Frame Swap - '95 Frame to '03 Body
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Frame Swap - '95 Frame to '03 Body
Not sure if this fitsin the Fabrication Forum but guessing it is a close fit.
I have read a lot of post but I am still in the air on deciding on an early frame to fit my 03 body.
The question is and to someone that either has done it or KNOWS… will an ‘03 Reg Cab and Bed fit a ’95 Chassis/Frame ?
My thoughts and ideas: '95 Frames have a SAS Kit from Duff’s,'03 Frames do not.
The early frame may even be made of a better steel than the newer ones. (less of them rusting out).
I want to buy a ’95 Frame, add on Duff’s SAS 5” Lift Kit along with a D44/31 spline 8.8, add in the V-8, then swap the Cabs and Bed.
I know there is work in swapping the cab, maybe more than putting the V-8 in the 03 but I will not be using the 03 Computer.
There is a reason for not using the 03 Computer and engine wiring but I will not get into that here.
So I go back to my question, can I change the body of my 2003 over to a 1995 Frame ?
Thanks for any and all information on this.
Got an Engine (I built it called a Long Rod 302/5.0L), I have a the trans non-Ford and T/C - non-Ford, got the axles too; just need the SAS/Lift Parts stuff and engine adapter/headers for the 95 frame, oh ya a frame to put it all on...
I have read a lot of post but I am still in the air on deciding on an early frame to fit my 03 body.
The question is and to someone that either has done it or KNOWS… will an ‘03 Reg Cab and Bed fit a ’95 Chassis/Frame ?
My thoughts and ideas: '95 Frames have a SAS Kit from Duff’s,'03 Frames do not.
The early frame may even be made of a better steel than the newer ones. (less of them rusting out).
I want to buy a ’95 Frame, add on Duff’s SAS 5” Lift Kit along with a D44/31 spline 8.8, add in the V-8, then swap the Cabs and Bed.
I know there is work in swapping the cab, maybe more than putting the V-8 in the 03 but I will not be using the 03 Computer.
There is a reason for not using the 03 Computer and engine wiring but I will not get into that here.
So I go back to my question, can I change the body of my 2003 over to a 1995 Frame ?
Thanks for any and all information on this.
Got an Engine (I built it called a Long Rod 302/5.0L), I have a the trans non-Ford and T/C - non-Ford, got the axles too; just need the SAS/Lift Parts stuff and engine adapter/headers for the 95 frame, oh ya a frame to put it all on...
Last edited by Scrambler82; 08-11-2012 at 04:42 AM.
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Just thinking on alternatives to the emissions laws here in MA and there are more parts available for the older frames than the newer ones.
Duff's has all of the parts needed to SAS a 95 frame but not an 03.
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I didn’t think of the Cab length change and how that would reflect in the frame, another idea out the window.
Thanks for the comments.
Last edited by Scrambler82; 08-12-2012 at 05:42 AM.
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Been thinking on this, using the existing frame is easier but the rusting problems on these frames make me a little leery.
Yes P.C. it would take a while like everything else I do, a long time deciding and a long time getting parts and a long time getting it done.
No racing me, I am in SLOW MODE, no rushing anything anymore.
I got my mirrors, need to get them on and the power in the door, then the Audio stuff.
Too many project for the truck and the House/Yard, maybe if I cloned Pedro.
Yes P.C. it would take a while like everything else I do, a long time deciding and a long time getting parts and a long time getting it done.
No racing me, I am in SLOW MODE, no rushing anything anymore.
I got my mirrors, need to get them on and the power in the door, then the Audio stuff.
Too many project for the truck and the House/Yard, maybe if I cloned Pedro.
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