This is the truck that is sacrificing itself for the greater cause. I thought a lot about how I would complete this conversion, and in the end I decided that the cleanest way to do it would be to cut the front portion of the frames off, just in front of the forward cab mounts, and weld the 4 wheel drive frame to the 2 wheel drive crew cab. It seems complicated but this method allows me to use all of the factory mounting points for the power steering box, leaf springs, etc.

Everything will bolt in place as if it came from the factory.