Calling all CENTURIONS
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i have personally seen 2 f150 crew cab longbed trucks that were 2wd xlt models. 1 in cleveland ohio and 1 in hendersonville nc. just plain ford built trucks. no custom anything from an aftermarket company. why would anyone take a short bed regular cab, cut and modify it at a custom shop when you could buy it from the factory and have no integrity issues? just wondering. seems pretty crazy. so if the frame was cut and welded, what did they do to the cab? cut and weld or just put a crew cab on it and change the vin? just wondering. please shed some light. oren
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The reason that this "seems pretty crazy" to have aftermarket companies cut and modify existing trucks is because they were filling a need in the market that the manufacturer wasn't willing to fill (yet).
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Yeah it does seem stupid of centurion to cut and lengethen the cab to make a crew cab, they could of just bought one from ford, the frame is a complete other issue
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they were the 92-96 model. i believe the one i saw in nc was a 95. some ford freak told me 1 time that the front i beams were all the same from 150-350. they only changed the rotors and such. is this true? i have also seen plenty of 250 and 350 crew cab short beds out there running around both 2wd and 4wd. still say it's weird. how much was a centurion custom back in the day, average? why would someone pay $30k or more for a cut and welded 150 when they could get a 250 cheaper and have it be safer. oren
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They beefed up the frame where they cut and extended it. They reinforced it pretty well. And back when they did this there were no crew cab half ton trucks. Not everybody wants a 3/4 ton or 1 ton truck. Judging by how it looks I would say the frame is atleast as strong as before if not even stronger now. Michael
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They beefed up the frame where they cut and extended it. They reinforced it pretty well. And back when they did this there were no crew cab half ton trucks. Not everybody wants a 3/4 ton or 1 ton truck. Judging by how it looks I would say the frame is atleast as strong as before if not even stronger now. Michael
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Yeah it does seem stupid of centurion to cut and lengethen the cab to make a crew cab, they could of just bought one from ford, the frame is a complete other issue
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Yeah. Wish i had a lil more space. I would have that truck. But i would make it into a 4 door lightning
Brain fart on my part.....It's the larger trucks that are hit or miss for MAF vs. SD in that time period. Thanks for the reality check!