Ext can on a single cab frame

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Jan 27, 2017 | 09:13 AM

Trent Potts

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Ext can on a single cab frame

Okay so I have a 86 f250 single cab 6.9 idi I wanna make it ext cab how would I accomplish that I would just swap into a 80-86 f250-350 but I can't even find a ext cab in my area easy for that year but I can find a ton of 87-94 ext trucks but I love the bull nose don't like any others lol if I was to swap a newer cab I would gut the interior except maybe if I have electric doors and use my dash n everything how would o make this work putting a ext on a single frame

Jan 27, 2017 | 09:52 AM

kramttocs

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Sounds like Abe Lincoln's Axe although struggling to follow exactly what you want in the end.
If it was me I would just broaden the search and find a 7th gen ext cab.

Jan 27, 2017 | 03:01 PM

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Welcome to your own thread.

Jan 27, 2017 | 07:08 PM

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You can't put a extended cab on a regular cab frame unless you use a body lift. The frame kicks up right after the cab, and there is a larger area before the kick-up on a extended cab frame. So unless you use a body lift to lift the extended cab up over the kick-up, it will hit the kick-up on the regular cab frame.

You could buy a later truck extended cab, and swap the 80-86 frontend onto the later truck. It would still be titled as a later truck, and have everything the later truck has except it would have the earlier grille and fenders. You can do it if you make some little brackets for the lower rear fender bolts, and you will have to do a little wiring for the different headlights, and you need to use your diesel radiator support if you want to use your diesel radiator.