Let's see your classic FORD rigs!!!
07-16-2012, 06:12 PM
#521
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Originally Posted by MRigs81
Thank ya! It has been a fun project and a great hunting truck. People everywhere are always commenting on it.
08-16-2012, 09:51 AM
#522
Lots of nice trucks here. Most are the 6th and 7th generation units. My dad had a base model 2wd red 1980 F100 with a 300 six and a three-on-the-tree; a lot of these trucks remind me of that one.
A classic thread isn't complete without an "It Ran When I Parked It" type submission! 
Good luck with the chansaw. You might need a tractor with a loader and a log chain to help you out there.
That is a very nice truck. The author posted that on another forum and detailed how he started the restoration/modification in great detail including his original 4BT and later 6BT swap onto the P30 Doritos truck chassis. He apparently then had to sell it...do you know what happened to it? I am a big fan of the older medium duties and am very interested to see how this classic turned out.
I don't have a classic Ford right now. I eventually plan to get a "good old iron and steel farm truck" to clean up some and find excuses to use. I want a good runner that is safe at highway speeds with some logs or haybales on the back and would prefer a 4x4. So, I think something along the lines of a '60s or '70s F600 4x4 would be right up my alley. They have reasonably powerful engines with a top speed sufficient enough for two-lane highways, hydrovac brakes that can stop them from those speeds, and have hubs that lend themselves to modern tubeless tire rims (or have split rings- I am not dealing with widowmakers.) I'd make a nice stake-pocket bed for it and have a ball. I am thinking something like this nice example of a '78 F600 with a 391FT:
Good luck with the chansaw. You might need a tractor with a loader and a log chain to help you out there. 
I don't have a classic Ford right now. I eventually plan to get a "good old iron and steel farm truck" to clean up some and find excuses to use. I want a good runner that is safe at highway speeds with some logs or haybales on the back and would prefer a 4x4. So, I think something along the lines of a '60s or '70s F600 4x4 would be right up my alley. They have reasonably powerful engines with a top speed sufficient enough for two-lane highways, hydrovac brakes that can stop them from those speeds, and have hubs that lend themselves to modern tubeless tire rims (or have split rings- I am not dealing with widowmakers.) I'd make a nice stake-pocket bed for it and have a ball. I am thinking something like this nice example of a '78 F600 with a 391FT:
08-23-2012, 03:09 PM
#523
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08-24-2012, 09:19 AM
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Thanks..I have been away for a while..This truck is exactly how Ford built it..It is a survivor..I could part with it as I have a few more projects in the works..I even have the 1984 spare tire that was delivered with the truck from new, the rib Firestone.
09-15-2012, 02:28 AM
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09-15-2012, 02:49 AM
#529
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'82 Step, 4wd, 4.9L, 4spd Manual, No lift (yet), 31x10.50 on 15x10, Prepping for paint and considering Dark Fawn (factory color), Black or Presidential Blue?
