Rear Frame Replacement on a 1st Gen xtra cab

Hey guys. Owner of a typical rusted out frame. I was quoted for a rear frame replacement, and let’s just say it was a little out of budget. I’m quite new when it comes to this backyard mechanic work, but I’m just brave (or ignorant/dumb enough) to wanna try to tackle this by myself ( with the help of friends of course ) I’m curious if anyone’s taking on this sorta project before. Any tips/ideas on it would be greatly appreciated.

little extra info: I’ve not got much idea what he means when he says this - is he going to be attaching an already existing rust free frame ( is that even possible ?) because if so, I’ve got a guy at a junkyard who’s got some already cut rear end frames - which I was thinking wouldn’t be too difficult or is he gonna build it from scratch. Again quite new to this stuff so any info helps ! It’s night time right now but I’ll post some photos in the future to show y’all what I’m working with.

cheers all

 

You'll probably be looking at using some SafeTCaps to join whatever "clean" rear frame bits you have to your existing frame. And of course, you want to make sure that whatever you're connecting to is worth connecting to in the first place. Would suck to get a clean rear frame and fab it into a swiss-cheese front.

@Speedytech7

 

Depending how bad it is, it could be plating the existing frame or replacing the whole back half with tubing.

Plating sucks, welding to rusty metal, it never looks that great.. it will likely rot again

Back halving isn’t the easiest job. Where I am( bc, Canada) that job goes for 4-6k. But atleast you know your frame will now outlast the truck.

Here is an extra cab I did last year.

 

A bunch of pictures of the frame would help tell what options are viable

 

Thanks for the replies.

I’ve looked into safe T caps but unfortunately I don’t think there’s much left to weld too.
Here’s some photos