FNG from Western Mass....
03-09-2017, 12:29 PM
#1
FNG from Western Mass....
Hello everyone,
First of all let me say you all have a great forum here; I've been lurking for a little while....
I'm finally trying to get to restoring my grandfather's '83 F150. He bought it new in '83, passed away in 1987 after which it spent 14 years sitting in the barn. It was given to me in 2001. It has about 68,000 original miles on it, and most of damage on it is due to me not being able to garage it properly.
Many years and many different projects (new house, Harley re-build, etc) got in the way of doing the right thing by this truck.
Now I'll have the garage space this spring and I'd like to start getting some stuff done. Sadly, I still don't have the time or proper tools to much of the work myself, so I'll probably be sending out for a lot of the work....
Anyway, hello, and I'll try to post some photos below...
DB
First of all let me say you all have a great forum here; I've been lurking for a little while....
I'm finally trying to get to restoring my grandfather's '83 F150. He bought it new in '83, passed away in 1987 after which it spent 14 years sitting in the barn. It was given to me in 2001. It has about 68,000 original miles on it, and most of damage on it is due to me not being able to garage it properly.
Many years and many different projects (new house, Harley re-build, etc) got in the way of doing the right thing by this truck.
Now I'll have the garage space this spring and I'd like to start getting some stuff done. Sadly, I still don't have the time or proper tools to much of the work myself, so I'll probably be sending out for a lot of the work....
Anyway, hello, and I'll try to post some photos below...
DB
03-10-2017, 02:33 AM
#2
Super Moderator
Welcome to the forum !
Nice truck
What part of the country are you in?
You might find someone on here that lives near you and can help or point you towards a decent shop.
Nice truck
What part of the country are you in?
You might find someone on here that lives near you and can help or point you towards a decent shop.
03-11-2017, 09:31 AM
#3
03-12-2017, 09:02 PM
#5
Actually, the major mod I was going to into was whether or not the '83 (two wheel drive) could be economically turned into a 4WD..... other than that, just probably some suspension stuff to start out with...
DB