1977 Club Cab - Other Years.....??.....

If I am in search of a solid or as close to a solid as possible, 1977 club cab shell, what other years will work...??

If anyone happens to have one as described....feel free to drop me a line.

E-mail - Challengers1970@aol.com

Thanks!!!

The extended cabs and 4 door cabs for the 70's trucks really had no changes done to them, so they are all pretty much the same. I was surprised to notice that teh 1990 trucks still used the "older, round roof" cabs on the extended cabs, but the regular cabs used the "new, square roof design". I believe the it was 1982 thru their end that used the square roof on regular cabs...

As stated, the cabs are mostly the same if it's a club or crew cab. 1981 is when the redesign happened, and from that point forward, the regular cabs got a much flatter, more squared-off roof.

The Club Cab was done after 82 but started up again in 91. Same cab.

Kevin

so....you are saying that the Club Cab sheet metal, roundness of the roof and all are the same as the 70's era cab...??

Yes

Indeed.

Not an important detail, but one worth mentioning- Dodge used a variety of different rear windows on the regular cabs. I don't know if that is true of the Clubs, and I certainly doubt it's a big deal.

alright thanks!!! So...to replace the cab of my 1977 club cab truck, all I really have to do is find a 91, 92 or 93 club cab truck or shell and I am in business....??

1990 and back cabs will not work...?? Anyone have any idea why they started using the old cab design again for the 91 & up trucks...??

All 70's thru 90's club cabs will work, but check the mounting points to be sure. They never changed them because they had the tooling already, may as well use it!

The Club Cab was offered from 73-82 and again from 91-93. As said, check for any minor differences. I'm sure there are some based on the different interior trim they could be had with.

Kentucky? A bit distant. There is a 1980 Club Cab at my local Pick A Part (Southern California) and the cab looks to be in good condition with solid floors. Likely around $250 to $500 once you remove it.

Thanks guys.... Got a lead on a 77 cab which is exactly the year I have but good to know about the 91-93 cab......

Some differences that nobody has mentioned yet. The heater opening in the firewall changed in 1981. So 73-80 cabs use the early heater and 81-93 cabs have a different opening. Plus the square hole for the main wiring harness changed a couple times.
The wiper motor also moved over a bit in the 80's. later truck got a hydraulic clutch so there is holes for that to consider for your earlier truck.
The late cabs have an integral floor hump where the earlier cabs have a removable hump on 4 speed and 4x4 cabs. There are small and large humps too.
The 90-93 cabs are made of lighter metal and dent easier. The rockers got sealed up in those years to prevent dust from entering, but it resulted in rusted out rockers which wasn't really an issue on the 73-82 trucks, especially the 81-82 models which Chrysler went galvanized crazy on for a couple years.
The best cab for your truck would be a 73-80 with the appropriate floor hump

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/csw/pts/5017084659.html.
There is a supposedly rust free 77 club cab in the minneapolis craiglists autoparts section.

Thanks!! That is the one I am working on now.

I don't recall the clubcab stopping production. Theres a 90 for sale not far from me.
The Firewall had changes for the HVAC and wiring bulkhead

They did for a few years but I think Wikipedia and the responses above about are wrong about 91 being the restart. It was 1990.

I have absolute proof that if you are looking to buy a solid sheet metal vehicle....."DO NOT" under estimate places like MN where you would normally see cars & trucks that did not win the battle of Winter road chemicals....

I do not have any pictures in this computer right now to post to show everyone but when I saw this truck cab for the first time 2 days ago....I was completely blown away as to how wickedly "SOLID" this thing is for a near 40 year old vehicle.

The one I bought is the one in the MN, MN Craigslist auto parts section. All I really wanted from it was the club cab shell but it came with the rolling chassis and even the frame is nice...!! (no bed, doors or front clip) but I got a steal of a deal for what I did get.....!!!

This cab is so nice.....if a person did not know that it came from MN, you would swear that it came from NV, AZ, NM, CA, WA or any other dry climate state. I cannot wait to take the pressure washer to the bottom of it and clean the metal........

There us a real nice club cab here at Carlisle this weekend. The guy has all kinds of cabs and I going to talk to him tomorrow to see if he has the doors off the regular cab he has on the top of his trailer as it matches the paint on my 93!

Congratulations n getting the ONE non-rusty vehicle in Minnesota. They are few and far between. My donor truck is a prime example, it's a '71 and the door hinges are literally pulling off the cab, you have to sort of lift and flip to get the door to latch. All the floorboards are gone, and the rust ate nearly all the way through the axle tubes around the U-bolts. And the U-bolts were so diminished by rust that they just twisted right off. The frame is covered by little corrosion pits, actually they're about 3/16 of an inch in diameter. I bet the frame has lost 25 lb of steel. It's kind of hard to think of a use for it except recycling.

This truck is from a rural part of the state but they use salt on all the roads just like they do everywhere else, and the vehicles suffer.

Glad you found the good one!

R.

Thanks....I truly feel blessed that I didn't have to sacrifice a complete West coast truck for my project...... I figured that I was going to only find what I was looking for in the NW or SW dry climate area's.....