Austin's 1990 F-Superduty Build Thread

[Fordzilla80]

I agree with Ben.

I enjoy working on cars, but not every single day. The thought of having a vehicle that breaks down every week absolutely annoyed me, as I get quite annoyed with re-occurring problems. So I made the decision to try and find something with low miles, a nice maintenance history, easy to work on, and still within my payment range. I got lucky and knew of a dealer who scopes the state looking for low mileage cars and trucks. So after looking at a few other dealer sites, I looked at their site and voila, I found my Ranger. Not only did it meet my criteria, but it was also a white Supercab Edge, a configuration I wanted since I wrecked my '00 Ranger. 2K down, $200 dollar a month payment deal and I was out the door driving my dream Ranger, happy as can be. Now, my entire paycheck goes towards the Ranger, be it the payment, maintenance, or gas. But in my case, it sure beats driving something that I have to fix every single week. And with 48K on the odo, it's not anywhere near the end of it's life.

 

[Austin]

Still got plenty of work to be had on the truck... Wrapping things up, though.

Cleaned up the fuel necks today. Note the before and after.

Found this guy under the seat. Looks like it's been there for the life of the truck. Unfortunately, he didn't survive the removal process. Luckily, I'm secretly a member of the CIA! I'm gonna piece it together tomorrow.

Oh, got a new family addition. My sister's new to her 03 v6 pony.

 

[Austin]

BTW, with the stang, that makes 7 fords on the family compound.

 

[DNFXDLI]

You can never have enough Fords

 

[Austin]

You can never have enough Fords

Tuf be told!

 

[flareside_thunder]

Did you do the filler neck mod? That piece of paper should be your original spec sheet for your truck....that's a gem!

 

[Austin]

Did you do the filler neck mod? That piece of paper should be your original spec sheet for your truck....that's a gem!

Thought about it, but didn't. I had pulled them while the bed was off.

 

[Austin]

Starting to look like a truck ladies and gents!

Sanded the side of the bed down pretty far, and burned the edges down because I didn't like some of the imperfections. (I wet the side to show potential gloss.)

 

[flareside_thunder]

Damn dude...lookin great!

 

[Austin]

Damn dude...lookin great!

Thanks! I will say that I want to start over again and find a garage. It's definitely a learning process.

 

[Austin]

Going hard core folk!

Oh, don't piss me off - or I'll have to light you up!

 

[Austin]

Still gotta zero in the lights, but she's moving along.

 

[slmann]

looks like things are moving along nicely.

 

[Austin]

looks like things are moving along nicely.

Thanks! They're moving, but I want to be done... 3 months ago. I hate to rush, but I'd like it done before the big move.

 

[O'Rattlecan]

Looks like you're doing thorough work though.

Ryan

 

[Austin]

Looks like you're doing thorough work though.

Ryan

Very much so!

 

[Terrell460]

Looks great man. Its always nice to see some one do a good job a restoring the pickups and not make a basket case out of it so definate thumbs up! What paint brand are you using?

 

[Austin]

Looks great man. Its always nice to see some one do a good job a restoring the pickups and not make a basket case out of it so definate thumbs up! What paint brand are you using?

Thanks! It's all about the tasteful mods.

The paint is Rustoleum Pro enamel. You can get it just about anywhere, even WalMart.

 

[Austin]

As she sits today:

 

[tankrsc]

need more pics. that looks great by the way. What kind of gun did you use with the paint?