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Has anyone ever swapped a 96 taco body to a 85 4x4 chassis

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Has anyone ever done this

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I have a wrecked 96 frame is all outta wack I have a good 1985 reg cab 4x4 frame ik I’ll need a 3.0 5 speed and Tcase as my Tacoma is a 3.4 5 speed

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And here’s the donor bed and cab are rotted beyond repair

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People have swapped a 79-83 Hilux/Pickup body onto a 95.5-04 Tacoma frame before.

I want to say you’ll run into more cab mounting issues with what you’re considering.

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Yeah I definitely figured I’d have to relocate cab mounts and bed mounts on frame

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I wish I had connection out west or down south trying to find a clean Tacoma frame in pa is next to impossible

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Thank you buckhuntin-tacoma

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