Hunttman01

kzb86f150

Something malfunctioned. I was driving through the field and it just stopped... Trying to start it sometimes it won't crank over, when it does the negatived terminal gets hotter then a skillet but the solenoid is new and the ground is new and so is the battery. And it feels like its only wanting to run on 1 cylinder. If any can think of what this may be input is greatly appreciated cause its still in the field where it stopped

kzb86f150

We'll got it into my house.... 500 yards from home it either popped a freeze plug or my thermostat clogged because it dropped all my antifreeze on the side of the road and had to be pulled home. More work to come...


Here's a picture of the botched maiden voyage

kzb86f150

Well got it at the house and the hose replaced,




And I went through and patched all the pinholes and dents and got all the bare metal under primer. So now in stead of looking like a beat up truck
It is now a godawful ugly beat up truck.




Hopefully going to get some royal blue or black paint on it next week to get it looking road worthy,
More to come as it gets more wrapped up

kzb86f150

Started wet sanding and got primer on the truck

kzb86f150

So here's withe the ugly paint even worse.





And that's with the fender flares off which makes my truck look that much wider....

Took the front bumper off and noticed I had a slight bit of frame damage... Which sucks so bad cause I don't have a come along strong enough to fix the frame





Looks like I have to get the sledge out.

BronCowie

That's gonna look great with a paint job!

kzb86f150

Thanks I've been thinking about doing something different and rolling on tractor paint wet sanding it then chip guard/ rhino lining the body line.

MAC79150

Slick truck man, I did the same thing ( wood bed) with a 78 F150. I have always like the way the look, plus easy to build and can't rust... Lol

kzb86f150

Thanks the bed originally had white oak boards which are double grain and don't hold water and were like 20 sum odd years old and were still solid. This is just a quick resto until I get to my permanent duty station then it's going to be a full frame off restoration with all new panels and basically bring the cab to original if not show room condition.