70-95 body swap is on the road!

[70 ranger]

Well it`s been about three years and a lot of work but I insured it and have been cruising all weekend in the old bump! I won`t say that its done but it is driveable. I haven`t installed the air conditioning yet and I still have to finish off some wiring. Oh ya and it needs a wheel alignment... and the tim put on. But who cares I am cruisin! My picture files were to big to download so I will figure that out later.
I put some pictures on my photobucket link below.

[wt4speed#2]

[hazelnut]

[wt4speed#2]

glad we posted differnt pics

[hazelnut]

glad we posted differnt pics

[70 ranger]

Thanks guy's, I needed a little help!

[wt4speed#2]

it's easy just got to the photo on photobucket you want to share. hit the drop down and copy the img link and then paste it in the typing field in the thread you are posting in

[OldRedFord]

How far off were the body mounts? How much room on the sides of the engine?

[70 ranger]

How far off were the body mounts? How much room on the sides of the engine?

I put in new floor boards and cab mounts then drilled the holes where they needed to be, about 2" back and 3/4" wider. the rear cab mounts I drilled out new ones in the cab to fit the new frame. I used a 300 six motor so I had no width problems. I put the cab about 3/8" from touching the head then installed the rad support to check to see if I had eneuph room. I know this doesen't sound to scientific but it all worked great.

[ezernut9mm]

freeckin awesome. i like your firewall adapter plate for the wiring. good job mang/

[mk]

Ford did set the engine back a couple of inches starting in 80. We discovered this on my cousins truck when he did a 67 body swap on to a 95 2wd chassis.
Nice work; now I'm even more motivated to strip the 89 4x4 I've got and throw my extra 69 cab on...



mike

[tybob81]

Sweet swap and great ride!