redidbull

Hi All, I bought this truck a while back for $700. The body is pretty straight but obviously rusted and not well cared for. There is a lot of rust but not a lot of rot through. I plan to leave the body as is maybe sand off the loose stuff and clear coat. I recently bought a set of tires from craigslist five for $110. It is going to be a slow build. Plans now clean up the engine and interior and repair the interior. There is a considerable amount of rot in the cab that will be fixed.Indian blanket seat cover and rubber pebble floor mat and a set of gauges round out the interior. Here are a coupe pix from went she came home. More pix tomorrow. Jim

redidbull

Gutted the air pump today. Cleaned off the rust. Welded up the openings. Gave it a coat of paint. Hoping for no rain tomorrow and I can get this and the alternator back on. Jim

codyb

If it runs, for $700, you did good!

redidbull

Thanks. It runs but needs a tune up. I couldn't drive it anywhere because the tires were so bad. Once I get the alt and bracket back on, had to get a new one I broke the original, I can take it for a spin.
Pic of gutted air pump. Jim

redidbull

More pix. Jim

sierrafast

Very nice for what you paid for it. Any plans to do an LS swap?

kmac1036

LS stands for leisurely stolen - from everyone else!

cool project op!

redidbull

Thanks. Short term is new exhaust and a nice interior. Long term maybe a warmed over 302 and C4 or C6. New to these generation of Fords. I had a 79 F100 when I was young. Short bed with the 302 4sp OD. Loved that truck but it rusted out and I sold it. Trying to do this truck with minimum funds. Craigslist, ebay are my friends. Any info on the LS swap? Thanks. Jim

LightningFastSVT

redidbull

Thank you. Update, I got it back together today got in turned the key and after a while letting the fuel get there, it ran and ran pretty good. I didn't take it on the road yet. I don't think this has run for a while because it was smoking off all kinds of stuff. All surface, no leaks except fora a drippy transmission. I checked the trans fluid because when i was pulling it in the driveway when I got it, it was slow to creep into the driveway. Some here said when they sit they may leak. Sure enough it is pretty low. I changed 4 plugs, started to rain. They look old. All and all good day. Jim