Swapped89 party bus picture update

[91 ex-cab]

 I can't wait to see the new cab on there 

why didint you just put new fenders on it and call it good  

I thought the same thing until he pulled off that bed and I saw how flopped up that cab really was.

[83 Crawler]

ya true i didnt see that. now you kinda have to redo your cage

[swapped89]

ya true i didnt see that. now you kinda have to redo your cage

Ya I'll build a new cage. Now that I've had practice this next one will be sicky I'm 99% sure I'll have the cab ready for lift off tonight. But I won't have the man power till tomorrow. Unless I get a wild hair up my ass and figure out a way to do it with three people.

[swapped89]

If I don't get it off tonight I may need the help of the browns camp brawlers

[mattlosch]

Let us know well come help buddy

[swapped89]

Let us know well come help buddy

Thanks man, but the wild hair gave me a tickle and my girlfriend, early and me got the cab off with a hoiste. tomorrow ima start measuring to figure out where the gas tanks gonna go. Cut the hoop outta the horsecaller. to make it flatter. instead of moving the whole crossmember. build a new rear shock hoop. And a few other things. Shouldnt be too long before its back on the road. I need a new straighter bed if anyone haas one for a 3rd gen layin around.

[91 ex-cab]

nice Whatever you do don't go back to a flatbed like you first had on there

[NITE KRAWLERS]

Looks like your getting stuff done wit the quickness, I'm down wit the quickness. keep up the progress man! Wish i could get stuff done wit the quickness on my runner build! 

[mattlosch]

Damn do work son!

[swapped89]

nice Whatever you do don't go back to a flatbed like you first had on there

haaha yea i wont go back to a flatbed. definatley gonna find me a good third gen bed and chop the outta it.

Looks like your getting stuff done wit the quickness, I'm down wit the quickness. keep up the progress man! Wish i could get stuff done wit the quickness on my runner build!  

Damn straight, white boys work fast...right. lol  (fast &furious)   p.s. you buildin a runner? what about yer green third gen? And someone is really hatin on yer turtle points i give u one everytime im on here and they're still goin down.

Damn do work son!

O Fa SHO. haha pretty stoked now. Just wish i didnt have to go to wedding tomorrow. Also wish it wasnt raining out so i could get under the new cab and start meaasuring without layin in a puddle.

[toyotanner]

Hey tanner is there any thing of mine in the back of yer dodge? just wonderin

not that i know of...

[toyotanner]

Jason!!! LET ME GET AT THAT CAGE!

[swapped89]

Jason!!! LET ME GET AT THAT CAGE!

Aight I'll sell it to ya. Make me an offer. Will you want me to finish weld it or do you wanna just finish it. Or you could bring your truck over and we could finish it at my place. Whatever you wanna do.

[91 ex-cab]

What are you gonna do with that old cab?

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Hey love the fact your keepin the 3.0. Maybe right now while you have it all down ditch that cross over pipe? It should not be that much work and you seem inclinded as your doing the cab swap. Looks great you move pretty damn fast. Less then a week later and you already got the cab off. I'd still be pulling the bed.

[swapped89]

Yea there's lots of stuff I would like to do. Like ditch the crossover pipe, lift the drivetrains/flat belly. But I just wanna get a few little things cleaned up redo front and rear shocks. And get this thang back on the road. And ready for snow. I could do forever but if I go to deep I might not be able to wheel this winter and I really just wanna go wheelin again

[toyotanner]

alright man we'll work something out... i'll probably finish it but when i decide to add more pieces thats where you come in haha

[swapped89]

Aight sounds good dude

[toyotanner]

you should pm me your number so we can kick it sometime

[NITE KRAWLERS]

Damn straight, white boys work fast...right. lol  (fast &furious)   p.s. you buildin a runner? what about yer green third gen? And someone is really hatin on yer turtle points i give u one everytime im on here and they're still goin down.

HA HA ya man i don't know who be hate n my T points but thanks bro and i hit ya up too when i check out da party bus! Ya my runner build is on like page 4 cause i have not worked on it a whole lot. I get so far on it then my ideas and plans change and i have been super busy in genereal to even work on it. Also i have just been wheeling the Lime green truck all summer and thrashing it for its final days! I have to many side jobs going on and am always working so soon as things slow down i can get back at it wit the quickness. HA HA I have pretty much changed the whole rear since my last pics when i updated it last! Its called "project 007 runner plaid" or something like that!! But ya get your ride ready for snow mobb n for sure bra!!

[91 ex-cab]

HA HA ya man i don't know who be hate n my T points but thanks bro and i hit ya up too when i check out da party bus! Ya my runner build is on like page 4 cause i have not worked on it a whole lot. I get so far on it then my ideas and plans change and i have been super busy in genereal to even work on it. Also i have just been wheeling the Lime green truck all summer and thrashing it for its final days! I have to many side jobs going on and am always working so soon as things slow down i can get back at it wit the quickness. HA HA I have pretty much changed the whole rear since my last pics when i updated it last! Its called "project 007 runner plaid" or something like that!! But ya get your ride ready for snow mobb n for sure bra!!

It's those turtle point trolls, they've been getting me to, they must be putting in extra hours cause i've been hitting you up every time i check in on project extenze.

[swapped89]

Right on guys. Hater are just like lovers cause they spend just as much time thinkin about takin yer points as your girlfriend spends thinkin bout you, lol.

Anywho I came to the conclusion that I am going to extend the rear frame 3-6" so that I won't have to tub the cab for fenderwells and also give it a lil longer bed.
2nd conclusion is that I'm going tube the rear of the truck/bed. And skin the tube with some chopped up bedsides, that I can remove before the trail. Also gnna ditchthe stock tailights and come up with my own home brew. So my ride'l be down for a lil while longer than I hoped. But hopefully I'll get it done before my birthday on November 2nd.

[91 ex-cab]

very nice idea, what's the idea for the cage? another partial?

[swapped89]

very nice idea, what's the idea for the cage? another partial?

First for the cage Im gonna bend up the B pillar hoop. This time completely behind the cab then triangulate it from the frame to the top corners of the hoop one big X. Then build the bed off the back of that. the cab cage will be very much like the one i all ready built only full exo. Cause Im gonna have this whole truck sprayed by my painter buddy. And I wanna keep it lookin if/when I flop it. And this cage wont be as tight to the cab. gonna give it like .5-1" of wiggle room.

[swapped89]

What are you gonna do with that old cab?

I dunno sell the glass and turn the doors into half doors then just scrap the rest.

[91 ex-cab]

You should do something like this except covering the front fenders and not have the bedsides cut off like that. Maybe make the rear cage section similar to this and then have bed supports that disconnect from the rear cage so you don't have to have the bedcage so far back. I'm just trying to give you some ideas, i'm not sure if this is what you were talking about or not.

[swapped89]

Sweet man thanks for the pic! That is alot like what I'm goin for. After I stretch the rear my rear tires will be about the same as that truck maybe slightly farther back. Early came over today and did some work with a sawzall cutting all the rear crossmembers and shock hoop out. And we removed the gas tank. I had six ribs outta place that the chiro just fixed yesterday so early did most of the work tomorrow I'm gonna pick up some steel to lengthin the rear of the frame. After the frame is lengthened and old brackets cleaned and some shock mounts re-arranged were gonna set the new cab on the frame.
and the bed won't be cut like that, there will be more of the bedside left.

[91 ex-cab]

Good deal man, thats gonna be  8). I like your idea of having the removable bed sides so it will look like a truck still on the road but have a tubed back for the trail. Are you gonna just pull the bedsides of and leave them at home when your going wheelin or what?

[swapped89]

I dunno maybe just put them in the bed or throw them in someones dodge at the trail head. Someone always has a trailer rig.

[mattlosch]

Haha we all always trailer so my Dodge is always there for ya! Build is looking good buddy!