73-79 Ford Truck Parts

[LEB Ben]

I'm looking for several 73-79 Ford truck parts for home/shop/office decor pieces.

1) 351m/400/429/460 engine block and 4 rods/pistons (don't have to be straight rods or good pistons). I'll be a making a coffee table out of this. Hoping someone threw a rod through a block and has something lying around their shop.

2) Pretty much the same thing as #1, but looking for 300 for an end table...possibly even a wine rack.

#1 and #2 don't have to be 73-79 specific, but figured would be cheaper than an efi unit.

3) Looking for a 73-79 hood, fenders and grille assembly to make a desk out of.

4) Would like to find a relatively trashed bed where the last 18-24" are still decent enough to cut off as a frame for a sofa.

Hoping some of you guys might have some of these things sitting on your scrap pile...it would be nice to get out of this as cheaply as possible...but if you have anything, shoot me a price. Thanks.

 

[Fellro]

Shipping would make it not so cheap...

 

[LEB Ben]

Yeah...I hesitated to post here just because there aren't many folks near me. But just in case...

 

[Fellro]

Sad part is, I have the hood and box...The box is largely hosed for intended use, the hoods are such that I wouldn't want them for a good truck, as they have some rust through on the outer edge. I even have fenders that could be patched up for that kind of use.I doubt you would want inner fenders in there though.

 

[LEB Ben]

Just for gits and shiggles, any chance I could get pics of the last 24" of the bed??? I have a strong feeling it's going to be pretty difficult to find a bed where only the first 5 feet are hosed. And if worse comes to worse, I do have a couple nice hoods, too nice for a desk...but also too nice to go on the Bronco...but my Broncos hood is about what I'm looking for.

 

[Fellro]

I guess it would depend which end of the bed you want most... Probably a little of both ends? I initially made a box trailer out of this one, but the floor is so far gone, it is not really useful for that. I'll have to clear it out a bit sometime. Might be such it could be broken down into a more manageable size for shipping.

 

[LEB Ben]

To be honest the front panel would be great to 'finish' it...but not entirely necessary. I wouldn't need the floor at all, and I'm thinking a factory bench between the bedsides would fit pretty nicely. So all I'd really NEED are the last 24" of each side of the bed...and the front panel would be a nice finishing touch...but not necessary.