Crewcab Only Thread.
Junior User
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CrewCab swap help please
Hey folks, Does anyone have any info on swapping My 79 regular cab F250 4x4 for a 79 F? Crew cab 2 wheel drive. Both have 4 speed's/351m400's. I plan on unbolting front clip, junking both box's and using my dog house cover. Unbolt the master from the booster. I'm not sure If the Crew cab (4door) use's the same 4 bolting locations as the regular cab of the same year. I'm also not sure which wiring harness i should use, reg. cab's or the crew cab's. For the rear mounts i'll be able to get. I've just never done this before basically, and not by myself. Any help would be greatly appreciated !
thanks again.
bill
Sorry just saw the crew cab only thread.
thanks again.
bill
Sorry just saw the crew cab only thread.
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Joined: Nov 2007
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78 4x4 crew cab longbed conversion
I posted this question last night but im new to this and can't even find my own post to see if there was a reply. :-)
I have a 78 crew cab 4x4 with a beat up bed and want to put a long bed on it. The frame will need to be extended i'm sure. But where do you extend the frame. directly behind the cab or extend it at the rear and relocate the axle position via spring mounts moved back on the frame.
Any help would be great, thanks.
I have a 78 crew cab 4x4 with a beat up bed and want to put a long bed on it. The frame will need to be extended i'm sure. But where do you extend the frame. directly behind the cab or extend it at the rear and relocate the axle position via spring mounts moved back on the frame.
Any help would be great, thanks.
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From: in country near Boone, IA
Hey fellow crewcabbers - do any of you have a nice audio setup in your trucks? Where have you mounted speakers (front doors, B pillars, C pillars?) What types of speakers did you use? Where did you mount an amp and / or sub?
Any pics would be great to!
Thanks,
Eric
Any pics would be great to!
Thanks,
Eric
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johaner78...I have no sound system in my crewcab, it's bare bones...Sorry. Lostinfords...Appreciate the reply, that would be great if you could send any pitures that you have of how and where the frame was extended to...jeremy.nowak@q.com...Thanks
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Cargo Master
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Colorado Springs
i wouldnt cut holes in the pillars for speakers!! the body is so long that it flexes. you could see creases in the exterior skin after a while from the weakened inner pannel. plus, when you go to sell it, someone might get turned off by a hack job. speakers sound so much better when installed into a wood speaker box anyway! not to mention better protected.
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From: in country near Boone, IA
78_f800 - I know the cabs are long, but do you honestly think that by cutting a 6" hole inside the B pillar panel will cause the 2 1/2" wide panel on the outside of the truck between the doors to crease????? That cab / frame would have to be twisted like a pretzel for that to happen I would think.
I'm more particular about how I do things than what you know - the speakers would be nicely done, not like a lot of hack jobs I see in some of the trucks on this site.
My 96 ford has speakers inside the C pillar as well as the door speakers - they sound pretty good to me. Where would a guy mount wooden speaker boxes for these old crewcab trucks anyway? Hardly any place for an amp or sub let alone wooden speaker boxes that look nicely installed.
Don't want to sound like a jerk but just want to do this correctly and have a great sounding system when I'm done.
I'm more particular about how I do things than what you know - the speakers would be nicely done, not like a lot of hack jobs I see in some of the trucks on this site.
My 96 ford has speakers inside the C pillar as well as the door speakers - they sound pretty good to me. Where would a guy mount wooden speaker boxes for these old crewcab trucks anyway? Hardly any place for an amp or sub let alone wooden speaker boxes that look nicely installed.
Don't want to sound like a jerk but just want to do this correctly and have a great sounding system when I'm done.
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just got my first crew cab today. 1975, rebilt 460, looks like every thing is factory stock except motor same paint and interior will get some pics coming but will swap for disc brakes.very very little rust old guy had it. one owner
Cargo Master
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Colorado Springs
78_f800 - I know the cabs are long, but do you honestly think that by cutting a 6" hole inside the B pillar panel will cause the 2 1/2" wide panel on the outside of the truck between the doors to crease????? That cab / frame would have to be twisted like a pretzel for that to happen I would think.
I'm more particular about how I do things than what you know - the speakers would be nicely done, not like a lot of hack jobs I see in some of the trucks on this site.
My 96 ford has speakers inside the C pillar as well as the door speakers - they sound pretty good to me. Where would a guy mount wooden speaker boxes for these old crewcab trucks anyway? Hardly any place for an amp or sub let alone wooden speaker boxes that look nicely installed.
Don't want to sound like a jerk but just want to do this correctly and have a great sounding system when I'm done.
I'm more particular about how I do things than what you know - the speakers would be nicely done, not like a lot of hack jobs I see in some of the trucks on this site.
My 96 ford has speakers inside the C pillar as well as the door speakers - they sound pretty good to me. Where would a guy mount wooden speaker boxes for these old crewcab trucks anyway? Hardly any place for an amp or sub let alone wooden speaker boxes that look nicely installed.
Don't want to sound like a jerk but just want to do this correctly and have a great sounding system when I'm done.
Cargo Master
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 2,219
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From: Colorado Springs
am i the only person in las vegas with a pre-1980 crew cab????? i dont even see any old trucks around here anymore- what the heck is up with this town?? everyone has a tahoe and a prius out front this is LAME. common' red necks-move here already!!
