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I've had my 74 crew cab since 2014. Its a little rough around the edges and has 1not ran for quite some time. Last registered 1999. It is a 2wd long bed, I believe it was bought at auction after serving its time at a power company before "retiring" as a ranch pickup. As with most ranch rigs the bed is M.I.A., and it has some battle scars but overall is in good shape even for my level of skill concerning body work. The wife and I have trailered this thing all over through several moves and towed for a few as well. Over the years I've thought through many different ways of getting a front axle and t case under this, even considered sacrificing my beloved 74 high boy. But that's not going to happen. Over the next few weeks (hopefully) I will pull the cab off of my 1990 F250 7.3 idi 4x4 5 speed and let the games begin. So many just say to cummins swap it and if the idi goes then that may be an option but I don't think that the ol oil burner is giving up any time soon. I love the idi but the body style is (in my opion) not appealing and it's also in rough shape cosmetically. The Windows are finicky, the doors don't lock or seal, and they don't always like to stay shut. So...it's going to happen. 74 crew cab on 90 ext cab frame. Ol trusty The 74 Towed by the hardest working half ton in the county
Had the 74 stored at the in laws until yesterday. Went out for a visit and winched her on. Got home late last night and hit it this morning. Gutted the interior and evicted the mice. They had made it a nice home for themselves and it was nasty. Tore out all the old heater vents, seats, flooring, gas tank everything and cleaned it up. I will need new steel in the front on both sides but other than than and filling in the old filler cap inside is not bad. The rust has advanced fast on the bottom of the doors and the cab corners, I need new quarter panels it seems at some point someone hit something sturdy enough to wrinkle both and some patching on the cab corners.
so, even though I had plenty other fires to put out, I got everything ready to pull the cab while it was on the trailer. Then rolled it off and off goes the cab. I got it done a lot faster than I thought, but I made quite a mess so I'll spend the rest of the evening cleaning that up. Then I go back to work tomorrow so no progress for at least a week.
Having a tractor to lift off the cab and front clip sure makes things go faster. Your first day's worth of progress is pretty good. Looking forward to seeing this as you go along.
That old tractor has been a lifesaver on many occasions. Im generally working by myself (with the exception of the little ones) and it makes it where I can do that easily for the most part.
Well unfortunately there is no new progress. Doing a blown 6.5 diesel to 350 tbi swap I plan to use for a welding rig between my dad and I. Of course it's going slower than planned and I'm waiting for parts. I can't wait to get this thing out of the shop so I can get to work on something enjoyable. It will be nice to have a welding rig all set up though.
I haven't gotten very far along but I did some work done on the seats. After finding how pricy new foam is I took them to the car wash a few days ago to get them cleaned up as much as I could. Today I cut off the vinyl that was cracked and curled up, glued pieces of foam in where it needed to be built back up, and recovered with gorilla tape. The thought is kind of embarrassing but after a set of seat covers I think they'll do their job just fine and both seats will be done for well under $100. I got one All the way done then ran out of tape on the second one. Used 2 rolls of gorilla tape so far (probably need 2 more), 1 piece of 2"x15"x17" foam and some fabric glue from a craft store. Also got some time in on the Chevy, engine is just about ready to move into its new home. Rear seat Front seat Finished rear seat Impressive glue. Stuck to the foam well and dried fast
Nothing extraordinary but I did get a couple hours in today. Let the 7.3 run for a while then pulled it over in front of the shop and started prepping to pull the cab. I'm trying to save and use as much of the factory harness as I can so it's slow going. Everything I will not be using I plan to pull all the way to the fuse box so I have no ghosts to chase later on.
Finished stripping all the wiring from the cab this morning along with everything else I plan to utilize with the crew cab.I left everything from the engine bay hooked up that I could hoping it would save me some time, not sure if it did or not. Then for the best part, got the cab pulled of the I.D.I. today too! The kids helped a bit on the prep work and the wife helped zap out the rear cab bolts that the mounts spun out on and spotted for me when I pulled the cab off. Made for a good day. Excited to see if I can get a few hours in on it tomorrow before I have to go back to work. Engine bay almost ready Almost stripped cab Parts shelf/scrap bin Farewell ol red. Always under appreciated, never forgotten
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