title is a 78...tha axles are going to to be spares for the assortment of 4wd f250's that I have ...sorry..I may have a rear d60 but the front is going into another trk

 

can you email me some more pics and a price i'm very insterested in the frame with title and cab as well as the spare cab. thankyou for your time. my email should be in my profile, again thankyou.'

 

just crush um, it will make mine more unique and valuable,

 

Funny but there are people who wouldn't think twice about crushing a crew cab.

 

i doulbt them people are on fte

 

Anyone put in new weatherstrip on the rear doors then have problems with them shutting?

 

Hey Guys and Gals,

Mark here from eastern Washington, I am currently in lurker stage . But I wanted to give the Forum my membership and support. I am currently in the market for an old Ford truck ( gave my hi-boy to my brother in law ) but she was in poor shape and deserved to spend the rest of her life in the woods where she belongs. Here is what I have in mind that I want in my truck but I think its going to be a needle in a hay stack search w/o some help from you guys.

I would love a 70's series Ford f-350, 4x4, quad cab, long bed, auto, factory a/c, cruise. Can I get tilt?

I know this is a long shot. Maybe have to piece this one together out of several rigs. I plan on making this my last truck purchase so I am going to get what I want.

Well I'm going to lurk for the next several months gathering info and getting ideas.


Ryker.


Just for any of you that are looking here is one in pdx. I don't have the 12k liquified or I would go look at her. 78 Ford truck F250 Crew Cab 4x4

 

The combo of 4x4, crew and longbed dont exist.... f350 4x4 only came in 79.. tilt and cruise are rare... sorry to stomp on your dreams
Like you said you can always piece together a truck

 

Alright Alex,

First of all I would like to thank you for your warm welcome and BURSTING MY BUBBLE lol j/k. Only in 79 huh that sucks.

Ryker.

 

Haha sorry! Btw welcome to fte. Lots of knowledgeable people here

 

I do like that crew, and welcome to the site. Its hard to find what your looking for and when you do, its probably gonna cost a bunch to get. Good luck!

 

I put weatherstrip on all four doors and didn't have any problems with the back ones...but the driver's door did have a bit of a problem. I just chalk it up to differences in each door's adjustments and it wasn't bad--just had to close the door a bit harder than the rest. Tried adjusting the striker but not sure it helped much.

The problem area was the front part of the door by footwell... I probably just glued the weatherstrip a little off.

 

They do exist, I have one in my back yard, its two frames welded together, but it exists.
It is rumored the factory made a few for special orders (utility companies) but I did not see if they were original frames or like mine, welded after the fact. It makes for a very big turning radius and hard to park.

 

Can you post the VIN#. I'd like to decode it and see if its listed and if there are any differences from the list I have. Are you the orginial ower?

 

I had a completely rusted out rear section too.

If you look at a standard cab, the rear section is exactly the same as the crew cabs. The difference being the center section used to stretch the crewcab.

I bought a donor standard cab, dog house and short bed for $500 off a '78 and took the pieces I needed. This rear section on the '78 even has the holes pre-punched for the body mounts for the narrower frame, just need to use hole saw to drill out the sheet metal over the top and plug up the wider holes I may just use body plugs and say forget it.

You have cut it to fit and trim it up and it is a ton of work. Probably 100+ spot welds but it can be done. Not for the faint of heart. Doing it over again I would say find an Oregon cab where my donor truck came from and it wont have anything more than surface rust.

The standard cab will have all the pieces you need including rockers for the front.

Some day I'll get around to posting my build pics for my cab haha.