2WD to 4X4
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2WD to 4X4
Hey y’all, new here to forgive me if this has already been answered a million times over, but I’m picking up a 1973 F250 2 wheeler project and was thinking to myself that at some point I should probably convert this to a 4X4 due to the awesome Canadian Snow I always get. Would something like a body swap be the lesser of 2 evils here? Or should I get a 4x4 frame and just mount it from there? What process would I be looking at? Time isn’t an issue I have more than enough of that on my hands. Thanks In advance, more detail the better!!
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Search this forum and 4x4 forums for conversion info. You will not get much support here until you post picks of the truck tore apart. There is a new thread about "How hard is it to covert a 2wd to 4wd" here about every week.
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Hey y’all, new here to forgive me if this has already been answered a million times over, but I’m picking up a 1973 F250 2 wheeler project and was thinking to myself that at some point I should probably convert this to a 4X4 due to the awesome Canadian Snow I always get. Would something like a body swap be the lesser of 2 evils here? Or should I get a 4x4 frame and just mount it from there? What process would I be looking at? Time isn’t an issue I have more than enough of that on my hands. Thanks In advance, more detail the better!!
Here is the link to mine.
It can definitely be done. Several different routes you can take. I went the coil sprung route. You may want to go leaf sprung depending on parts availability.
I bought a NP241DHD that I need to put behind the NP435 as soon as I make time.
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Best advice I can find from a fellow FTE member from years ago.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l#post14696887
Quick, fast and easy... get a 1979 F250 4wd running gear (with a good motor and trans/xfer case) AKA complete drive line and do a body swap. You can have a 4wd in a weekend.
Remember the title goes with the frame.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l#post14696887
Quick, fast and easy... get a 1979 F250 4wd running gear (with a good motor and trans/xfer case) AKA complete drive line and do a body swap. You can have a 4wd in a weekend.
Remember the title goes with the frame.
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