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I'm buying another '86 F250 right now with an extra cab that I won't be using. I'll be able to take pictures of it at the end of the month if you'd like? It's in great shape, no rust. Willing to let it go for cheap because I won't be in need of it once I pull it off the frame, and trying to sell a cab outright isn't easy. Let me know if you're interested.
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I'm buying another '86 F250 right now with an extra cab that I won't be using. I'll be able to take pictures of it at the end of the month if you'd like? It's in great shape, no rust. Willing to let it go for cheap because I won't be in need of it once I pull it off the frame, and trying to sell a cab outright isn't easy. Let me know if you're interested.
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hkrisel, you should really tell us where you're located... ideally, you'll go to your User Control Panel and fill it out there so it'll show up in in the top-right corner of all your posts...
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Thanks for the reply. First, yes I'm interested but I'm new to the rebuild process; by "extra cab" do you mean "extended cab"? If so forget the rest of my questions; I need a regular cab. If it is a regular cab I have a few questions: 1) Where will the cab be located, 2) How can I be sure that your '86 3/4 ton will fit my '80 1/2 ton step side? 3) excluding any shipping what were you thinking about for price? Depending on its location, getting it to me won't be without cost
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Finding a decent cab is a pain in the neck; I feel your pain. Been looking for a nice one for my '80 for a year, and all the ones around here are ether junk, or they're priced WAY too high... And I absolutely refuse to find a nice truck and cut it up just for the cab.
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Make sure you guys get a clear title with these cabs. For instance if you got the 86 cab with a clear title, the easiest thing to do would be to put it on your 80 frame and go down and register it in your name as a 86 using the 86 VIN. Job done.
It can get sticky if you try to use your old 1980 f100 VIN. First off you need proof you legitimately got the spare cab, and you will need to give them the VIN off the new cab. It had better be clear. I have seen a lot of these "free" trucks have a lean on them, and they just "disappear" and the bank is wondering where they are at. They usually get parted out, but they never really go away unless you find a junkyard that will take the cab and not require a title and crush it, or you find a unsuspecting person like the original poster who buys the cab and then gets into a can of worms when he tries to register it.
Don't lower yourself into actually swapping the tags. That's what the thieves do and is why we have all this paperwork mess in the first place.
It can get sticky if you try to use your old 1980 f100 VIN. First off you need proof you legitimately got the spare cab, and you will need to give them the VIN off the new cab. It had better be clear. I have seen a lot of these "free" trucks have a lean on them, and they just "disappear" and the bank is wondering where they are at. They usually get parted out, but they never really go away unless you find a junkyard that will take the cab and not require a title and crush it, or you find a unsuspecting person like the original poster who buys the cab and then gets into a can of worms when he tries to register it.
Don't lower yourself into actually swapping the tags. That's what the thieves do and is why we have all this paperwork mess in the first place.
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Thanks for the reply. First, yes I'm interested but I'm new to the rebuild process; by "extra cab" do you mean "extended cab"? If so forget the rest of my questions; I need a regular cab. If it is a regular cab I have a few questions: 1) Where will the cab be located, 2) How can I be sure that your '86 3/4 ton will fit my '80 1/2 ton step side? 3) excluding any shipping what were you thinking about for price? Depending on its location, getting it to me won't be without cost
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