Hi all can we see your.custom 1961-66 ford f100 I'm getting one and I want to do some custom looks for it TIA
This here is "Ol' Furd". 1965 F100 that I saved from the crusher. 300 inline, with an OT induction system, Tremec T5 trans, Vintage Air AC, power steering and brakes.
The detail on the bed modification starts on page 8 of my build thread.... https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/bringing-an-f100-back-from-the-dead.1246484/page-8
@guthriesmith posted these images from the Hotrodhundred in Springfield, Mo. I built this one with/for a good friend several years ago. He has logged a bunch of fun miles with it since.
My every day beater, except when there is salt on the roads, firewood hauler etc, but soon to have all the previous owner's sins forgiven. It's a 63 cab on a 65 chassis. I know, I know, but that is what he had to build it with, and it's sort of okay, once I get the sins fixed in the steering column. I have explorer front springs for the I beams, unless I find another one of those front suspensions that we aren't allowed to talk about here. Rear will be lowered a similar amount, then the box comes off and all the sheet metal restored to perfect. Almost zero rust in this truck. Now that I have this one up and running, I can fix the grey truck properly. Mercury is currently sitting as I am awaiting the arrival of a newer steering system for the front suspension on the truck that we aren't allowed to talk about here. Blew the seals out of the steering system on the poker run for our local street wheelers weekend. Came home and tore the steering system out of my 57 Ranchero which also has that same front suspension from jolly old you know where. Stuck it in the Merc, and promptly blew the seals out of it as well. Its a great world when you can sit at your computer at 10 o'clock on Friday night and order a steering part through Hollander in New Jersey and have it on your doorstep 4 days later, several thousand miles West and North. Actually purchased two of those same steering parts as I now needed one for my Ranchero as well. Was lucky to find the newer style steering part that doesn't leak as readily as the original from jolly old you know where. Nothing radical here. 300 six with offy manifold, and quadrajet carb, dual exhaust, and since I already had an A833 overdrive sitting around, I made an adapter to use that. The six has a burnt valve but I have a rebuilt head for it sitting on the bench. It has been a run what ya brung project and I kept all the bills. Built it for under $13,000 cdn funds, about 10 grand in your funds, and 2500 of that was paint supplies. I built the tailgate from scratch. Built the die to stamp it. There's a build thread on Canadian Rodder website on the tailgate build. It seemed like a good idea at the time. FWIW, there is no bondo in this truck. Just a couple coats of high build primer. I took down all the high spots on the metal, and raised all the low spots to less than the thickness of a stainless steel ruler. With a little luck, the grey truck will be the same next year.
Are slicks not the most prettiest shape out there? That mercury unibody must be pretty rare jvo? My own one, not custom but on the road after three years tinkering. Need to adjust rack angle, not happy with it ATM
Per the Mercury unibody rarity comment, I was just at a local show last week. Must have been almost 300 C10's in various states of dress and vintages. Maybe 5 "slick" Ford trucks, one restored 66 Mercury truck, and none like mine. The ones that are left in the rough should be parked in the sitting and rotting thread, cause all the owners are either waiting for their ship to come in financially, or going to fix it up someday. We all know those stories. But there are still a few out there in the wild. Thanks for the comment.
A friend called this afternoon and asked if I wanted to go for an impromptu cruise almost an hour out of town. He said I'll pick you up, and we will meet the guys at the casino, then head to Taber and meet those guys. They will lead us out to the guys place that has a museum. There were a few, a very few hamb friendly cars, but I didn't take any pics of them. Most of the rest were street rods or off topic, and we've all seen lots of petroleum signs and gas pumps, etc. But look at this. We were told, as this guy has a museum that everyone knows about, some fella was closing out his farm and cleaning up, and calls him and says, I hear you like old cars. If you want these, come and get them. That's all I know. This has not been washed yet. Just like it came off the farm, complete with bird shit and all. The tailgate is perfect, just like new. I didn't spend any time around it, as I was the only one in the yard that seemed interested in it. Please excuse the off topic farm machinery in the background. No dents. No rust, at least anywhere obvious. That's about all I know about it, but isn't it pretty to look at? The box looked like it may have been one of those long ones. So yes, they are still out there. This one sure made me smile.
^^ That’s neat alright, interesting grille guard there too. Some of these aren’t necessarily customs, but they are cool nonetheless
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