v4...The Dents We Find

[taxreliever]

Incase you didn't see this in Duncans thread
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford...cks&hash=item4611815ad0&vxp=mtr#ht_500wt_1184

What's the canister sitting to the left of the radiator?

 

[taxreliever]

^^^I do like the interior theme though...kinda cool/unique. Just never been a fan of short boxes and dents without trim.

 

[Jolly Green]

What's the canister sitting to the left of the radiator?

Oh, my lord. Did they fashion a radiator overflow tank out of a drinking canteen? I'm not sure if that's awesome or awful. I'll have to think about it for a while.

 

[taxreliever]

Oh, my lord. Did they fashion a radiator overflow tank out of a drinking canteen? I'm not sure if that's awesome or awful. I'll have to think about it for a while.

My first thought was that it was a canteen.

 

[m78]

Oh, my lord. Did they fashion a radiator overflow tank out of a drinking canteen? I'm not sure if that's awesome or awful. I'll have to think about it for a while.

I wondered that the first time I saw it too.

 

[taxreliever]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1977...em=111138445512&forcev4exp=true#ht_500wt_1182

This one is ok.....more of a dd, but for me, no AC and it's standard.

The more I see ads like this, the more I feel better about the 79 purchase.......love love love the F250.....going to do some fluid and filter changes this coming weekend or next week sometime; add some more freon.

 

[LEB Ben]

Wuuuuuuuuuuuuut TF is going on with his steering. That truck is pretty god awful. 2500, maybe...11k...dude is nuts. I hate it when a guy thinks paint and a bed liner means restored.

 

[taxreliever]

Wuuuuuuuuuuuuut TF is going on with his steering. That truck is pretty god awful. 2500, maybe...11k...dude is nuts. I hate it when a guy thinks paint and a bed liner means restored.

I didn't think it was that bad....or $2500 bad.....the engine was rebuilt and the engine bay looks clean....even a $5k truck in my opinion will need some tinkering with, but that's why I check with you fellas first....I was thinking $5-6 if I was looking for a dd work truck.

 

[LEB Ben]

I didn't think it was that bad....or $2500 bad.....the engine was rebuilt and the engine bay looks clean....even a $5k truck in my opinion will need some tinkering with, but that's why I check with you fellas first....I was thinking $5-6 if I was looking for a dd work truck.

If you do the work yourself a mild rebuild from carb to oil pan, you can have a 335 series done for under $2500...and that's touching everything. That engine looks to have been painted, but those plug wires, air cleaner and valve covers are definitely older than 15k. Then move to the interior and those God awful seats. The paint on that thing isn't much better...looks like they let a coked out chimpanzee mask off the break line. The way that gas spill is eating through the paint...thin single stage??? Then the steering...you want all those parts to be as parallel to the ground as possible...they're at a 30* angle. Looks like he's using a stock pitman arm on his lift. And holy spring bow batman.

I would classify that one as 'painting a turd'...and not even that well.

 

[taxreliever]

If you do the work yourself a mild rebuild from carb to oil pan, you can have a 335 series done for under $2500...and that's touching everything. That engine looks to have been painted, but those plug wires, air cleaner and valve covers are definitely older than 15k. Then move to the interior and those God awful seats. The paint on that thing isn't much better...looks like they let a coked out chimpanzee mask off the break line. The way that gas spill is eating through the paint...thin single stage??? Then the steering...you want all those parts to be as parallel to the ground as possible...they're at a 30* angle. Looks like he's using a stock pitman arm on his lift. And holy spring bow batman.

I would classify that one as 'painting a turd'...and not even that well.

Point well taken......this is why I would never buy anything without asking for your guys' input.

 

[LEB Ben]

Point well taken......this is why I would never buy anything without asking for your guys' input.

I might be a little harsh...but that truck is just rubbing me the wrong way. If the guy had a realistic price on it, I'd consider it a fixer upper...but 11k, c'mon.

 

[Workin' Rig]

11k for that? Thats ridculious.

 

[Workin' Rig]

Check this out....
http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/cto/3931884158.html

 

[taxreliever]

Check this out....
http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/cto/3931884158.html

Wow....that looks beautiful.

It's 2wd and no lift. Also wish there were some engine bay and underneath pictures.

Still...looks well kept. Has the original fugly wheel covers. They are wheel covers right? I mentioned those on another post here a week or two ago.

 

[Workin' Rig]

Yes...those are wheel covers. I would love to have it but the wife already said no...lol

 

[Ranger429]

I hate it when a guy thinks paint and a bed liner means restored.

You mean to tell me I've been doing restorations wrong?

 

[primetime]

Wuuuuuuuuuuuuut TF is going on with his steering. That truck is pretty god awful. 2500, maybe...11k...dude is nuts. I hate it when a guy thinks paint and a bed liner means restored.

It`s the stock steering linkage with no correction apparently. 73-75 half tons had what they call inverted t linkage, 76-77 had inverted y (think 80-96 style), and 78 went back to the t style.

 

[LEB Ben]

You mean to tell me I've been doing restorations wrong?

Apparently...if this guy can swing 11k out of that truck...I'm finding all the beaters I can, spraying them with fresh paint, rolling on some bedliner and I'll be able to retire in a few months.

 

[taxreliever]

Apparently...if this guy can swing 11k out of that truck...I'm finding all the beaters I can, spraying them with fresh paint, rolling on some bedliner and I'll be able to retire in a few months.

I doubt he'll ever get that.

 

[RustyCJ]

A Rescue truck.

http://akroncanton.craigslist.org/cto/4006895819.html