Anyone Changed A Cab??

Well since I wrecked my Mazda I've planned on taking the front end off of my parts truck and using it on mine. Well today I got the parts truck in to the garage and from what I'm looking at it seems it would be easier to just swap the cab and front end instead of trying to cut the front and realign it. My orginal plan was to drill out the spot welds but that just seems too difficult. Any help would be appreciated.

I've only done a cab-off on a truck that the whole front unbolted ('57 chevy). I think that doing the whole thing would be a lot of work, but not have to cut & weld. Probably take off the doors, bumper, & hood get some help and do it up. Good luck!

Drilling out the spot welds is the easiest way. The last one I did on a mazda was bagged and had cut out inner fenders so I just cut it right above the tire the few inches and but welded the new core support back in right there. Took about 2 hours if I remember right. (no ac, just radiator)

If you decide to do all the spot welds, be sure to get a spot weld drill bit. It will save u lots of time putting it back together.

are you talking about the rad. support, if so, i had hit a deer with mine, & it cracked the radiator, & bent the support, i replaced mine, it took @ 5-6 hours to do, not as bad as i thought it was going to be. you can check out some of the pics in my user gallery....

Well I have to replace the radiator support and at least the driver side inner fender. I think I gonna cut the fender wells out and use trailer fenders. Last night I thought about it more and I think I'm gonna come about half a foot forward and cut it straight down. After making all the measurments and lines. Then cut it the same on my truck switch them and weld it back in. Sound okay?

i would try to cut along the factory seams, as you said drill out the spot welds, this will keep the structural integrity of the body....you can get spot weld drill bits from eastwood at a decent price that will make it much easier, they only cut out the spot weld, not all the way thru like a regular drill bit, that way you'll have less of a hole to fill once you weld it back. then, once you have it back together, cut the fenderwells out....