I currently drive a 2004 Ford F150 Heritage that I had received from my grandfather which has the 4.6l V8 2v Triton. A few months back I rolled my Pickup in the winter, with the only damage being my driver side bed and my roof becoming dented in (the roof was pushed back to normal so I could drive it, and have driven it since). I was wondering if it would be possible to swap the body of a newer body style 2004 F150 onto it when I get it fixed in a few months, or is there other factors that make it so I can't do this.

 

No, you can’t unfortunately. Your truck is basically a 97-03 generation and doesn’t share anything with the 04-08 body style.

everything is different. Frames, suspension, etc.

 

The frame is different on the new body style. Will not work unless you do a LOT of fabrication...

 

Possible? Sure. How handy are you with a torch, welder, grinder and plasma cutter?

Practical? No.

 

For all things considered, please remember your pickup as a 2003 model, it will make your google searches much easier.

 

Your question isn't so much about the trucks as it is about you. As you've been told you're not going to pull your old cab and place the new one on but IMO this may be a big job but not a very complicated one. Look at Blue Oval's V10 engine swap. That's complicated. When we channeled cars back in the day, that was more complicated. This is about your ability to see what needs to be done, develop a plan to do it and your ability to recover from mistakes. I can easily see how someone could get the cab on then find out the hood and fenders won't go on because the core support is located differently. Then you find out a crossmember and the front suspension\steering prevents you from simply relocating the core support. What do you do then? All problems with solutions but it will take more than drilling some new holes. It might even mean starting over. How tenacious are you to compensate for your lack of experience? This can all be done with basic tools too. Not nearly as easily but possible.

Don't forget about the cab interior. The new dash may not work so how does the old one go in to the new cab?