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Offline jfrits98

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« on: June 07, 2014, 11:19:23 pm »
Are the cab from a 73 the same as the cab from a 83?


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Offline Engineer

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Re: Cabs
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2014, 04:20:45 pm »
Not exactly.

They can be made to work in place of each other. The biggest difference being where the hood and fenders mount on the outer edges of the cowling.
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Re: Cabs
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2014, 06:13:26 pm »
     If you do switch cabs newer/older or vise verse, you will need to use the cab mounts of the year of the cab.
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Re: Cabs
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2014, 06:53:23 pm »
Nothing at the firewall where the hood mounts is the same.  So going from a 81-87 cab to a 73-80 cab on a 81-87, you will have to modify the cab for the hinges.
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