supercab swap
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supercab swap
I know it can be done, but has anyone swapped a supercab onto a reg. cab with 8 foot bed frame? If anyone has done this what kind of problems did you run into? Do i need to put a small body lift in it so it will clear the frame? I'm not worried about the bed. I have the doner supercab, its a 78 F100 2wd and the frame its going on is a 77.5 F250 4x4.
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Jeff
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Jeff
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supercab swap
If you going to do this your going to have to lengthen the frame between the front and rear cab mounts. probably not a good Idea if your not a fairly good welder/fabricator.
I'm guessingthat you're thinking you can just swap the supercab onto a regular cab longbed frame, then use a short box, to get the correct legth. This is not possible because on regular cab truck the frame rails kick-up a few inches right behind the cab.
John,
GM writes my paycheck but all I drive is FORDS
I'm guessingthat you're thinking you can just swap the supercab onto a regular cab longbed frame, then use a short box, to get the correct legth. This is not possible because on regular cab truck the frame rails kick-up a few inches right behind the cab.
John,
GM writes my paycheck but all I drive is FORDS
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I've done it twice. One to fit a super on a standard. And one to fit a super and a 10' utility on a standard. I'm a prof. welder and fabricator/fitter.
Trust me. If you don't know exactly what you're doing, you will have big problems. Everything has to be dead-on-*****. If not,
your truck will not only look crooked, it will drive crooked and you'll never keep tires on any corner of it.
But...it can be done.
Trust me. If you don't know exactly what you're doing, you will have big problems. Everything has to be dead-on-*****. If not,
your truck will not only look crooked, it will drive crooked and you'll never keep tires on any corner of it.
But...it can be done.
