Good morning, I need another cup of coffee!

 

Muggy muggy muggy. Atmosphere you can cut with a knife.

 

Good morning all and another day above ground!

 

Good morning FTE to a terrific tuesday!
Busy day yesterday but lived to tell about it! ha
Have a blessed one my friends!

 

Yesterday was quite the event for me as well. Just picked up a 74 F100 with some minor rust problems for $500. Gotta go clean it out and take pictures this morning and I'll be showing it off.

Got what appears to be a strong 390 under the hood that runs good for its age, just a little smokey from sitting awhile. Anyhow enough spiel, pics later!

 

Tim, we need pics or this didnt happen! HAHA

 

I just heard the garbage truck run, so I should be able to go and empty the bed and toolbox out now. Gotta check the weather and make sure it isn't already too hot or it might have to wait until this evening.

I tell you this much, driving that truck without the power steering is a pain in the ... shoulders. Not only is the belt broken, the PO installed what looks to be a Grant racing wheel that is much much smaller than the factory one which made it much harder to steer.

I will say this much, there are some "improvements" done to the cab that I need to be removing, but I figure it can wait until I've got it checked over and mechanically sound.

 

Judging from your sig, that's quite a collection you're growing. You'll be needing some 60's, 50's & 40's soon.

 

The collection is going to be shrinking shortly, I've still gotta break in the new 300 in my 83. Then I'm either giving the body to my dad or selling it off for scrap metal. It needs floors, cab corners, firewall repair, wiring, and other rust issues fixed on the cab.

If I could get someone to give me $3500 for it (new reman engine clifford 4bbl manifold, 600cfm holley, EFI exhaust 140 amp 3g alt, newer AOD) I'd just sell it outright. I know folks are gonna take one look at the body and just try to give me some lowball number and I can't do that.

The bronco I'm giving to my dad as he wants to fix it up and use it around his 5 acres our shop is on so that one is coming out of the siggie as well. The F250 in my sig is DOA right now because someone filled the crankcase with "something" and now it has a really bad rod knock.

But ya I'd love to add a 56 F100 to that list one day, another one of my favorites besides the dentsides.

 

Here's the first pic I got of it yesterday. The door is rusted at the bottom and its got a little rust in the sides where the badges went in front of the doors. Other than that its more or less a spot here or there that needs attention.

 

Good morning all!

 

Good morning FTE people!
Man this week is blowing by! Time flies when you are having fun....or something haha.
Have a great day my friends!

 

Wow, those are some quality mods. Yah think fixing some of that door rust would have taken precendence over the roof spoiler & tailpipe chrome.

There is a nice truck hiding under there.

 

Ya know, the PO really could have taken care of the mechanical stuff before trying to dress the truck up. I'm getting rid of the visor and the roof spoiler, so it'll look a little better.

Once pay day rolls around I'm going to start on rust repairs, once I've got the last little bit of mechanical work done. Focusing on the turn signals and brake lights.

 

Good morning my FTE friends!
Weekend is closing upon us.
So get going and have a great day!