cab was in really good shape so it really didnt need much prep work. There are a few dings but im going to let the paint shop take care of that.
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I might not weld it in because I might want to add an A/C unit one day or if I sale it someone else might want to.
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nice cab
9th pony build thread has some nice pics of a/c cover installed,he went with nastalgic air ac system therfore eliminating original engine a/c box,,,I might pic up some of the eastwood stuff with the long tube to get down deep into the cab,,,,