Cab swapping
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Cab swapping
Hey fellas,
I'm looking to do a cab swap...1965 body onto an 87-91 F350 4x4 pickup chassis. I NEED my beloved 65 back! Sorry, but these square trucks don't do much for me, I only drive it because I LOVE the engine.
Last winter I read a thread about someone trying to install a 65 cab onto an 86 and they had fitment problems. Wheels were sitting too deep in the fenders I think.
I've also read a thread in the 73-79 section where a guy put a 70's crew cab body onto a '97 Superduty chassis, and it looks great.
I think I'm gonna try this cab swap. I was going to bolt my 65 cab onto a 78/79 chassis and stuff my IDI in there. But I'm a newbie with a welder, so I'll try my luck at welding body mounts rather than pay a welder to do new engine mounts. New cab mounts and radiator mounts and give myself a 2 or 3" body lift to fit a bigger downpipe. Kill a few birds with the same stone.
I know this thread isn't exactly relevant to the IDI engine, and I apologize, but it was in this forum that I read about the cab swap. I remember it was actually a guy in the midwest, and they had abandoned the project many years ago.
Thanks fellas!
I'm looking to do a cab swap...1965 body onto an 87-91 F350 4x4 pickup chassis. I NEED my beloved 65 back! Sorry, but these square trucks don't do much for me, I only drive it because I LOVE the engine.
Last winter I read a thread about someone trying to install a 65 cab onto an 86 and they had fitment problems. Wheels were sitting too deep in the fenders I think.
I've also read a thread in the 73-79 section where a guy put a 70's crew cab body onto a '97 Superduty chassis, and it looks great.
I think I'm gonna try this cab swap. I was going to bolt my 65 cab onto a 78/79 chassis and stuff my IDI in there. But I'm a newbie with a welder, so I'll try my luck at welding body mounts rather than pay a welder to do new engine mounts. New cab mounts and radiator mounts and give myself a 2 or 3" body lift to fit a bigger downpipe. Kill a few birds with the same stone.
I know this thread isn't exactly relevant to the IDI engine, and I apologize, but it was in this forum that I read about the cab swap. I remember it was actually a guy in the midwest, and they had abandoned the project many years ago.
Thanks fellas!
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What I would try for this would be as follows, if you can leave the front clip attached (not sure if that's possible with that year or not.) I would build some sort of hoist so that you can lower the whole thing slowly over the newer drive train and watch as you go for fitting issues. If you can have it sitting level and get it into a position that will work, then you can measure up, make marks, take pictures etc, and start figuring out body mounts, linkages for shifters, wiring issues, etc, etc,
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Great idea keeping the front clip bolted up. Lowering the entire assembly would really help visually placing the mounts.
I think I've read that the radiator core support is going to need some major tweaking, so I'm thinking/hoping a 3" or so body lift would cut down on core support modifications, and would help that downpipe fit in there. Even though I don't even have a turbo right now, NOW is the time to make the body lift!
Here's that 79 crew I was talking about, https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...-96-frame.html
I think I've read that the radiator core support is going to need some major tweaking, so I'm thinking/hoping a 3" or so body lift would cut down on core support modifications, and would help that downpipe fit in there. Even though I don't even have a turbo right now, NOW is the time to make the body lift!
Here's that 79 crew I was talking about, https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...-96-frame.html
