A belated thank you! I'll see what I can do. Busy myself, once the pre-Winter mad rush is completed.

Wow, I totally forgot about this page. Thanks to my birthday last month on my email that I didn't use too often before, (I do now) that FTF wished me a happy birthday, I figured I'd drop in. Looks like nobody else really comes here too often either.. Anyway, saying hi

Or find an original from another truck. You can get Runtz voltage reducers to make the 6v gauges work with a 12 v battery supply.

Hi all, wondering if anyone could provide pics of how much the stock wheels and tires stick out on the front of a '65 or 66 compared to a '61-64?

Congrats Wayne!

Happy New Year!

Wayne, Bob, Tim, and everyone else on FTF, Merry Christmas!

I think you can drill out the welds and swap firewalls and dashes. But to add my 2 cents, If your firewall and dash are good, and most of the cab is ok, then I'd only cut out the bad metal and replace it with the better metal of the '48 cab. The more parent material you can use, the better the...

yes. the differences are the back window, and the dash. Which means hopefully the '48 cab is complete with gauges and windows.

early Ford Rangers have a bench seat that is about right, as Wayne said, and would have a lowback seat arrangement, that can be covered to look kinda original. The '97-ish and newer Rangers had a wider seat, and most all had a high back head-rest, as well as a 60/40 split. The mid 90's had...

good deal!

Welcome to FTF, Bill. I'll echo what Tim said in post #3, glad to have ya on board!

IIRC, 1/2" x 20, like Tim said.

Many thanks to Bob for selling me this radio. He went above and beyond with the deal !

I'd like to get the jag front and rear, but shipping would kill me.Good luck on your sales!

I'll tell you what happened to me. I thought my v8 flathead was seized too, except when I separated the trans from the engine, the engine then turned over by hand. Maybe worth a try. As far as value, most unknown condition flatheads go for $100. Knowing they spin by hand , about $200...

Look for a light duty 3sp, '49 (or earlier, with some fit checks)-52. Your final drive will be 1:1 whether 4sp. or 3sp. Should fit without cutting, and give you synchromesh gears. The tail-piece "should" bolt on, so that it'll retain the original crossmember mounting. The quirk to this swap...

There are alternatives to the widow makers, that can be discussed in detail with user-name truckdog62563. Maybe search his name on here and send a PM, or google search his user-name with the words widow-maker alternative. Stu is a great guy and very helpful.

360 FE is built to work with a 2bbl, IMO. But when you decide to up the power to a 390, then the 4bbl, will feel right at home. My 2 cents.

$150 for the dana rear is a good deal in itself. Then you don't have to worry about wheel size. As far as the front, they are the same spindle as the F1(If I remember right), which is the popular swap, but you'll have to use a different rotor, such as that from a '73 F250 2wd and newer disc...

I believe any Dana 60 rear in a 3/4 or 1 ton Ford up to 1972 will fit that truck, still provide 8 lugs, and be stout enough for any trailer.From my experience, towing a trailer is better with a longer wheelbase, and the F2/3 is about 8 inches longer than the F1. Body/bed is longer still, with...

Happy New year, Wayne and the rest of the FTF gang!!

Awesome!I should do this

Maybe weld in some vertical triangle gussets on the ends too.

I would think it's a fairly rare piece. The T98 is uncommon in an F truck from the get-go between 1948-52, and the mounting changed after 1952. And since it's longer than the T9 and T8, those won't help. I'd weld it up for a stop-gap, and continue to look for a replacement. Unless you're in...

254 would have an M cast into the block, so the OP can check to be sure. ( I should have checked the parts truck I bought, cuz the intake had the M, but the head and block had the H, passing that on). Also, I don't think there was any difference between the car and truck versions, except maybe...

You can also remove the spark plugs to allow the engine to turn over with less "resistance".If you are in humid country like me, the starter will rust from the inside out if it has sat a long time. This will cause the starter to spin slower.... in case the battery isn't the problem.

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Is the radiator for a V8?