86 mazda REBUILD

well, i would but the parts truck would need a lot. body is in good shape on the passenger side but the cab has damage on the driver side, the door is bent and the fender is smashed. the interior is really moldy from it sitting. basically the only things that are good on it are the bed, frame, wheels, dash, glass, hood, and theres a 2600i motor apart if i wanted to rebuild it.

would it be better to just take both cabs off and swap them along with the motors and then just bag/juice it?

I would swap frames and just start over honestly. Then atleast you know what all you got dude. Use your body parts off the bagged truck etc. Personally thats what I would do. You could clean up the frame on the bagged truck and cut all that old shit off etc. But by the time you do all that you could have the other one bagged and done! As far as the motors. I would probably use the one out of the bagged truck. Especially if u say its been rebuilt recently. The 2600 motors had bad problems with the heads getting hot and cracking.

yea, thanks for pointing this out to me man. i think what i am going to do is put my cab, new d/s fender, grille, bumper and wheels on the parts truck's frame and drop in my new motor. also, while the cab is off, i can clean up the underside of it and put a fresh undercoat on it and maybe smooth the firewall and paint it. that way i dont have to worry about messing with the suspension and bullshit on the frame i got now. damn why didnt i think of that before?

ha ha ha no problem man. Yeah i think that would be your best bet.

i say the same. body drop it while your at it.

maan you got a whole lot of shit ahead of your, those rear bag brackets to need to be cut off and re done, the front bag brackets? what the hell is up there?? I would deffinitly do some researching or find a shop to take care of those problems, if the obvious things are bad, the un obvious things can be REALLY BAD

find a shop? i dont think so. i did not bag this truck. that is not my work...

please read on and find out what the plans are...

no no im saying find a shop to fix it. or you fix it ethier way. the wiring on that thing is a mess too. id just tear that thing down to the frame and start over man

look back a couple posts, i already said i was going to swap frames...

Edited: 2/1/2007 11:32:25 AM by DRAGGINBODYON22S

Edited: 2/1/2007 11:31:43 AM by DRAGGINBODYON22S

good luck with your big project