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61-79-list-digest Monday, August 9 1999 Volume 03 : Number 278



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In this issue:

FTE 61-79 - My Lightning Vs. "New" Lightning
FTE 61-79 - M block dipstick tube
Re: FTE 61-79 - The time has come
Re: FTE 61-79 - Shorty and Daves
Re: FTE 61-79 - '65 F-100 rear end ratio and tranny.
FTE 61-79 - Goodbye Old Friend
FTE 61-79 - 1950Ford P/U question
FTE 61-79 - The time has come
Re: FTE 61-79 - Goodbye Old Friend
Re: FTE 61-79 - Goodbye Old Friend
FTE 61-79 - re-Lightning Vs New Lightning
Re: FTE 61-79 - Goodbye Old Friend
Re: FTE 61-79 - re-Lightning Vs New Lightning
FTE 61-79 - WISH: The Man, The Myth, The Legend
Re: FTE 61-79 - Meeting place
FTE 61-79 - 74 F100 Supercab
FTE 61-79 - Suspension How to
Re: FTE 61-79 - Suspension How to
Re: FTE 61-79 - Goodbye Old Friend
Re: FTE 61-79 -
Re: FTE 61-79 - re-Lightning Vs New Lightning
FTE 61-79 - Lowered I-beams

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Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 08:17:26 -0500
From: ballingr ldd.net (William L. Ballinger)
Subject: FTE 61-79 - My Lightning Vs. "New" Lightning

> I have a simialar story with my ford and a 90 chevy caviler z-24 but this kid
> put a GLASSPACK on it what a moron!!!!! and it sounded so stupid to and hes
> like oh man look at me im so cool im like ha i can beat you anyday and any
> ways hes trying to get me to drag him and im like ok buddy sure yeah not
> today and he says well i can beat that ol hunker anyday. well i pull out of
> hte gas station and he comes up next to me and revs his motor and im like ha
> i dint bother reving. light turns green im out of there like a shot and he
> can barley burn em off get to the next light and he goes wow man you have a
> cool truck what have you got in there i yell over to him o nothing fancy
> just a 352 with a 2 barrel and hes like wow man your cool and im yeah

Back around 1986 I worked with this kid that had an '83 Z-28 Camarrow
with that cross-fire twin TBI 305 set-up that they only used for a
while. He was Mr Hot Stuff.

I had my '67 F100 w/ 390 C-6 and 3.70 Traction-Lok that I drove back and
forth everyday, about ten miles out of town on a nice straight two lane
black-top. It was just a well tuned (timing set to stun, with good pink
100 octane leaded fuel/ mixed 50/50 with 93 octane unleaded, had a
friend with about 20 barrels of it stashed in a barn) '69 9.5 to 1
engine, nothing special at all.

One night as I turned the corner onto the long straight stretch, Kevin
came up beside me and paced me about 25 MPH. He had a co-worker with
him (Tad) who had a new 305 M*nte Carlo SS. We hit a good even punch,
(the kickdown grabbed low, hard) and I pulled away, far away. About a
1/2 mile down the road they finally caught up, and passed me. We were
doing about 100 when they finally got by.

The next weekend, (nobody said anything about it at work) a bunch of us
were hanging out at the Castor River bridge, swimming, fishing and
consuming cool refreshments. Tad, the kid with the Mo*te Carlo was
bragging on this black stripe he'd laid the length of this concrete
bridge. It was a good 7 inch wide black stripe. But then Kevin, the
guy with the Z, said (surprised me) "I bet Bill's old Ford can do better
than that" I had 10 inch wide L60 bias ply tires on the back. We'd had
a few, and I said "what the hell" I backed up the length of the bridge,
and stomped it, dragging the brakes a little, smoke pouring, then pulled
around and parked it. Everyone was standing there breathing that sweet
smell of burned rubber and admiring TWO, ten inch wide solid black
stripes, the length of the bridge.

I never did get Tad to run me.
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Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 09:18:44 -0500
From: "don"
Subject: FTE 61-79 - M block dipstick tube

I have searched every boneyard around here with no luck.......
BUT....thanx to fellow ford truck guy Bill Beyer, I may get one soon. He
said he has one...so hopefully I will get it fixed soon....
BTW....it is a 1971 400 M
All machine work done, Edelbrock True roller chain timing belt, Comp Cams
272H cam, Edelbrock performer
Manifold, Edelbrock 600 CFM carb, switched to Electronic
Ignition......appropriate chrome everywhere....
FlowTech headers.....ought to run decent as stock it was 260 HP, 9/1 comp.
Ratio......


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Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 10:43:23 -0400
From: Ken Payne
Subject: Re: FTE 61-79 - The time has come

We'll see you when you get back! If you do run into
a Fidel, smoke one for me. Meanwhile, I'll enjoy
a fine Dominican cigar.

Ken

At 12:32 PM 8/7/99 -0400, you wrote:
> Well ya'll the time has come again, Monday they
>come and pack my stuff up to ship it to my next duty
>station. So I will have to take a break from the lists
>until my stuff gets there. It has been a great
>pleasure being on with you guys, this is the 2nd time
>in the year plus that I have been on the list that I
>have to take a list vacation. I hate to go through
>those breaks. If any body needs to talk to me while
>I'm off I will have access to my hotmail account
>f10074 hotmail.com. Thanks again to all of you Ken
>keep up the great work. And sorry for all the guys
>that thought I could some fine Fidel's (don't I wish).
>
>--
>William A Whited
>74 F100 RANGER SUPERCAB 390
>"IT DON'T GTMO BETTER THEN THIS, SEMPER FI"
>
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Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 15:48:24 EDT
From: WEDIVE247 aol.com
Subject: Re: FTE 61-79 - Shorty and Daves

In a message dated 99-08-04 11:00:25 EDT, you write:


wouldn't be in business 3 minutes down here.

-- John >>

Hey John, Here in florida we pay $ 1.00 and sign in with d.o.b . Its
becoming the norm..
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Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 15:24:22 -0500
From: William S Hart
Subject: Re: FTE 61-79 - '65 F-100 rear end ratio and tranny.

>This is the best was to check the ratio with no tag and without removing
>the cover/dif. One wheel on the ground prevents strange differentiation
>resulting in errors due to dragging brakes.
>
>You spin the wheel over twice, and count the number of driveshaft turns.
> That should be the ratio.
>
Just remember not to do that with a locking/clutch style rear end ... it
won't work so well ...


Just my 2cents

wish

Links http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://www.public.iastate.edu/~wish/links.html
'73 1/2 ton 4x4 Ford http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://www.public.iastate.edu/~wish/truck.html
'96 Mustang GT http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://www.public.iastate.edu/~wish/mustang.html
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Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 15:27:49 -0500
From: ballingr ldd.net (William L. Ballinger)
Subject: FTE 61-79 - Goodbye Old Friend

Well, I have to say goodbye to an old friend here. This is a long post,
but I make no apologies, this is the forum of my choice.

A young man and his dad came by yesterday and took my '67 F100 to a new
home. My wife took care of the transaction while I was at work, and
assured me that it was going to a good home. They originally intended
to use parts from it to put together their truck, but they told her that
they'll likely put it back together. And that they will send pictures.
The new owners responded to an FTE classified my son put in. If you
guys are on the list, please keep your promise and do her right. And
read on, I'm about to tell you a story.

Let me tell you where that old truck has been. I was about 15 when my
dad brought it home. A clean, '67 F100 w/ a 240 and 3 speed. The first
weekend we had it, I replaced the clutch, re-preloaded the valves, tuned
it up, and flushed the coolant. It absolutely purred. I later replaced
the shocks (which I did regularly about every two to three years) and
the king pins and tie rod ends. After that I kept it greased, and kept
the zerks clear. It still took grease and drove great even when I
parked it for good 15 years later.

When I turned 16 I started driving it quite a bit. Many nights at the
river, much beer (and other) , and many a cute little filly who loved to
ride the gravel roads with me, the Clarion blaring out Zeppelin,
Skynrd, Hendrix, or Trower. I loved the rolling in the bright sunshine,
her hair blowing around, the sun on bare skin....

I started in with various cars, looking for the rush of speed fronm
those awesome old engines you could buy in a junkyard for almost
nothing. The truck kind of got last in the shuffle. I built a few of
all makes, an Olds 455 for a '67 Cutlass 442, (I can't call it a
Gutless, it was way stout, I was proud of my efforts) a 400 RA III
that I put in a '70 Lemans Sport, and turned it into one of the baddest
ass two laners in the county. I had a '66 Dodge Coronet w/ a 383 that
was a fine car. I built a few mighty strong FE's using CJ parts that
were plentiful back then. That's where I fell in love with 'em, BTW,
nobody made a better cruiser weight bruiser than the FE. Then I got a
'67 Mustang Fastback and I put together a 289 (actually a 294) . It was
my first port job, I took a set of 260 heads with the little bitty
chambers (after I shaved them it was about 13 to 1 w/ pop-ups)and hogged
out the ports, the exhausts were almost a 1/4 inch taller and 3/16 wider
all the way to the bowl (the bowls were a real piece of work, I cut 1/8
inch all the way around on both sides) , I put Ch*vy 1.94 / 1.6 valves
in it. I put a solid cam, single plane, double pumper and a set of
Hookers on it too. That was a bad little boy. I could side-step the
clutch at 5000 and pull the front wheels. The hot 283/327 Chevy II's
were right there with me, and it took all I could do to stay with them,
but I did. It was the only Ford in town that did. The old truck stood
by and watched, just knowing I'd grow up someday.

I turned 20 and was married. All the warm nights Chevy II hunting was
over. I had a baby on the way. I called my Dad and asked how the '67
was doing. The 240 had given up the ghost the year before and it was
just sitting. I went over shortly thereafter and trailered it 250 miles
over Bloody 60 (highway 60 in southern MO, before they improved it) I
got it home, pulled the engine and put a '69 390 and C-6 out of an
80,000 mile Galaxie my wife had. Marriage of mind, body, soul and
automobile. Cool. It was our only transportation for 4 years, and was
there as the strong voice in the darkness for over 10. It took my wife
to the hospital for the birth of both of my kids. I fussed over it,
abused it, hauled wood in it. I raced it against the kids at work(see
previous post) We drove it around on the gravel roads, wife by my side,
the (same)Clarion blaring Zeppelin, Skynrd, Hendix, or Trower. (she'd
kill me if she knew) I have a picture of Billy as a 1 year old standing
in the seat like he's driving, grinning like a possum.

It got tired. It got parked. It sat for many years with a rusted out
floor and cab mounts. Then it got sold.

Good bye old friend. We had a Goddamn blast together! I hoist a Beast
to 'ya, and wish you well.
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Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 16:45:51 EDT
From: MJCETripp aol.com
Subject: FTE 61-79 - 1950Ford P/U question

Hey gang!

How much would you pay for a 1950 Ford P/U straight body, no running boards,
good fenders, original motor turns over but wont start.

I'm thinking about a streetrod project.

The guys asking $1700.

Matt T
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Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 17:05:07 -0500
From: ballingr ldd.net (William L. Ballinger)
Subject: FTE 61-79 - The time has come

> Well ya'll the time has come again, Monday they
> come and pack my stuff up to ship it to my next duty
> station. So I will have to take a break from the lists
> until my stuff gets there. It has been a great
> pleasure being on with you guys, this is the 2nd time
> in the year plus that I have been on the list that I
> have to take a list vacation. I hate to go through
> those breaks. If any body needs to talk to me while
> I'm off I will have access to my hotmail account
> f10074 hotmail.com. Thanks again to all of you Ken
> keep up the great work. And sorry for all the guys
> that thought I could some fine Fidel's (don't I wish).

Good Luck Jar!
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Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 17:55:59 -0500
From: "Jason & Kathy Kendrick"
Subject: Re: FTE 61-79 - Goodbye Old Friend

William L. Ballinger wrote:

>
> Good bye old friend.


Sniff Sniff. That almost brought tears to my eyes!
Jason
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Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 01:28:11 +0200
From: "Bill Brox"
Subject: Re: FTE 61-79 - Goodbye Old Friend

I somehow feel that the author of this story would have enjoyed to restore
such a truck, and keep it in the family....

Guess I am sentimental...........

Bill


- ----------
> From: William L. Ballinger
> To: Ford Truck Enthusiasts
> Subject: FTE 61-79 - Goodbye Old Friend
> Date: 8. august 1999 22:27
>
> Well, I have to say goodbye to an old friend here. This is a long post,
> but I make no apologies, this is the forum of my choice.
>
> A young man and his dad came by yesterday and took my '67 F100 to a new
> home. My wife took care of the transaction while I was at work, and
> assured me that it was going to a good home. They originally intended
> to use parts from it to put together their truck, but they told her that
> they'll likely put it back together. And that they will send pictures.
> The new owners responded to an FTE classified my son put in. If you
> guys are on the list, please keep your promise and do her right. And
> read on, I'm about to tell you a story.
>
> Let me tell you where that old truck has been. I was about 15 when my
> dad brought it home. A clean, '67 F100 w/ a 240 and 3 speed. The first
> weekend we had it, I replaced the clutch, re-preloaded the valves, tuned
> it up, and flushed the coolant. It absolutely purred. I later replaced
> the shocks (which I did regularly about every two to three years) and
> the king pins and tie rod ends. After that I kept it greased, and kept
> the zerks clear. It still took grease and drove great even when I
> parked it for good 15 years later.
>
> When I turned 16 I started driving it quite a bit. Many nights at the
> river, much beer (and other) , and many a cute little filly who loved to
> ride the gravel roads with me, the Clarion blaring out Zeppelin,
> Skynrd, Hendrix, or Trower. I loved the rolling in the bright sunshine,
> her hair blowing around, the sun on bare skin....
>
> I started in with various cars, looking for the rush of speed fronm
> those awesome old engines you could buy in a junkyard for almost
> nothing. The truck kind of got last in the shuffle. I built a few of
> all makes, an Olds 455 for a '67 Cutlass 442, (I can't call it a
> Gutless, it was way stout, I was proud of my efforts) a 400 RA III
> that I put in a '70 Lemans Sport, and turned it into one of the baddest
> ass two laners in the county. I had a '66 Dodge Coronet w/ a 383 that
> was a fine car. I built a few mighty strong FE's using CJ parts that
> were plentiful back then. That's where I fell in love with 'em, BTW,
> nobody made a better cruiser weight bruiser than the FE. Then I got a
> '67 Mustang Fastback and I put together a 289 (actually a 294) . It was
> my first port job, I took a set of 260 heads with the little bitty
> chambers (after I shaved them it was about 13 to 1 w/ pop-ups)and hogged
> out the ports, the exhausts were almost a 1/4 inch taller and 3/16 wider
> all the way to the bowl (the bowls were a real piece of work, I cut 1/8
> inch all the way around on both sides) , I put Ch*vy 1.94 / 1.6 valves
> in it. I put a solid cam, single plane, double pumper and a set of
> Hookers on it too. That was a bad little boy. I could side-step the
> clutch at 5000 and pull the front wheels. The hot 283/327 Chevy II's
> were right there with me, and it took all I could do to stay with them,
> but I did. It was the only Ford in town that did. The old truck stood
> by and watched, just knowing I'd grow up someday.
>
> I turned 20 and was married. All the warm nights Chevy II hunting was
> over. I had a baby on the way. I called my Dad and asked how the '67
> was doing. The 240 had given up the ghost the year before and it was
> just sitting. I went over shortly thereafter and trailered it 250 miles
> over Bloody 60 (highway 60 in southern MO, before they improved it) I
> got it home, pulled the engine and put a '69 390 and C-6 out of an
> 80,000 mile Galaxie my wife had. Marriage of mind, body, soul and
> automobile. Cool. It was our only transportation for 4 years, and was
> there as the strong voice in the darkness for over 10. It took my wife
> to the hospital for the birth of both of my kids. I fussed over it,
> abused it, hauled wood in it. I raced it against the kids at work(see
> previous post) We drove it around on the gravel roads, wife by my side,
> the (same)Clarion blaring Zeppelin, Skynrd, Hendix, or Trower. (she'd
> kill me if she knew) I have a picture of Billy as a 1 year old standing
> in the seat like he's driving, grinning like a possum.
>
> It got tired. It got parked. It sat for many years with a rusted out
> floor and cab mounts. Then it got sold.
>
> Good bye old friend. We had a Goddamn blast together! I hoist a Beast
> to 'ya, and wish you well.
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Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 19:32:03 -0400
From: "Marvin Meyer"
Subject: FTE 61-79 - re-Lightning Vs New Lightning

>I have a simialar story with my ford and a 90 chevy caviler z-24 but this
kid
>put a GLASSPACK on it what a moron!!!!! and it sounded so stupid to and hes
>like oh man look at me im so cool im like ha i can beat you anyday

It must have sounded like a Fart going down the road, that's the latest
craze up here in Canada. Little Sh*t boxes being a wana-bee!

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Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 21:28:02 EDT
From: JUMPINFORD aol.com
Subject: Re: FTE 61-79 - Goodbye Old Friend

After reading this, Its a wonder how some people can say, "Its just a truck"
Sorry to see it had to go. Thanks for sharing that with us. It was
beautiful.

Darrell
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Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 21:45:22 -0400
From: Ken Payne
Subject: Re: FTE 61-79 - re-Lightning Vs New Lightning

Okay gang, let's cool the language a little.

Ken Payne

At 07:32 PM 8/8/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >I have a simialar story with my ford and a 90 chevy caviler z-24 but this
>kid
> >put a GLASSPACK on it what a moron!!!!! and it sounded so stupid to and hes
> >like oh man look at me im so cool im like ha i can beat you anyday
>
>It must have sounded like a Fart going down the road, that's the latest
>craze up here in Canada. Little Sh*t boxes being a wana-bee!
>
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Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 22:10:21 EDT
From: BDIJXS aol.com
Subject: FTE 61-79 - WISH: The Man, The Myth, The Legend

Just a quick note to say I got to ride with Bill "Sideways" Hart in his
Mustang in an Autocross event here in Iowa (I'm up here working for a couple
of weeks).....plus checked out a Tractor Show complete with a pull
competition (don't forget the Funnel Cakes)...Marino would have gone crazy
with all the torquer six motors we saw....

By the way, I checked out Bill's new 390, and it looks, sounds, and runs
good.....I'm a little concerned though that he might be spending more time
with his Mustang rather than his truck.....

Thanks again Bill!

Colorado Jeff (CJ)
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Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 23:40:23 EDT
From: WEDIVE247 aol.com
Subject: Re: FTE 61-79 - Meeting place

In a message dated 99-07-30 17:13:54 EDT, you write:


From: jdklaers magicnet.net (PredFan)
Sender: owner-61-79-list ford-trucks.com
Reply-to: 61-79-list ford-trucks.com
To: 61-79-list ford-trucks.com

Guys:

Who will be attending the August 7th meeting? Hopefully everyone can make
it. Depending on who can come, we'll decide where.

John >>

Hey John , Remember this note ? You sent it out 7-30-99 . I don't mean to
correct you but the location didn't become aparent until 8-5-99 via e-mail .
So I'm still game for the next meeting only if the notice has a little more
time between the dates . Thanks for getting back to me ,... Steve
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Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 22:05:57 -0500
From: Michael Ray Jones
Subject: FTE 61-79 - 74 F100 Supercab

I've found what appears to be a reasonably clean 74 F100 Supercab. It's
a shortbed with a 360, auto., ps, pb, air(doesn't work), dual tanks,
etc. I'm looking at it to replace my 77 F150 reg cab 460. The price is
not too bad at $950. It runs and sounds pretty good. I'm going to go
tomorrow to drive it. Are there any special things to look out for on
this model? Isn't this the first year of the supercab? It was
manufactured in 05/74. In what years was the 360 used?
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Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 22:54:21 CDT
From: "Bill Richardson"
Subject: FTE 61-79 - Suspension How to

I have a 1979 F-100. This is my first attempt at fixing a truck up. So far
so good. I have a '95 302 in it and it runs really well. I'm almost done
with all the body work and will be ready to paint in a couple more weeks. I
started to think about lowering the stance of it a little. I don't want to
put it in the weeds. Just low enough to look good. I'm not really sure how
to go about doing this. If anyone has ideas or has done this before let me
know. By the way. I'm a sophmore in college so it can't be super expensive.

Thanks
Bill Richardson
79 F-100 Ranger


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Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 23:57:32 -0400
From: Ken Payne
Subject: Re: FTE 61-79 - Suspension How to

Check out Truckin' magazine. I've seen ads for 65-79 lowering
i-beams. They come in a variety of lowering heights. The
rear end can be handled by any local shop that handles leaf
springs.

Ken Payne

At 10:54 PM 8/8/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I have a 1979 F-100. This is my first attempt at fixing a truck up. So far so good. I have a '95 302 in it and it runs really well. I'm almost done with all the body work and will be ready to paint in a couple more weeks. I started to think about lowering the stance of it a little. I don't want to put it in the weeds. Just low enough to look good. I'm not really sure how to go about doing this. If anyone has ideas or has done this before let me know. By the way. I'm a sophmore in college so it can't be super expensive.
>
>Thanks
>Bill Richardson
>79 F-100 Ranger

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Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 00:03:13 EDT
From: IanBoss69 aol.com
Subject: Re: FTE 61-79 - Goodbye Old Friend

I think you brought a tear to my eye, hardest thing to do isnt it? give up
your truck after youve had so much fun in it? You best get you another to
keep you company...

Ian
79 F250 4x4 4spd 351M
members.aol.com/ianboss69/page/home.htm
True Blue Ford Blue
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Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 00:11:27 EDT
From: IanBoss69 aol.com
Subject: Re: FTE 61-79 -



Between my friends and I, i've got the only pickup truck, and with that
homemade ladder rack, the rusty white steelies, and not to mention the street
tires on front and the mudders out back, it looks like it came strait from a
farm,,,so with my driving habits, I've earned the nickname "the mad farmer."
BTW all Ford's are special,,,thought you knew that?

Ian
79 F250 4x4 4spd 351M
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Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 00:27:25 EDT
From: TWL1911 aol.com
Subject: Re: FTE 61-79 - re-Lightning Vs New Lightning

It was pretty cheesy sounding you know how when you were kids you would take
the playing cards and stick them in you bicycle spokes and it goes
ratatatatat well this is how that car sounded but a little worse it was
funny!!!!
travis
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Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 22:13:03 PDT
From: "Mark Rogers"
Subject: FTE 61-79 - Lowered I-beams

You are right. Truckin'.com has the I-beams. One of the only mftrs that I
found that makes a lowered I-beam.

One note of caution. I ordered my I-beams from Truckin' and got 3 different
quotes. Then I finally had them ordered and delivered and charged $40 more.
Moral of the story... customer satisfaction issue! Take note and be
careful!


On Sun, 08 Aug 1999 23:57:32 -0400, Ken Payne wrote:

> Check out Truckin' magazine. I've seen ads for 65-79 lowering
> i-beams. They come in a variety of lowering heights. The
> rear end can be handled by any local shop that handles leaf
> springs.
>
> Ken Payne
>
> At 10:54 PM 8/8/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >I have a 1979 F-100. This is my first attempt at fixing a truck up. So
far so good. I have a '95 302 in it and it runs really well. I'm almost done
with all the body work and will be ready to paint in a couple more weeks. I
started to think about lowering the stance of it a little. I don't want to....

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