I have driven across country in a 2017 Crew cab King Ranch F-350 with the 6.7 , towing a tilt bed with a megacab Cummins Dodge 4x4 on it. That Ford never missed a beat. It was very comfortable and a joy to drive. There and back.
This is the exact thing I’ve been wanting. A modern interior and comfort with the classic style. I would pay any amount of money to have my own. Also love the long form video. Would really like to have a livestream of when you work on these projects.
@@andybenson7387 I appreciate all of your feedback man! Long form is going to be my new main squeeze! But there’s definitely some growing pains! Live streams are not off the table stay tuned brother! 👊🙏
I have been waiting for a long form video your work is incredible for a quote homesteader damn it looks like it was done in a professional shop. You are selling yourself short man. INCREDIBLE WORK. Damn and I thought a 4BT swapped Tacoma was my dream. No now that is!
@@dand6119 I sure appreciate your patience brother! Thank you for sticking it out! We’re off and running with full length videos! Thank you for the encouraging kind words! This is just my creativity unchained! I love this stuff! 🤝🛠️👊
That camper is so cool. What a gift! It lives on, Harold. ❤ I’m certain he knew it was going to the right person. The lifting and lowering system is quite the upgrade. What a sweet feature!
@@Tr0uble07 Harold was an incredible dude. This camper was a complete surprise. His family contacted me right after he passed.. Life is short. Enjoy it all like you could lose it tomorrow. ☺️
Love your truck. I had a 74 f250 4x4 with a 360 v8 and 4 speed with granny low. I loved that truck but drove it hard. Made some great memories with it. Wish I still had it but that was in the 80s. Anyway love your build and the video. Thanks for sharing.
@@frannappe Thank you for your patience brother! Long form has been on my radar for years now! But I just get into the groove of doing what I’m good at so that I can keep up with the actual work too! But it’s time to diversify! 🙏👊
I had a 79 supercab 4x4 with an automatic trans. I was moving, in a bind, and had to sell it. I had to let it go for less than what I paid for it initially. I still miss that truck. Thanks for the video.
If I could build my dream truck. It would have the 12valve Cummings engine the Allison transmission with a Ford rear-end. Sumbitch would be bulletproof
I just saw you on Facebook today for the first time you dropped this channel so now I’m here and all I can honestly say is…..wow!!!! The workmanship is just amazing the most beautiful trucks and camper can’t wait to see all this content
@@MarcsGuides Man, I sure appreciate the positive feedback. This full length video took everything I have to create. It could definitely be better but this is how we grow! We put ourselves out there and do the work! 🙌☺️
I’m 41 my oldest just graduated my youngest is 10 I want to travel the country in style like this watching this now this is my goal by the time my youngest graduates is to have a 70s swapped like this with a camper to live my dream and travel in style like this
@@omarpadilla7674 It’s going to be a while man! I’m building a homestead from the ground up. We’re still living in campers right now! I work on this truck when it gets too frozen to work on our land!
i have a 79 f250 2wd. i love the indepenent i beam suspension on the front. dont think i could bring myself to swap it, but i would love to do a build like this sometime on a 4wd
Love the truck! Just personally I love the looks of the 70s metal dash better. It would be harder but I bet you could have all the same comforts while keeping the dash.
@@jimmyjohnjames I’ve built them both ways. For this build it would be allot harder to keep the stock 70’s dash. It would cost thousands more for all the aftermarket replacement systems. We all love a 70’s interior! 🤩
Really cool and nice video Looking forward to see the building progress trough RUclips Just the microphone needs a little upgrade in my opinion Didn’t know that it was a thing swapping bodies like that, in Europe that doesn’t happen..
@@il_nam I’m wearing an external mic for audio but you’re absolutely correct! I’ve got plenty of learning to do to get this long form stuff dialed! I just appreciate that you’re here for it brother. 👊
Your previous body swap is gorgeous! The patina on that blue toned body is so sexy. Then you note the technology within?! My geek heart is squealing. I’m only 4 mins into this video and have commented twice! 😝
@@ModernRuralCivilian awesome I look forward to seeing the progress on the build. You have a really awesome start. I followed your crown Vic slick also. That trip looked like an awesome trip. I was a little surprised how far you was able to go Offroad with it.
Love your build Mark! You’ve inspired me to get mine going, I’ve started the process, however I’ve been curious, what about the windshield wipers seems like that part is gonna be a bit tricky. Have you thought of anything?! Would love to hear from you!
@@ModernRuralCivilian Thanks! Will you register it as a 2012 or a 1975? (My dream truck is a 79 F250 supercab longbox 4x4) I really love the frame swap idea and I'd love to do it someday when I have more money. I'm 20 now and looking at getting an obs f250 4x4 with the 460 as my first truck.
4:20 Didnt you get that camper from somewhere in Minnesota or Wisconsin? I've been watching your YT shorts and IG reels for quite a while, the Body swap F350 is the reel that got me watching all of your content. Im fairly certain I saw a reel or video of you picking that camper up.
@@matthewchapes2967 Not this one! But I have road-tripped my old 64 to Northern Michigan to pull back a 66 Airstream! Lots of 5k mile roadtrips in my past! 💪💪
Quick question how do you register it? As a 2012 since that's the power plant? I'm thinking of doing this as well. BTW love the build. It's a nice mix of the two trucks.
@@philliphurd6545 I think that depends on your state. Here they want it registered as what it appears to be driving down the road. So it’s a 1975 F250.
This is really cool and interesting but would be more pleasant to watch if it had better editing and showing all the features dude! Like, if it runs and works, show the good and bad ac and speakers and exhaust and start up and shit you know. And you should put subtitles too.
@@jfk690 No, I didn’t shorten it. I bought both trucks knowing they were within 2” of each other. I moved the bed back 1” and shortened the cab to bed gap slightly to get the body positioned. 🤝🛠️
@@ModernRuralCivilian it’s a long bed but my dads got a few dentside trucks. Probably just use a short bed off one of those trucks. Mines a grey and silver 79 lariat camper special with duel tanks and the tool box on the passenger side. It’s my second truck. A project me and my dad are working on. I really like what you did with your 75. I would also like mine to be 4x4
@@joshbrex937 😂😂 Thank you Josh! I’ve got one that’ll piss people off.. I’ve been making Shrimp Scampi pizza on homemade sourdough crust with homemade mozzarella!! I’m a pizza junky! And I also agree.. pineapple belongs on pizza! 🤩
@@ModernRuralCivilianas someone from the southern USA, why is Canadian bacon not available in Canada? Canadian bacon and pineapple pizza is my favorite!
@@HalfMoonCustoms one of life’s great mysteries. 😂 I think it’s an orchestrated attack.. Same bastards who export all the Idaho potatoes to Washington.. 🤣
I have driven across country in a 2017 Crew cab King Ranch F-350 with the 6.7 , towing a tilt bed with a megacab Cummins Dodge 4x4 on it. That Ford never missed a beat. It was very comfortable and a joy to drive. There and back.
@@jacobbrewer5803 💪💪💪
I'm blown away, absolutely love the vintage look with modern technology❤ Thanks for sharing your dream
@@johnbarker3604 Yes sir. Thank you for your support! 👊
This is the exact thing I’ve been wanting. A modern interior and comfort with the classic style. I would pay any amount of money to have my own. Also love the long form video. Would really like to have a livestream of when you work on these projects.
@@andybenson7387 I appreciate all of your feedback man! Long form is going to be my new main squeeze! But there’s definitely some growing pains! Live streams are not off the table stay tuned brother! 👊🙏
@@ModernRuralCivilian I definitely will and don’t worry long content takes practice and experience like anything but you’re off to a great start
Mark, that's a really good-looking vehicle that you are creating there. I had been wondering about it! Long may you roam😊. Regards, Stephen.
@@stephenriley9084 Stephen thank you kindly for taking the time to drop a comment brother! Have a great week! 🤩
Beautiful truck, beautiful job! Love it! Thank you for sharing. Can’t wait to see it finished
That's bad ass man I love it. You did a super job can't wait to see the end result. Your living the dream my friend
@@mikethe1nonly It’s a beautiful struggle! I really appreciate your support brother! 🤩
I have been waiting for a long form video your work is incredible for a quote homesteader damn it looks like it was done in a professional shop. You are selling yourself short man. INCREDIBLE WORK. Damn and I thought a 4BT swapped Tacoma was my dream. No now that is!
@@dand6119 I sure appreciate your patience brother! Thank you for sticking it out! We’re off and running with full length videos! Thank you for the encouraging kind words! This is just my creativity unchained! I love this stuff! 🤝🛠️👊
That camper is so cool. What a gift! It lives on, Harold. ❤ I’m certain he knew it was going to the right person. The lifting and lowering system is quite the upgrade. What a sweet feature!
@@Tr0uble07 Harold was an incredible dude. This camper was a complete surprise. His family contacted me right after he passed.. Life is short. Enjoy it all like you could lose it tomorrow. ☺️
I couldnt agree more vintage looks and modern drivetrain is ideal. Beautiful rig cant wait to see it finished
@@brentjones5227 thanks for the feedback Brent! Stay tuned! 🙌🙌
You have no idea how much I LOVE THIS!!! EPIC work!!! Pure awesomeness!! Thank you for sharing!!
@@JCMcustoms appreciate your support brother! ☺️🙏
Looks really cool. My first truck was a 76 Ranger regular cab. I loved that old truck
@@KarlS-de1zf they don’t make them like they used to. 🤩
Love your truck. I had a 74 f250 4x4 with a 360 v8 and 4 speed with granny low. I loved that truck but drove it hard. Made some great memories with it. Wish I still had it but that was in the 80s. Anyway love your build and the video. Thanks for sharing.
@@johnb-lz9mg I appreciate your support brother. Thanks for sharing your classic Ford memory! 🙌🙏
This is one of the coolest build trucks I have seen. Nice work!
@@gregobermueller1463 Man, I’m always blown away at how much people love this thing! Thanks for leaving a comment brother! 🤝🛠️🙏
I had a similar truck in the 1980's. I wish I could have it back now to do a body swap.
Love the build and your channel !
@@LloydBinnington I feel you on the ones we let get away! I appreciate your support and feedback brother!
I've been waiting for this a long time!!!! What a beautiful swap!!!
@@frannappe Thank you for your patience brother! Long form has been on my radar for years now! But I just get into the groove of doing what I’m good at so that I can keep up with the actual work too! But it’s time to diversify! 🙏👊
Finally Mark❗❗❗
Well done, glad to be able to see the progress.
@@scottsharer991 thank you so much for your support brother! More to come!! 🤝🛠️
Looking forward to watching this cool build drive down the road!
@@100PercentYourNeighbor you and I both brother! ☺️
I had a 79 supercab 4x4 with an automatic trans. I was moving, in a bind, and had to sell it. I had to let it go for less than what I paid for it initially. I still miss that truck. Thanks for the video.
@@mercrecon Sorry brother! We’ve all got the ones we let get away and wish we hadn’t! I appreciate you! Thanks for sharing! 🤝🛠️
If I could build my dream truck. It would have the 12valve Cummings engine the Allison transmission with a Ford rear-end. Sumbitch would be bulletproof
When I met my wife I was living in an Alaskan pop up. Wasn’t a cab over but still had plenty of room. Can’t wait to see it finished man. Nice work.
@@MOTOCREEK I’ve been in love with these things since the first time I saw them! Thanks for sharing brother!
You cant beat the looks of a vintage truck and camper nothing out there looks better or lasts longer
@@Blacksheep99-g5x I completely agree! They don’t make anything like they used to! 🤩
I just saw you on Facebook today for the first time you dropped this channel so now I’m here and all I can honestly say is…..wow!!!! The workmanship is just amazing the most beautiful trucks and camper can’t wait to see all this content
First long form video!!! Love it man keep up the great work you do
@@logan6675 Thank you so much for your support brother!! 🤝🛠️🙏
As always, incredible work, craftsmanship, and narration, Mark. Such a beautiful build 🤎
@@MarcsGuides Man, I sure appreciate the positive feedback. This full length video took everything I have to create. It could definitely be better but this is how we grow! We put ourselves out there and do the work! 🙌☺️
Cummins swap with an Allison trans later on down the road and it will quite literally be the ultimate truck.
That thing is awesome.
@@RoastFlea61 appreciate you brother!
Love it, thanks for posting
I have 77 highboy and 66 f100 custom cab would love to go a similar route as you one day
The dash fitment is phenomenal
@@taylorjessop5355 I love your trucks! I had a 64 F100 and a 1970 F100 also! I live old fords! 🤝🛠️👊
This is my dream to build a truck like this.
@@josephbarnes7217 Same brother. Stay tuned! Lots more work to be done! 🤝🛠️
You are 1 of a kind brother, thank you for sharing!
@@ryanbrady9212 Thank you for supporting the journey and my channel brother! 🙏👊
Holy Molly Mark❗
That Alaskan is mint❗
You're the GOAT❗
@@scottsharer991 It’s really exciting to imagine it all complete! It’s going to be one helluva combo! 😊
Chassis swaps are the best way to go!
@@cliff4769 I couldn’t agree more! 🤝🛠️
Commenting to stay in my feed. I love the idea of overland style but very capable, and can be a regular non overland style sans camper.
@@arym1108 It’s going to be a perfect combo for my lifestyle! I can haul our mini excavator around for work and slide the camper in for play!! 🤝🛠️
These classic campers are so the right thing for me !Thanks
@@jameshudson9479 Vintage Alaskan Campers for the win!! 🤩
Keep it up Mark!
More long form!👍🏼👍🏼
Just vlog your day to day.
People will come!
@@NickJonesFilms Weekly long form is the goal for now! I’m so grateful you’re here for it!
Nice old ford truck
@@JeronWhite Attaboy!
Beautiful! Dent side Fords are my favourite too!
those super duty badges are amazing 😀
@@ManzanitaRecords Literally one of my favorite little details of this build! 🙌🙌
Very excited for updates on this sure is a cool build
@@Awaggs99 thank you brother! 🤝🙏
That is awesome I have a 77 super cab short box I want to body swap but I wanted to retain the old dash you do great work look forward to more videos
@@chadmurphy9667 I appreciate your support brother! Is yours a F150 or F250?
F150 factory 460 love it my family is 2nd owner bought it in 94 been it my town all it life
Love the big block but want to drive it everyday and want 4 wheel drive
@@chadmurphy9667 that’s awesome!
@@chadmurphy9667 I totally understand! They’re too beautiful to let sit! ☺️
The window crank conversion kit sounds cool. I look forward to that video.
@@Tr0uble07 It’s a great conversion! I’m excited to show you! ☺️
I’m 41 my oldest just graduated my youngest is 10 I want to travel the country in style like this watching this now this is my goal by the time my youngest graduates is to have a 70s swapped like this with a camper to live my dream and travel in style like this
Woa, a non-short video! I'm working on restoring a '92 F250. Love the look of the '75
@@magnoid It’s been a long time coming! 🤩
Nice job, Mark!
@@joshuahasson9687 Thank you kindly Josh! 👊
I'm not a Ford person at all, but I'd definitely drive this badd ass of a work truck!!
Very nice work!!!! Smart man!
@@LifeofAlisia 👊
So happy you finally made a RUclips I’m so here for it brother!
@@donny2handz731 Thank you bro! I appreciate that!!
What a dream come true!! 😍 can wait to see it on the road leaving smiles everywhere!! Great job!!
@@jessereed1309 It’s so fun driving these old classics! I love the older generation stopping me and telling me stories from when they were young!! ☺️🙌
What a beauty. Nice job
@@cheeseymccheese7249 Thank you friend! 🤝🛠️
I can’t wait to be driving along and see this beauty on the road!
@@RydderJFallis It’s going to be a glorious day brother!! Thank you for your support! 🤝🛠️💪
That’s awesome! Pretty sure I saw that on facebook a while back.
Amazing work, man! 👏👏👏
Awesome build! Thanks for sharing.
@@carlosmartoral6268 you bet brother! Thanks for dropping a comment! 🤝🛠️
Exceptional content. Wonderful clear narration. You have a new follower!!
@@saraoffringa1545 well thank you! 😊
Love it! More content please sir!
Can you do a video on where all you cut on the 75 ford and the 2012 ford to make it fit right
Yes that would be good info. I have recently picked up a totaled 2006 king ranch to do this swap on a Dentside truck.
Awesome build. I love it.
@@jacobbrewer5803 🤩
I’m so excited for this video!
@@Tr0uble07 Me too! Thanks for helping me get it off the ground! 🤩
BEST BUILD ON THE ENTERWEBS!!!! 💪💪💪💎💎💎⚙️⚙️⚙️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@AlexanderKing615 AK you’re a legend brother! So grateful to know you my man! 🤝🛠️👑
Rad build! I just want to hear it run and drive and do some cool stuff. I kept skipping waiting for that
@@omarpadilla7674 It’s going to be a while man! I’m building a homestead from the ground up. We’re still living in campers right now! I work on this truck when it gets too frozen to work on our land!
@@ModernRuralCivilian I’ll be patient, keep up the good work! Best of luck
@@omarpadilla7674 👊
Such a cool project!
@@porterbuiltfab Much obliged coming from you sir. 👊🙏
i have a 79 f250 2wd. i love the indepenent i beam suspension on the front. dont think i could bring myself to swap it, but i would love to do a build like this sometime on a 4wd
@@ManzanitaRecords I built a 1970 F100 that had I beams in it from the factory!
love this truck
@@MisterNobody-b5h 👊
Love the truck! Just personally I love the looks of the 70s metal dash better. It would be harder but I bet you could have all the same comforts while keeping the dash.
@@jimmyjohnjames I’ve built them both ways. For this build it would be allot harder to keep the stock 70’s dash. It would cost thousands more for all the aftermarket replacement systems. We all love a 70’s interior! 🤩
Hell yeah Mark!!!
@@matthewchapes2967 🤝🛠️💪 Thank you Matt!
Idaho is where Im movin!!
@@cheeseymccheese7249 #idahome
This is amazing! Love it!!!
@@georynn2 Thank you for the feedback! 🤩
Really cool and nice video
Looking forward to see the building progress trough RUclips
Just the microphone needs a little upgrade in my opinion
Didn’t know that it was a thing swapping bodies like that, in Europe that doesn’t happen..
@@il_nam I’m wearing an external mic for audio but you’re absolutely correct! I’ve got plenty of learning to do to get this long form stuff dialed! I just appreciate that you’re here for it brother. 👊
That is so nice!!!!
@@alexcarson4444 🤩
You just earned one more subscriber my friend
@@Selenemuro20 appreciate you boss! 🤝🛠️🙏
Great job on build two thumbs up on keeping it ford and not some cummins crap
@@Roy-h4z4y Attaboy!!🤝🛠️
Your previous body swap is gorgeous! The patina on that blue toned body is so sexy. Then you note the technology within?! My geek heart is squealing. I’m only 4 mins into this video and have commented twice! 😝
@@Tr0uble07 So much gratitude for the love you’re showing!! It means the world to me! 🙏🙌
Awesome sauce…catch u outside !!
@@renojacks Always.. My whole life is outside. ☺️🙌💪
Nice looking truck 🥰
@@AlmostaGreenAcre-zs5eu Thank you kindly friend! 🙌🙌
This is amazing
@@ArmedAndIndigenous Thanks bro. 🤝🛠️
Very cool truck! I really think that vintage camper will make a great setup! I would like to know how the windshield wipers are done?
@@HalfMoonCustoms The windshield wipers are a real challenge that I still need to address! I’ll do a video when I get to that project’ 👊
@@ModernRuralCivilian awesome I look forward to seeing the progress on the build. You have a really awesome start. I followed your crown Vic slick also. That trip looked like an awesome trip. I was a little surprised how far you was able to go Offroad with it.
Love your build Mark! You’ve inspired me to get mine going, I’ve started the process, however I’ve been curious, what about the windshield wipers seems like that part is gonna be a bit tricky. Have you thought of anything?! Would love to hear from you!
This is soooooooo cool!
@@JohnWheels Appreciate you John! 🛠️
@@ModernRuralCivilian Thanks! Will you register it as a 2012 or a 1975? (My dream truck is a 79 F250 supercab longbox 4x4) I really love the frame swap idea and I'd love to do it someday when I have more money. I'm 20 now and looking at getting an obs f250 4x4 with the 460 as my first truck.
More work, less chatter 😁😉 (beautiful truck BTW)
@@PainterDee 😂😂
I could smell the interior of that camper thru my phone. LOL
Please post the build videos of these if possible
Awesome. Would be better if you kept the vintage dash though
nice truck! you should look into getting a dji lav microphone
Phenomenal.
@@ShotInTheDark 🤝🛠️
4:20 Didnt you get that camper from somewhere in Minnesota or Wisconsin? I've been watching your YT shorts and IG reels for quite a while, the Body swap F350 is the reel that got me watching all of your content. Im fairly certain I saw a reel or video of you picking that camper up.
@@matthewchapes2967 Not this one! But I have road-tripped my old 64 to Northern Michigan to pull back a 66 Airstream! Lots of 5k mile roadtrips in my past! 💪💪
@@ModernRuralCivilian That must have been the video! I didnt realize that one was you too!
@@matthewchapes2967 I picked this old Alaskan slide in
Camper up on the Washington/Oregon coast! It was a fun trip also!
Quick question how do you register it? As a 2012 since that's the power plant? I'm thinking of doing this as well. BTW love the build. It's a nice mix of the two trucks.
@@philliphurd6545 I think that depends on your state. Here they want it registered as what it appears to be driving down the road. So it’s a 1975 F250.
@@ModernRuralCivilian OK thank you
@@philliphurd6545 you bet bro!
Sick
@@humveekid 🤝🛠️🙏
nice
@@SamuelSoto17 🤩👊
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@@d.collier_8280 🤝🛠️💪
Ham looking to build something kind of like that just wondering what do you use underneath
@@kodiaknorton6507 Whateber suits your needs really! This is a 2012 F350 6.7L diesel! 💪💪💪
How tall will it be with the camper on it?
Do you have to watch for low bridges, parking garages?
@@5firebird The camper roof lowers down 24” for travel. Look at the little rendering on the thumbnail to see the setup in travel mode! 🤩
So jealous
It will only be legit of you can keep that well known 70's interior Ford Truck smell -LOL
@@andrewnorwood3288 😂 I think the sound of the doors slamming shut qualifies it! 🤩
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
@@heatherwitters5904 ❤️❤️
This is really cool and interesting but would be more pleasant to watch if it had better editing and showing all the features dude! Like, if it runs and works, show the good and bad ac and speakers and exhaust and start up and shit you know. And you should put subtitles too.
But fuckinA phenomenonal truck dude. That is the coolest build I’ve ever seen. And that camper is a helluva find. RIP your buddy
What was the wheel base of the f350 single cab long bed? And did you have shorten or extend the frame?
@@jfk690 No, I didn’t shorten it. I bought both trucks knowing they were within 2” of each other. I moved the bed back 1” and shortened the cab to bed gap slightly to get the body positioned. 🤝🛠️
@@ModernRuralCivilian thank you I was thinking about doing the same to mine 👍
@@jfk690 you got a SWB SuperCab?
@@ModernRuralCivilian it’s a long bed but my dads got a few dentside trucks. Probably just use a short bed off one of those trucks. Mines a grey and silver 79 lariat camper special with duel tanks and the tool box on the passenger side. It’s my second truck. A project me and my dad are working on. I really like what you did with your 75. I would also like mine to be 4x4
If you do a body swap, do you use the title from the body or the frame?
@@JamesDBuzzard depends on your state laws I believe. Around here they want it titled as what it looks like. So it’s a ‘75.
What’s the stock color of that brown?
I’m really really happy it’s deleted
@@gininats Same ✅
Can we hear it run?
@@insaneindamembrane7961 Nope. Everything is just mocked up right now.. tons more work to do.. But you will hear it run as soon as I do. 🤩💪
Does it run?
@@humveekid Not yet. It’s all just mocked up. I need to fabricate the cooling system mounting setup!
Hey guys, let's argue over something silly in the comments to boost engagement - pineapple belongs on pizza, just fyi
@@joshbrex937 😂😂 Thank you Josh!
I’ve got one that’ll piss people off.. I’ve been making Shrimp Scampi pizza on homemade sourdough crust with homemade mozzarella!! I’m a pizza junky! And I also agree.. pineapple belongs on pizza! 🤩
@@ModernRuralCivilianas someone from the southern USA, why is Canadian bacon not available in Canada? Canadian bacon and pineapple pizza is my favorite!
@@HalfMoonCustoms one of life’s great mysteries. 😂 I think it’s an orchestrated attack.. Same bastards who export all the Idaho potatoes to Washington.. 🤣
pineapple pepperoni pizza is the way
@@ManzanitaRecords 🍍 🍕 🍍🍕🍍