project last chance

[wizzard351]

for many years I aways wanted to build a swb 2wd f150 for some street/strip drags. finaly got the chance now. got this nice lil 96 a couple weeks ago



the plan is to put in a fresh 429 I took to the engine builder last week with a c-6 with 3:89's in a 9inch rear. hopefull my hands will be healed up so I can have it ready for our real street drags at our local drag strip the 1st part of june. ill keep ya'll post as progress moves fwd. diging threw 4 biuldings for the rest of the parts is about all I can do now one handed.its like a treasure hunt lol

 

[fatherdoug]

That looks very nice!

 

[smokey]

Sounds like your going to be having loads of fun on this project.

 

[68F1006.4]

Nice ride, looks to be a solid foundation!

 

[dustybumpers]

Nice truck


Screams for a crown vic front end to go with the 9".........

 

[wizzard351]

Nice truck


Screams for a crown vic front end to go with the 9".........

I thought about that,but wasn't shure if that would work on one this new. the 2nd phase of the project will be to do a 4-link rear and drop the front end a lil. mabe someone refresh my memory on a part. seems as tho I remember a speed senser from some car that'll fit in the speedo cable hole of the c-6 that would alow me to plug in the wires that went to the vss. anyone remember what car that was? mabe a crown ?

 

[dustybumpers]

Yup, crown, or town car

The crown front end is almost a crossmember drop in........
cut and weld...
Just like putting a mustang II in a street rod.
You can even use the f 150 steering column

 

[CowboyBilly9Mile]

Great project and sounds like you picked up a good start point. Keep us posted and post up some pics as you go!

 

[welderr]

Wheres the like button when you need one. Following this one

 

[dustybumpers]

Up top, on the right, there is a set of scales you hit on, to leave a good reputation for the poste. Sort of a like button

 

[wizzard351]

talked to my trans guy and will be taking the c-6 to him later this week. it'll be a carbon copy to the one that was in the old mustang 20 some of years ago, custom built coverter, full manual valve body,ect ect. I found just about all the stuff I'm goin to need around here now including the NOS kit and a hurst shifter. my wife didnt even realize I had this much stuff stashed away lol. gess its a good thing I'm a hoarder!!

 

[cbaker65]

talked to my trans guy and will be taking the c-6 to him later this week. it'll be a carbon copy to the one that was in the old mustang 20 some of years ago, custom built coverter, full manual valve body,ect ect. I found just about all the stuff I'm goin to need around here now including the NOS kit and a hurst shifter. my wife didnt even realize I had this much stuff stashed away lol. gess its a good thing I'm a hoarder!!

Cool ,anxious to see what you come up with!...

 

[wizzard351]

well my rite hand finaly got healed up and I had about a week before I had the doc fix the left one, so I got the wheels and tire mounted and installed



I cant believe how many folks ask me about the micky thompsons and never herd of them.



motor should be done by the end of next week I hope as with the trans

 

[fatherdoug]

Looks VERY nice!

 

[68F1006.4]

We're dealing with a generation of people that genuinely have never heard of the badassery of Micky Thompson tires.

The combo looks great!

 

[smokey]

Looks Good. Everyone was running the Micky tires on the cragers back in the day.

 

[wizzard351]

Looks Good. Everyone was running the Micky tires on the cragers back in the day.

exactly! we always did that. I'm tryn to stay true to my old school roots on this one

 

[wizzard351]

oh also did the frontend, balljoints, tie rods and alinement. gess I shoulda got pics of all that I spose.

 

[Jasperrc]

Looks great!

 

[wizzard351]

well got a lil progress done today, not much tho. finaly working with both hands again even tho its slow, had carpal tunnel done back to back on both hands.



gota 9inch from the junk row and started to rip it apart then remembered yall like progress photos lol



I was goin to sandblast and paint the housing but when I flipped it over I discovered this on the back. that's probably ben on there for 20+ years so ill leave it



got'r torn down and ready for the power washer. ill sandblast the backing plates and order new axle bearings, brakes , hardware and wheel cylenders sometime in the next couple days



took the diff outa the box and found out it wasn't a Detroit locker like the box said but instead was a tru-track. idk mabe sometime along the way I had both and put this one in the box and used the locker for something else. anyways took the spool out and put this one in. I should get a pic of how close the other axles was to snappin after aprox 30,000 miles of street driving with the spool lol lets just say the splines arnt strait anymore