I have posted pictures of my truck on here before. It's about time to get started putting on the parts and pieces I have acquired. My plans are to build a truck that looks stock but isn't . I am going to rod it , but tastefully. The truck does have some rust but nothing bad . It started life in Detroit , sold out of Lexington Key as a simple F100 Custom 6 cyl flare . No air, no power brakes ,nothing , so I feel it is the perfect candidate to rod and race occasionally.
I bought it off of craigslist for $800 . The previous owner just put a new starter , new gas tank and lines and a new battery in it. It had a 302 with a c4 in it when I bought it.
The tranny had no reverse so I put in a c6 I had and sold the c4. Everything I have bought has been off of craigslist so far.
Anyways , thanks for reading , and here we go.

 

Here are pictures of some of my craigslist buys .
A battery got the best of the inner fender and core support so I picked these up off a junkyard advertising on craigslist.
Inner fenders $20 core support $40

After 30 mins of cleaning the stamp showed itself. I really don't want to paint them but if I can't get them to clean up to my liking I guess I will have to.
The engine runs well and compression is good so I decided to get a bit more horses out of it.
The 289 c40e heads were $100
Headers $50
The carb like new in the box was $50
The intake was $50 and that man gave me the fuel pump.
I also picked up another 302 block that I will stroke to a 347 and install when I tear this joker apart.
For now spring is almost here and I want to play.

 

I also picked up this grill for $50 at the same junkyard I bought the inners and support at .

 

Nice truck. Nice score on the carb and grill shell. Those inner fenders and radiator support will clean up nice. Keep the updates coming, good luck.

 

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I tore my MCL up , so I have finally been able to move around the last few days and figured I might as well take the time to do something on the truck.
I had my good help out there with me .
Found out I couldn't leave him alone with a screw driver in the cab.

 

nice ride, and very good score on the parts !!

have fun with it ,got to love the step beds.

 

Really sweet truck and some quality help The air cleaner snorkel should be pointing towards passenger side front corner

 

Thanks . Yeah it isn't bolted on and I just spun it . I am going to try my best to pull that engine and tranny this week .

 

For some reason I pictured you a bit taller....

Nice finds. Keep at it!

 

Its been awhile . this is my busy time of year at work so I have just been parts collecting. Buying selling and trading . Engine is out and sold ibeams long gone and sold . New engine and crown Vic front end ready to go in .

 

I sold the engine minus trans for $350. Picked this engine up for $700
Sold the ibeams for $275 and got the crown Vic complete for $350.

 

Sold these stock rims for $275

Sold this air cleaner for $175
Picked up this nos kit for $150
I also picked up a 750 dp for $100 and a 302 Vic Jr intake for $75. I sold the weiand stealth and edelbrock pictured earlier for $200.

 

I have some other things I need to get pictures of that I traded for. As of now I have $1675 in the whole project . The way I got head deep into this was on a bet I couldn't build a 7 sec in 1/8th street vehicle for less than $4500. We will see .

 

Nice project and nice progress... ha get that kid a box to stand on, he can reach more that way. lol

Yes old school ratchet work, no air for him for at least few years.

 

Sub'd. Wanting to do something similar with my '77 so I'll be watching intently. and if you hit the $4500 budget that is going to be awesome.