cab swap

[southern_yota]

does anyone know anything about swapping a cab from a '93 pickup onto an 85? my 85's about rusted out and i'd like to put on this 93 that i have. thanks for the help.

[Coreshot]

I am in the middle of doing one right now. Swapping a clean '87 Xtra cab in place of my beat up '88. I decided to attempt it without removing the front clip. It's kind of a PITA to get to the stuff on the firewall behind the engine, but way easier than pulling the engine.

[Coreshot]

Really, it's not as bad as it looks.:D Once everything is unbolted and unplugged, drill out the spot welds between the firewall and front clip. Your using a '93 on an older frame, so your front clip will not match up, but I'm pretty sure that everything on the frame should work out with the newer one.

[Oatmeal]

There's a truck for sale on Marlins website www.marlincrawler.com that's a later model xtra-cab on an early frame so, it's doable. Maybe give Marlin a call and ask him about it, he's a pretty nice guy:) ............Hans

[1985toyota]

hey kind off the subject.....But i am in love with the extended cabs im a taller guy about 6'2" and id love some extra room and i love how they look so my question is, If i happen to land on one can i mount it on my std cab frame? thanks guys

[Oatmeal]

Was over on the "other" board and someone was asking the same questions, Bud from www.budbuilt.com seemed to have alot of knowledge about cab swaps.........Hans

[southern_yota]

(so does "other"=pirate?) thanks man i really appreciate the info. how exactly did you get the old cab off and the new one on?

[fourwd1]

Originally posted by 1985toyota
hey kind off the subject.....But i am in love with the extended cabs im a taller guy about 6'2" and id love some extra room and i love how they look so my question is, If i happen to land on one can i mount it on my std cab frame? thanks guys

Yeah, but you'll have to move the rear cab mounts or weld in some new ones, and you'll have to bob the bed.

I have an 84 2WD std cab and short bed on my 83 4WD std cab long bed frame, so just about anything can be done.