Its done enough to drive but still need to get the wrap around step bumper blasted and painted
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Its done enough to drive but still need to get the wrap around step bumper blasted and painted
Looks great Jeff, very nicely done! All good things deserve a bit of extra time, right?
That's a great looking truck! Very nice.. how's the ride quality? LOL..
The truck looks great! Stock running gear, or did you play some? Sorry if you had a build thread and I've forgotten....
It has a 460/C-6 now and I dont think I had a build thread on here,probably should have put a 351-W/AOD in it but could not pass up a rebuilt motor and trans for 500 dollars.
Wow! It ought to scoot with a 460 if you can get it to hook up!! Sounds very cool! Maybe a few more pictures when you get time??Quote:
Originally Posted by junkyardjeff
Wow, that was my impression of your truck when I saw the photo, a very nice very clean restored truck and then reading down the posts, I think, holy smolly, a sleeper or a wolf dressed like a lamb. That will certainly give the odd " Boy Racer " a fright at the traffic lights when you step on the loud pedal.
It's just beautiful Jeff. :3dSMILE:
Great looking truck & looks "Done" to me. Bet that 460 passes everything but a gas station out on the road. Makes me miss my 66 ford pu, was a well worn 2wd, 6 cylinder a very sloppy top loader in it w/about 250,000 on the meter when I got rid of it. By the time it was passed around among friends and left the area it had a 460 w/a 4x4 drive train in it.
The truck looks great, Jeff!! I also have a '66 but mine is a F100 shortbed. I'm sure yours will run circles around my little 5.0/AOD but I'm guessing you get to visit the gas stations more often, too.....:D
Are you also on FTE or Slick60's truck forums?
Yes it likes a little fuel and I am going to tune it and get overdrive to see if I can get about 16 to 18 out of it empty and not towing,around town its a little better then the original 352 but have not had it on the highway much. I am on the FTE and Slick60s forums.
Yeah, I thought the truck looked familiar. I'm on both, too.Quote:
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Very Nice!!
Very nice,Jeff..I wouldn't have turned down that combo for $500 either..:cool: Still thinking about something bigger for my 60 when the Windsor takes a dump,,whenever that will be.. been going for a number of years now..:D:DQuote:
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If the 460 is a later model(post 73) you can up the performance and economy by using a earlier crank gear and advance the cam the 8 degrees they retarded it for smog-
I think someone has done that as it would run circles around another 460 I had.
I love the Classic look, and the Big Block is the perfect 'Sleeper',
great job!
Rich
It has been converted to a 1/2 ton and is much better on the highway and rides much better too,it also got disc brakes and front and rear sway bars during the conversion too. I was hoping it would have helped with the fuel consumption but it did not.
I have a 66 F100 shortbed which I also converted to disc brakes, power steering etc. It originally had a 352/cruiseomatic and the mpgs sucked! Ha! I helped slow the fuel consumption by installing a fuel injected 5.0/AOD....:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by junkyardjeff
Haha!!! Just reviewed the thread and realize I already told you all this! LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by randyr
However, FWIW, I drove the truck to Phoenix last weekend. First tank at 65mph I got 19.1mpg. Second tank with cruise control (yes I added that) set on 75mph, bucking a headwind I still got 17mpg. I was ok with that....;-)
Now that its not going to be doing all the towing and hauling I was planning I think a 351-W and AOD might be better for how I will be driving it.
What wheels and tires did you go with?
I am using stock steel type rims with 65 galaxie bottle caps,the rears I got are fom Summit and are 8 inches wide and with the 31-10.5 tires fill up the rear wheel wells just fine. Stock width rims on the 68 f100 9 inch just stuck in way too far for me
I ran 15x8's all the way around on mine with 31-10.5 rear and 235/75/15 fronts for a long time. About 10 months ago I lowered the truck with DJM drop beams and switched to 17x7 front, 17x9 rear steelies with factory style bottle caps. I like it a lot.Quote:
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