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Sep 2, 2006 | 09:43 PM

towtruck1

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Cab swap

I want to change the cab on my 76 f350, the truck is a 4 speed but the 79 cab I'm planning on using is an auto. Is there a plate under the carpet I can remove for the shifter? I have changed cabs on trucks before, seems like I remember there being a plate on the trans hump, but not sure which make it was now. Thanks Tim

Sep 2, 2006 | 10:07 PM

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From: Salmon Arm

my 79 that was a four speed had a removable plate. but my 65 had the outline of a plate being there, but it was factory made as one piece. hope it helps

Sep 2, 2006 | 10:13 PM

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From: lino lakes, mn

yes there is a bolt on plate under the carpet you can use all the stuff out of your 75 cab pedal hanger steering, column. There is a slight differance in the bottom of the dash where the steering column mounts and you may have to use the piece out of the 75 cab. The pedal hanger mounts /master cylinder mounts are a little different but are easly adaptable been there done that

Sep 3, 2006 | 01:52 PM

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Be carefull. If your truck is a 4x4 and the cab you are looking at is not, the tunnels could be different and the new cab wont fit over the trans and trasfer case.

Sep 3, 2006 | 10:33 PM

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From: lino lakes, mn

thats why the plate is bolted in it comes out and you put the 4x4 one in all the floorpans are the same .

Sep 3, 2006 | 10:50 PM

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plowpusher is right. Also a 79 cab's rear mounts will need to be drilled for the 76 F350's crossmember mounts. Not hard to do, just be warned.

Sep 3, 2006 | 11:30 PM

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From: okc

most 2wd auto's dont have a bolted in pan, the grooves are there but it has to be cut out....i have a 2wd 76 F-150 auto that is that way, and a 78 F-250 4x4 with a cab from a 76 2wd auto, and neither one of them have a removable doghouse, the 78's original cab had the bolt in doghouse because it was a 4x4....now, some 2wds could have had it that way, Ford had so many combos that anything is really possible.....even if your cab dont have it ready, you can buy one of the covers from a salvage yard and cut the floor out of your truck, then drill some holes and bolt it in...i saved the one from my 78 cab for that exact reason....