got to work on the 67 today 5-6-10 flat bed put on

[SteveC]

got the front end taken apart


unhooked every thing and raised the hoist






pulled the engine and ready to install tomorrow . ... 11-12-09







and while i had a bit of down time i installed the new front shocks on the 74 frame.
i put rancho 5000's on them

[flyboy71]

You suck! Seriously, thats prety cool having the lift to pull the cab. I almost wish I had that to store mine and still work on the truck. Lookin good!

[rjewkes]

Yup we did that with the crew, but like a ding dong i still have yet to take the camera over with me.

[67mann]

You cheater thats just wrong for us little guys with less than ample work sites

What are your plans for the cab----she looks pretty(compared to what I re-vived)healthy

[SteveC]

ive done a cab the hard way... with a chain hoist i plan on setting the cab down on my 74 4x4.

I need to remember the camera though i may not be able to work on it to much next week since im gonna be rebuilding a auto tranny from a dodge pickup so i dunno.

[SteveC]

ok i got the cab set down on the 4x4 frame and bolted down. Im ready to put the fenders back on and get ready to button it up.

cab set down and such








couple random shots




btw this is the difference in box to cab spacing that other people that have done this swap are talking about

[SteveC]

well its been a bit since i updated and so here we go

this was thursday night

i had started it up and ran it








this was from today(friday) the trucks is done....!!! well sorta i gotta pull the transfer case and reseal it and i am gonna have to replace the steering box cause it has a LOT of play in it and its adjusted as far as it can go.

I took it for a test drive and other than the wandering every were above 40mph it drove beautifully,

[Fordnatic]

Why the mismatched bed? Looks like the matching one was in better shape.

[SteveC]

Well the reason for the miss matched bed is that since I put the truck onto a 74 frame the bed holes of my old truck don't line up. I didn't want to redrill my bed so I left this one on there till I get a chance to put my welding skills to use and make a flat bed for this truck. So while it looks sorta ugly I'm gonna use it for right now since its gosh awful cold here for me to be out side laying on my back welding .

[robroy]

Hey Steve! Your latest photos look truly fantastic. Your truck looks like it has an ideal stance! Have there been any big surprises so far while driving it?

Robroy

[SteveC]

it shifts a lot better than it use to.
the clutch isn't as hard to push( odd since its that same clutch)

and the wandering due to the steering box being loose as all get out... this one makes it so i cant really take it out for a long test run

[rjewkes]

wait i thought the 67-77.5 4x4 frame was the same width all the way back. and so until 77.5 the 74-77.5 beds had thier bolts go through the same spot as the 67-72 trucks did.

[SteveC]

that would be the f250s only the f100s changed. plus this one has the rear aft gas tank so that plus it measured it think 37.5 ish side to side in the back instead of 34

[ForingaMex]

Looking good. If it was mine I would put the matching box back on. Just my prefference.
I have one question though. I knew (from what I've learned on this forum) that the dents have a longer wheelbase than the bumps. I alwas thought/assumed that the box on the dents would be longer thus making up for the longer wheelbase but you changed the cab and you have the gap between the box and cab. So here is the question. Is the cab longer on the dents compared to the bumps and not the box?
Jake

[SteveC]

i do beleive so that the cabs are just a little bit longer.. but i never actually measured it to be certain