Pickup cab to Bronco frame

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Jul 24, 2003 | 07:40 AM

lars915

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Pickup cab to Bronco frame

Has anyone done this swap? I'm replacing the body on my Bronco and am wondering how difficult it is to make a 70's or 80's pickup cab fit the 80's Bronco frame.

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Jul 24, 2003 | 07:51 AM

bigric

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Pickup cab to Bronco frame

If you could do this, what would you do for the rear of the vehicle? I'm curious.

Jul 24, 2003 | 10:22 AM

lars915

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Pickup cab to Bronco frame

This one's being built for extreme rock crawling, so it'll end up with a flat bed on it to carry a cooler, tools, and spares. The front fenders are going away, too.

Jul 24, 2003 | 04:59 PM

Kemicalburns

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Pickup cab to Bronco frame

i would think the front would at least match up. not sure about the rear body mounts for the truck cab. but those would be easy to add i would think

Jul 24, 2003 | 11:52 PM

steve83

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Pickup cab to Bronco frame

It should fit fine. I've seen a Ranger done that way, but not a fullsize. They cut the bed down to fit onto a B-II frame.

Jul 25, 2003 | 07:25 AM

lars915

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Pickup cab to Bronco frame

I've got an '81 F-250 cab on the way, guess I'll see how it goes.

The rear cab mounts are different, they attach inside the frame rails instead of outside. Looks like it should be a simple crossmember install.

Thanks for the replies!

Jul 29, 2003 | 11:21 PM

wild4wd

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Pickup cab to Bronco frame

ive got a buddy who has a 78 bronco half cab now..now a truck or bronco if you call it was did and perfectly did by a junk yard called franks placein virginia yhey did 3 of them red,yellow and white one...now looking at it inside and out i would say they cut the roof at the windshield post...then back of cab behind seat so it would fit in bed of bronco i can see mig weldin around bottom and sides of cab or bulk head as they called it in the 66&77 broncos.. iwould say card board template and time you could do the same .i should have taking some pictures its a cool rig..but they left bronco tail gate on it......mmmmmmmmm i could have did better it i had gone though that much trouble.hope this helps