Has anyone put a long bed on a supercab?

[Lee in Texas]

I just got an '86 and I think I'd like to do this one day. I got the idea from a guy near Austin to put long beds on Dodge Megacabs.

 

[AllanD]

The frame must be extended both in front of and behind the axle.

OR the frame must be cut off behind the cab and the frame from a standard cab must be spliced on

 

[Insanejughead]

Yep, like AllanD said.


I hope you know that you also have to get a longer driveshaft, possibly have to modify your fuel tank filler neck and fuel lines, extend your brake lines, and maybe stretch the reach of your wires for tail and license plate lights.

 

[Kenneth S]

I have the mid section of an 88 extended cab frame, and drive shaft taking up valuable space in my back yard. I think it would be neat to just extend the front of the bed 2', and not the rear of the bed (they look strange to me when the bed is lengthened behind the rear tires)

 

[my94lightning]

Bumping a Old thread, since was the same as I was going to post.


Does anyone have a picture, Or could photoshop one?
wanting to see what it looks like at 2wd height.
mine is a 98, with 03 4x4 nose.


After searching the last 2 hours for pictures of a ext cab long bed, (yes I know ford didn't make one).

The only picture I saw was of a 80's model that someone built. not sure if it was a "stock" long bed or a longer stretched custom bed.

Anyways, I am seriously thinking about doing this to my ranger now that it got totaled (hit in the rear).

And yes, I actually have the connections and skills to do this.
But it has to "look real good" for that amount of effort.
my plan was to just buy a wrecked XL long bed, and graft the whole back of the frame with it. I think that would be the cleanest method IMO.

 

[UrbanRedneckKid]

Wouldn't it be easier to extend the back of the frame a foot then move the spring mounts back 6"...? Then all that would have to be done is drill the holes for the extra 2 rear bed bolts, drill 4 holes for the bumper bracket, wiring extension, filler neck, and drop on an OEM 7' bed.

The wiring would be self explanatory. The fuel neck might be tricky though.

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[PlumCrazy]

Like someone already mentioned... the OEM long beds have too much length behind the wheels to look right on a Supercab. IMO.

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[Lee in Texas]

Bumping a Old thread, since was the same as I was going to post.


Does anyone have a picture, Or could photoshop one?...

I have the project underway at a shop in central Texas. Mine is an '86, but check out my thread in Mini Trucks Under Construction. Grafting the back half of a longbed donor truck to the front half of my supercab. [/I]

 

[chvlfrk]

Fyi & fft>>>

Does anyone have a picture, Or could photoshop one?
wanting to see what it looks like at 2wd height.
mine is a 98, with 03 4x4 nose.

After searching the last 2 hours for pictures of a ext cab long bed, (yes I know ford didn't make one).

The only picture I saw was of a 80's model that someone built. not sure if it was a "stock" long bed or a longer stretched custom bed.

Anyways, I am seriously thinking about doing this to my ranger now that it got totaled (hit in the rear).

And yes, I actually have the connections and skills to do this.
But it has to "look real good" for that amount of effort.
my plan was to just buy a wrecked XL long bed, and graft the whole back of the frame with it. I think that would be the cleanest method IMO.

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I scrapped a 99 couple years ago and was gonna back-half it by removing the rear section of frame, I drilled out the 16 rivets and had removed it before I realized the cab was junk from bein rolled & mudded up to look good.
Since your Ranger is a 98, the frame is 2 piece, so you could drill out the 16 rivets holdin the rear section on, find a long bed box & frame section, and bolt it on. You may have to adjust it some, and get the drive shaft extended or a custom one built, but I think it would be fairly simple.

This is a 88 Supercab long bed I believe.......SWEET lookin rig!