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809 series to 939 series cab swap

KsM715

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I would think if you swapped the cab you would have to swap the whole front end. The cab is something like a foot wider. I doubt the hood and cowl would line up without some major body work.
 
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10" wider to be nearly exact. FWIW, the width of the front of the 939 cab is almost exactly the same width as the back of the 809 series cab. Something for the crewcab afficianado to consider.
 
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KsM715 said:
I would think if you swapped the cab you would have to swap the whole front end. The cab is something like a foot wider. I doubt the hood and cowl would line up without some major body work.
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Could always give the hood the A3 treatment.
 
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I was going to do this for a ntc400 swap into a 813 I had, at the time the 9 series were not at auction like they are now, I would just as soon buy an 9 series, sell the 8 series and be ahead of the game.
 
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I think the best thing about the 939 series is the cab and hood it makes working on the trucks much easier and much more room inside thinking about making a uparmored cab, looks fairly straight foward and could actually just chop my cab to add the extra width and maybe a little streched front to rear so front of cowl would match up. Don't hold back if you have good reasons why I shouldn't do it but I think the extra weight up front would be a plus when towing.
 
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Recovry4x4 said:
10" wider to be nearly exact. FWIW, the width of the front of the 939 cab is almost exactly the same width as the back of the 809 series cab. Something for the crewcab afficianado to consider.
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Ok so I,m one of those guys with the crewcab afficianado. :mrgreen:

I'm new to the MV's but not at body work and fabricating. I picked up a couple 818 tractors and was thinking of bobbing and crew cabbing one but haven't seen them yet.

Are you saying the cab tapers from front to rear 10"? If so what would be the best cab to crew? or combination of cabs to crew?
 
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Cab width

Doubled said:
Ok so I,m one of those guys with the crewcab afficianado. :mrgreen:

I'm new to the MV's but not at body work and fabricating. I picked up a couple 818 tractors and was thinking of bobbing and crew cabbing one but haven't seen them yet.

Are you saying the cab tapers from front to rear 10"? If so what would be the best cab to crew? or combination of cabs to crew?
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Not a problem, good questions, not sure of exactly what the taper is but with a 809 and 393 series hardtop laying one behind the other it looks really doable so if you wanted to keep the stock taper going I would look at using a 939 behind a 809 series cab, but I was saying a 939 is 10 inches wider than a 809.
 
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