Features Good or bad let us see pictures of your F1 or F100!!!!

Finally have got mine out of the paint booth and now starting the assembly.

 

OneBad56, Keep us posted with pics! Can't wait to see it done!

 

Its alive! First time on the road in 24 years. That sbc has more power than I expected, startled the missus. lol

 

Okay, the back half is almost done, just missing fenders and bumpers.

 

53 F-100 built 20 yrs ago & still on the track. 1/4 mile in the mid 7's.

 

What radiator are you using?
Did the support need modified?
I'd like one that doesn't stick up like a stock one.

 

Nice! thats what i need to fit the family in and possibly pull a camper!

 

killer truck how fast

 

Good question, I don't know. It was sorta in the truck when I bought it. By sorta I mean the only thing holding it in place was the hoses. It has flanges on the front side that don't line up with the boxed nuts in the original support, so I had to drill holes in the flanges, make about 3" spacers out of pipe and bolt it in from the front. It does have a center inlet and a metal overflow tube that runs to the bottom of the radiator. I like the height but the flanges stick out about 1/2" at the bottom so the valance is just loosely bolted in. I plan to get a better radiator that fits properly.
Here is a picture of it. You may be able to see the spacers between the flanges and the support. Kinda cheesy but I didn't want to hack up the support and I couldn't move it back.
Edit: Now you've got me thinking about reworking this one, maybe get a radiator shop to flip the flanges and then I can modify them. hmmmmmm
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here's what LMC is showing for stock radiators,
48-52 on the left
53-56 on the right

on the list the top 2 are 48-52
bottom 3 are 53-56

Since the core sizes are within 1-1/2" of each other, I don't think yours is 53-56. Mine has 5" of core above the fender top and yours is nearly flush.

Does it have an embossed number or name on it?

 

I see what you mean. Will take a look at it tonite when I get home from work.

 

Sunny day pictures....

 

1959 F100. Another face lift to passenger side only. 8 1/2 americans front and rear.

 

It may be the radiator out of the mid 70s Cordoba that donated the front suspension. It says "Use Mopar rust resistor" and "use Mopar antifreeze" on it, also the numbers 1686202 AB.

 

Those torque thrusts look just right.

 

thanks monster

 

Amen to that! Thats what I've been thinking about for my F1 and that little bit of eye candy sure helps visualize it.

 

a shot of mine next to a stock 55 for comparison purposes

 

cool shot!!

 

that rad looks very familiar to the one im using and its out of a earlys dodge van

 

OahuEli, My old 52 had been posted before but it had that black spoked torque thrusts. Miss that thruck.............. later,Bill

 

My '50. 454/400 narrowed 9". In the shop getting 4" taken outta the top and new paint. Hopefully done soon.

 

Oh yeah, I remember this. That looks great! Thanks for the visual. The nice thing about getting the correct wheels for my truck will be getting rid of the 1-1/2" adaptors on there now and tucking the tires up and in like yours. The p.o. put' em on when he added the Centerlines with the Chevy bolt pattern.

 

Nice truck! Did you make your own hinges for the tilt front end? Been thinking about doing that to my '51.

 

Finally back on the road.

 

Here ya go http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=287567

 

here is mine....

 

This is Harold Murphy`s
Thanks Dan for the kool over head pic and the other pic i forgot where i stole it from...

 

No. Its a fiberglass 1-piece made by fairlane who is out of business now

 

Really nice looking!