Found a 1978 D150 LWB rolling frame in Fort Worth recently. Drove down there and hauled it home. My thoughts had been doing the front frame graft of the disc-brake/power steering-equipped '78 to the back half of my '68 D100. Tried looking with "search" but it wasn't much help. So, has anyone ever taken a complete Sweptline body and swapped it to a '72 - '93 Dodge frame??? I know I've read about such a swap a few years back, but can't find the thread. The '78 frame is pretty nice! It's a 4x2, with pdb, ps, and a 9-1/4" Sure-Grip axle. The e-brake front cable was cut when the truck was parted out. Other than that, all of the attachments; such as brake lines, fuel lines and much of the chassis wiring is present and undamaged.
So, any ideas or direct knowledge about such a build?
Swap a Swepty body to a Lifestyle frame???
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Swap a Swepty body to a Lifestyle frame???
[b]Patrick - 1969 D300 cab & chassis[/b]
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Re: Swap a Swepty body to a Lifestyle frame???
I always wondered why you couldn't (bed wise) since they used the same Utiline beds (virrtually?)
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Re: Swap a Swepty body to a Lifestyle frame???
Here is some info.
http://sweptline.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... swap+donor
The pictures here show how the cab and bed sit on an unmodified donor frame. They won't line up without modification.
http://sweptline.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... it=project
http://sweptline.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... swap+donor
The pictures here show how the cab and bed sit on an unmodified donor frame. They won't line up without modification.
http://sweptline.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... it=project
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Re: Swap a Swepty body to a Lifestyle frame???
I'm in the process of doing that swap. Check out my thread.
viewtopic.php?f=34&t=41000
viewtopic.php?f=34&t=41000