Just a thought

[RangerBoy94]

I found a 73 ford 250 4x4 highboy 390 4 speed granny first on craigslist for 900. My dad has a old 68 250 ranger camper special 2wd truck just sitting at our house. Here's the thing the 73 is missing the bed and my dad's 68 is completely straight not a single ding or dent in it. I know 73 was the first year of the slightly different body lines so I'd have to swap the bed, cab, fenders, pretty much everything which is ok cause I like the 67-72's body better. Is it worth swaping bodys out??? I'm assuming the body mounts are in the exact same locatation.

 

[nine-teen91stxranger]

yeah they are pretty close to the same, your only problem might be the fuel tank

 

[Vanner1993]

The fuel tanks are in the same location inside the cab, I'm not sure if the frame widths are the same tho.

 

[country0001]

73's tank was in between the frame rails. Just cut a hole in the bed for a filler neck or depending on your skills, go get a gas tank door for a 74 or later.

The frames are the same from 69 up. The 65-68 are essentially the same even tho they changed body styles in 67, they shared the same I beams and narrow drums as the original 65's . The 69's went to a wider drum and stuck with it til 72. The 73's went to disc and the fronts were a direct bolt in for the previous years.

Sorry to go off on a tangent, but the point is, that Ford doesnt like changing things when they don't have too.

They used the same back glass from 73 -96. Front glass from 67 -79. Just lil silly stuff.

 

[superdave1984]

Might be easier to do an engine/drivetrain swap and make your dad's truck a 4x4 than to swap the body. Just another thought.