I have a 98´2WD ext. cab that I use for my daily drive.
Living in Denmark means salty roads in the winter. I need to do somethig about the rust in the rear of the frame. So I have come up with an idea that I would to hear opinions on.

It seems like the frame is rivited together behind the cab. If I cut/drill the rivets out and replace the rear frame with a better one.
Are there any difference in the different models. Can I put at long bed rear on my truck?

/Shane

Well, so far I have bought a 1997 Ranger and discovered that the frames as not equal. But I hope to use the rear frame rails anyway. The frame rails seem OK but the crossmembers are rustet away.
Have an idea about boxing the rear frame for strenght

Problems you would run into with a long bed is your wire harness to the rear lights will not be long enough. I don't know for sure but the gas tank may mount differently with long bed.

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As long as its only wiring I can fix it.
I have looked into it, and it seems like that I will need to extent the frame if I want a long bed. That could be a solution.
Does anybody know if the long bed is 8 feet or shorter?

Its 7 ft if I remember correctly.

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2000 Ford Ranger XLT - 4x4 Off Road - 3.0L - 5speed - 4.10 - 3in BL - 2in Torsion Lift - Lokka Front Locker - RCI Skids - Rancho Shocks - Super Start Extreme AGM Deep Cycle Battery - Cragar Soft 8s - 33x12.50 BFG M/T KM2 w/ Hitch Mounted Spare - Smittybilt XRC8 Winch - On Board Compressor - Hidden Snorkel

Long bed is 7ft

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1972 bmw 2002tii
1974 Kawasaki mc1m 90

X2 7' bed. Iirc the gas tank will mount different because the long beds only came on single cabs so, the filler neck may not line up with the whole in the bed.

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Black 2008 ranger sport 4.0 SOHC SAS'd and converted to 4x4 riding on a Dana 50 up front and a sterling 10.50 in the rear regeared with 5.13's, mickey thompson classic 3's rapped in 37x12.50 maxxis creepy crawlers

So the filler neck would be more forward then?