ok my house should be done the end of OCT here. Sooooo I'll finally have a garage to actually start fixing my dodge. The first thing that needs to get done is new rocker pannels or a new cab.

I would love to bring it down to chris and get a quad cab put on but I cant afford that right now.

So any tips on removing the cab and what to fix while it's off and apart.

Also any tips for removing the cab and putting the new one on.....I know and have a few friends lined up.

ps. how much am i looking at in cost in jsut hte cab replacement so I can start saving


all of this of course hinges on if I keep the truck....which I more then likely will but you never know

 

Check around your local classifieds and on craigslist, we scored a 1999 Ram 1500 for $1000 last summer with a seized 360 and 60k miles on it. We used the cab and front clip on my father's 96 3500. The body parts were absolutely mint.

After the cab and clip were on, we sold the leftover parts (complete plow setup, 6ft bed, somebody even came down and bought the whole rolling chassis that was left.) and ended up making the $1000 back easy, plus another $300.

It's very time consuming, but if you like working on your stuff, it's a lot of fun, and very rewarding in the end. I think start to finish the truck was down for about a month, working on it off and on. Part of that time was for the transmission, we sent it out to get rebuilt. My father left the Ram 1500 badges on the doors so now it's the a Ram 1500 dually

 

I thinl I would just replace the rocker panels or sell it and get something newer. Seems like a lot of work to do with many cahnces for problems to come up.
Not quit as bad as putting a 5.9 in a gaser 1500, but in that ball park.