Howdy. So after alot of looking around to replace the frame ( bent) on my 92 single cab LB CTD 4x4 I finally found a decent extended cab body and frame from a 1993 CTD only problem is its a 2wd....I currenty also have a 86' 4x4 gasser w250 frame but its the smaller 6" frame....
My dilema is do I keep the smaller weaker 86' frame and swap all my cummins and 1 ton stuff to that or do I do the extended cab 4x4 swap ? It looks pretty strait forward on doing the 4x4 swap as I have 2 4x4s to pull parts off of. I have never done a 4x4 swap on one of these truck frames before but it looks like the front spring perches can be removed by cutting the rivets out and then bolting them to the front of the 2wd frame and then the rear I would have to drill a hole in the frame for the rear spring mounts...
I'm leaning towards the extended cab 4x4 swap as it has the heavy frame ( i do haul heavy loads occasionally ) and the fact I just had a kid so the extended cab is what I'll need in the future.
I did do some forum searching and googling but maybe I'm not finding the right builds as all of what I have found seems like they went from 2wd to 4wd without much modifaction?