86 4x4 frame off resto-cab swap

[4x4b2]

sweet, what ablut the black and silver b2?

 

[Boggin]

dont know.. still trying to figure her out.. i hope to god i can keep it.. i might hide her away up behind the garage then fill her full of haulders so nobody will see it lol

 

[ozziemo27]

any updates?

 

[4x4b2]

im with himm above

 

[Boggin]

any updates?

No

 

[4x4b2]

that sucks

 

[Boggin]

gotta get the motor done in my 79 first then its back to the ranger

 

[4x4b2]

o ok cool

 

[Boggin]

yea. i knew all along i wasnt gonna be working at the ranger until shes done, then at the bronco. i gotta mix em up in between so i wont get tired of one of em

 

[ozziemo27]

yea. i knew all along i wasnt gonna be working at the ranger until shes done, then at the bronco. i gotta mix em up in between so i wont get tired of one of em

Its the ADHD.

 

[Boggin]

yes it is haha

today i found an old scrapped ford truck she was an 82 and the FORD letters on the hood just "fell off" and into my pocket as i was drivin by on dirtbike lol. and Copykat is making me some round light shrouds so once i get her running ill buy some round headlights and install the FORD hood letters.. just waiting for my motor mounts to come in to put the motor back in the 79 then get her running and bring the rangers in the shop and do the cab swap, i cant wait

 

[Boggin]

i found an old f350 down the road with a efi460 so im putting that in my 79 and taking the 351m out an puttin in the ranger someday lol

 

[4x4b2]

do you still have this project? or did it get scrapped?

 

[Boggin]

ok were moving in our other house next week finally, so then we will be in the same garden as these project trucks (already started moving the stuff over, aka rangers/parts) so to keep me form scrapping my 94 im gonna keep her fairly stock for a good DD and get back to work on this cab swap. i really wanna drive a truck that i can say i restored from the ground up lol

 

[Boggin]

hooked on to her tonight with my 94 ranger and dragged her out of the woods. she was pretty hard to drag i figured it was just cause i had her stashed out in the trees and sticks and holes and shit but after i dragged her out i forgot i had the drivers side d28 beam just sittin in there so she was draggin in all sorts kinky ways across the dirt cause where the rad arm was unbolted from the mount, i was pullin her backwards so that meant the front axle on her was being pulled towards the front of truck so the coil an everything was all out of the bucket an the drivers beam was holding up the chassis up in front of the engine crossmember lol so tomorrow when its light out ill rig it up a better way to drag her in the garage some better way and throw in the d35 and hook up the trans (swaping to 5spd) and drop the other cab on then i think im gonna have to put in the other 2.9 from the other truck too cause i think this one is low in compression from when i tried to turn her over first when i bought it she didnt make much of an effort.
so this is what year(s) she will be when done

chassis: 86
body: 88
axles: 92
trans/tcase: 89
motor: 88 (possibly)