Future of your dent?

[kiwi f150]

My dent is in semi-retirement now like me. I now only work 4 hours a day 180 days a year. But I still use the truck to go on the 12 mile round trip to work and for camping trips with the R.V. trailer to local lakes and campgrounds, also occasional errands around town. So I am only adding around 5,000 miles a year to the 431,000 miles already on it. I still enjoy driving it and once in awhile when somebody (usually in a newer truck) pulls up at a stoplight and wants to kick sand in the old man's face. It does not work out the way they had planned at all.

It's always nice to shake the young fellas up from time to time eh

 

[340B]

It's always nice to shake the young fellas up from time to time eh

Mark... it is fun to teach a younger generation of truck owners and their trucks to respect their elders.
Randy

 

[73FordF100]

That all sounds good. I will look forward to seeing it done someday.

Thanks man, that's my plans for now. At least you believe in me.

 

[340B]

You are welcome Caleb.
Randy

 

[lostinfords]

Which dent?
#1 77 f250 4wd long bed crew is in the middle of a frame off resto
#2 78/79 4wd supercabs, 1 is driven occasionallly, plan to remove upgrades for s/c #2, which is getting a d60 f/e, d70 rear diff and given to my son
#3 78 bronco driven daily, well at least semi daily w/ plans on a resto after p/u's are done, don't need much
#4 78 4wd f150..soon to be retired, frt and rear posis installed in bronco along w/ lift kit and snow plow
#5 78/79 f250 4wd sno fighter's (3) 1 as parts, 2nd as a driver and back up snow plow truck...3rd..???

these are probably melted down enroute to China

 

[tedrow42]

When I first bought my 80 f150 4x4 I was gona do a light resto on her but wrecked it shortly after so I got a lot more work ahead of me, my 89 I'm eather gona run into the ground or trade it to my buddy for his bike

 

[lostinfords]

that looks like it hurt ...but it looks repairable

 

[tedrow42]

550 befor the paint and crome pieces but worth it 2 me

 

[LEB Ben]

Robert...is it bad that your pics gave me some serious tingling in my pants.

 

[lostinfords]

Robert...is it bad that your pics gave me some serious tingling in my pants.

Ben...heading over to my buddies place to swap in the 78/79 pwr steering upgrade to the 77 crew before I install the engine..think I am going to go ahead w/ the auto trans instead of the manual trans that was in there...going tpo be a PITA because now I have to fab up a divorced transfer case shifter mounting baracket, it was mounted to the tailshaft housing on the manual trans, new auto trans doesn't have that and I have to get an intermediate d/s made from the trans to the transfer case....

 

[Fellro]

I don't remember at all how the t-case lever was mounted to the AT that was in my old 75...

 

[340B]

Which dent?
#1 77 f250 4wd long bed crew is in the middle of a frame off resto
#2 78/79 4wd supercabs, 1 is driven occasionallly, plan to remove upgrades for s/c #2, which is getting a d60 f/e, d70 rear diff and given to my son
#3 78 bronco driven daily, well at least semi daily w/ plans on a resto after p/u's are done, don't need much
#4 78 4wd f150..soon to be retired, frt and rear posis installed in bronco along w/ lift kit and snow plow
#5 78/79 f250 4wd sno fighter's (3) 1 as parts, 2nd as a driver and back up snow plow truck...3rd..???

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Alvin in AZ]

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums...cket/5db6b8bb-77f3-452b-b0dc-7a7650753aff.jpg

What'd you hit a pole or tree or what?
How fast were you going at impact? :/

I'd use that one for parts after getting another truck just like it.
(but with a nice straight frame

Alvin in AZ

 

[H2opro]

Mine i would like to fix the one dent it has in the door. And pull the motor out. It doesn't really need it with only 57k on the truck. But i want to ditch all the emmisions crap.

 

[Alvin in AZ]

...i want to ditch all the emissions crap.

Cool.

BTDT

Defeated the EGR in the first month or so of brand new. LOL

All that stuff on the outside is straight forward, just take it off.
There's one thing inside the engine that needs to go too tho
and that's the retarded-cam-timing in the cam timing gear set.

It's just under the timing chain cover but an aftermarket cam
is one of the best you can do when you do a rebuild.

What year is yours and the engine, carburetor and transmission?

'75 F150 360FE+T18+2100 Comp252/252

Hmmm... oh yeah the stock Y pipe!
You still got yours? They are crap inside! :/
What you see on the outside ain't what's in the inside.

There's a torch cut hole that was cut by hand, weird but true.
The hole in mine was smaller than a golf ball but shaped like a
football. It was like I added two more cylinders to the engine
opening that sorry sucker up! LOL

http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/file12/exhaustY.jpg
Next is the Thrush that's 2+1/2" inside and 45" long so as far
as the engine knows it's straight piped...
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/file12/exhaust1.jpg

Alvin in AZ
ps- Where you at? Fill out your stuff and stay awhile.
pps- Wife and one son were into scuba I prefer skindiving.

 

[dunnboomer]

I'm gonna play in the mud & snow until i can buy alll the stuff I need to make it a replica of the original Bigfoot, so far I have all LMC body and starting on suspension. I figure I should be able to start tear down in 2 years. Hoping to paint in 3

 

[Fellro]

Sounds like an interesting project... So how much of a duplicate do you intend, as in what tires and axles are you looking to go with? BTW, hello from a fellow Iowan, was starting to wonder if there was an internet block in the state...

 

[dunnboomer]

going all out on bigfoot resto. have good support in st. louis (bigfoot birthplace) where you at in Iowa?

 

[dunnboomer]

Axles will be 5 ton military with detriot lockers,
18 Big foot signature series shocks
66" x 43" x 25"
powered by 460 hoping for around 750-850 hp

 

[Fellro]

West of Iowa City a bit.