Last week I became the proud owner of a 79 F150 single cab short bed 4x4. It has a crate 351 Windsor in it that only has 2300 miles upgraded:
-rods/pistons
-port polished heads
-roller rockers
-performance intake manifold
-holly 4 barrel carburetor
-K&N intake
-MSD ignition
-new harmonic balancer
-brand new alternator
-headers
-new fan clutch
-and a whole folder worth of other upgrades I can't recall at this time
The drivetrain work includes
-freshly rebuilt transmission
-new rear u-joints
-35" tires with only 2300
-all new body mounts
-new bushings
-paint was redone ten years ago
The interior has:
-new seat covers
-all digital gauges
-electric windows/locks
-new stereo and speakers
-newer rear window
-new tach mounted on the column (I did that one)

Good news is I also have documentation of all the work done to it so I know the guy wasn't making it up. But now that you know the good here is the ugly. These are the problems:
-needs new front bearings (it is making mild popping sounds mainly when turning)
-needs some of the dash wiring redone. The temp gauge doesn't work, oil pressure gauge isn't dependable and for some reason when I turn on the head lights the oil pressure gauge doesn't work at all and the tach stops?!?
-there is some body rust on the cab above the passenger door but its not structural
-needs a tail gate

Now here comes the BIGGEST issue right now... The most dreaded word I can think of when it comes to vehicles... It has to be SMOGGED.... So now I need to try and find a way to get all the smog stuff for it. It is very upsetting and frustrating knowing everything is great and awesome and now I'm going to have to take off all the fun stuff just to smog it and then put the fun stuff back on.

This is where I desperately need your guys help... These are the items I'm having trouble with. I need to find OEM
-exhaust manifold
-smog pump
-intake
-any other lame emissions stuff

I have been having a hard timing finding some of these items mainly the intake and exhaust manifolds. I can buy the manifolds online but it's gonna cost me upwards of $200 plus and it seems like no one anyways has exhaust manifolds for this generation 351W. My question is can I use the manifolds off of later model 351W? Also I've been told that 302 exhaust manifolds will work as well. Is there any specific years I need to be looking for? And lastly the stock intake(not the manifold but the part on top of the carburetor) I can't find one ANYWHERE! So is there any other type of intake I can use? Will the 351M or 351C intake work? Will any old intake work for this?
Thanks in advance for any help you guys can offer and I'll try to get pics later. Also I apologize for this being long but there's a lot of info to be given haha.

 

I think you mean the air cleaner, for on top of the carb. You should be able to use any stock air cleaner off a 4 barrel carb.

Your biggest issues may be that in 79 the 4x4 F-150 there was no 351w option, which means there are no correct smog parts for your truck/engine combo.

 

Hmm interesting. What was available for that year? I know the parts won't match up exactly but I'm just curious. What would you recommend for me to do to get it smogged? Also I suppose the most important thing is can I swap parts from different generation 351windors? Also I almost forgot to say thanks for the info!