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Installed a drop axle, bought aftermarket but in hindsight should have gone with SIDS dropped axle. Axle comparison[ATTACH] Had some issues...
Still working as I go. Bolt check yielded several bolts shaking a little loose or expansion, worth the time to go back and check before it gets...
Nice local car show yesterday, snatched the photos before most of the cars arrived.
17x8 front 225/55 r17 17x9 rear 255/60 r17 U.s. wheel rat rod wheels with moon's Goodyear eagle f1s (high performance summer tire. 265s would...
License plate may be an issue eventually. I have the door unlatched - the gap isnt that bad. So busy enjoying driving it and working on it...
Had an adhesion problem on hood, but rest of car was wheeled polished and waxed. New rims and tires installed, exhaust finished, windows all in,...
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Mrharley51 thanks for the offer! Nice build. I'm continually surprised by how many of nice f1s are in Michigan I love that stance, I'll be...
Body shop made my attempts look much better, picked it up yesterday and able to start attaching everything to the shell [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Been busy but got enough done to post about.... Lots of prep, epoxy prime, regular prime, block, prime, and repeat.... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Another...
I've heard some contradiction, but another negative of waiting more than a month or so is having to sand it and spray a new coat of epoxy over it...
To finish off the catchup. .. Still need to finalize paint color and order, time to move on from epoxy primer to standard primer for some build...
Trying to catch up on posts and condense a lot of boring bodywork and other odds and ends. Noticed a lot of older photos are not loading anymore...
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Welcome. Check out ford truck enthusiast forum too. They have a hole forum on f1's. Sent from my 5017B using H.A.M.B. mobile app
I have the armrest but am leaning towards not using it currently. Thanks for the feedback. Sent from my 5017B using H.A.M.B. mobile app
Sorry for the delay... They are flowtech headers, block huggers for sbf. They were the best deal I found, but I had to have one side machined...
Running and Driving now, been so busy it has been hard to make time to work on tryck let alone update the thread.
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Got some more done. Truck is running now, but not yet driving. Been busy wiring and getting gauges in. For your viewing pleasure: [IMG] [IMG]...
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I do not have that adaptor, my neighbor has a "spacer" like the one in the link below on his...
its a 1 wire "3g" type alternator.
Admittedly, I am making a mountain out of a mole hill on this. I am on my 1st real frame off build, and I have the major components but the small...
[IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] Plenty more to do. Fighting trying to figure out the best way to mount the alternator next, and moving forward as...
[IMG] [IMG] Plenty more to be done, everything is taking forever... Stripping paint, cleaning, and painting gas tank before plumbing fuel lines...
Why yes.... In addition to the pics below... I moved again - this time 300 miles which really set me back on cash and time.... got married (so...
[IMG] [IMG] Still have to do some sanding and touch-up before finished pics, it looks like it will do just fine with some TLC. [img] [img]...
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