Some of you know this story, Dad bought this truck new, then sold it in 1982. I tracked it down and bought it a year and a half ago. Here is a slideshow I put on youtube showing the truck and the rebuild . It's almost 15 min. long, grab a cold one, kick back and enjoy.
YouTube - 1978 Ford F150 Ranger Lariat 4x4

 

Great video, wish I had your resources and skill. I guess its safe to say the truck has found its way back home for the next 40 years or so? Old school country too lol , nice.

 

You have a very nice truck and one hell of a story to go with it. BTW where did you end up finding it in Ky. Just curious cause I'm from Ashland, KY. Scott

 

Thanks, my family lives in Morehead, thats where my uncle had the truck. The truck was in Olive Hill when I found it, not far from Ashland.
Tim.

 

Very Great looking truck there red! That truck is in very good hands . Is your father still alive today? If so what does he think of your old truck?

 

awesome vid. beautiful truck and even cooler story. good stuff man

 

Video wouldn't play on my iPhone but in a search I found another cool vid called 1970's ford 4x4 that has a slide show of our trucks and at 40 seconds my truck is in it! Second time I've found my truck on YouTube now.
I'd like to check this one out but I'll need a laptop only cuz I can't find it on the YouTube app on my phone.

 

Amazing looking truck. The conway twitty was rough, but I liked Tracy Lawrence finish.

 

Great vid and story. Conway almost made me cry..lol

 

Haha, sorry you guys don't dig the old country music. Each song has some meaning to the truck or my father. My Dad is in his mid 70's now, he was very excited to see the truck again after all these years.

 

Love the truck and video. Thanks for sharing it with us! Stories like that are why so many of us are passionate about our dents.

 

I tend to type things just like I talk, no filter really. You did the work and made the video so my musical taste is of no importance.You know what they say, "opinions are like ***holes, everybodies got em."

But back to the truck, when I first found this site and did some gallery searching I downloaded all of the pics of your truck, it's beautiful and an inspiration to me. You see I have 1978 4x4 swb with the Lariat package as well, and it needs a lot of work.

Did you redo the interior or is it all original?

 

No problem, the interior is all original. I still can't believe how nice it stayed, the carpet, door panels, dash, etc... are all in pristine condition.
Get this, my dad took the two tone lariat seat out when the truck was new and put it up in the rafters in his garage because he liked the 78 chevy seat better. He was in the take out seat business back then and had all kinds of new seats in stock. You guessed it, he still had the BRAND NEW Lariat two tone seat when I got the truck! So my seat is the most perfect 78 Lariat seat in the world.

 

Looks good Red!

 

Wow nice job!

Did a good job getting that bed side straight again!