Hello everyone!

My name is Jessica, but I prefer Jessie. I'm from Gulf Shores, AL. Like most folks, I've read the forums for awhile and finally decided to join.

I'm all for Fords; my track record consists of a '72 Ford Torino, a '62 Ford Thunderbird, a '99 F-250, and a '96 F-150. This is further cemented by the fact that I'm apprenticing at a restoration and repair shop with an owner that's a Ford guy himself, allowing me to work around things like this:





I bought an '85 dually with the intent to stick a 460 in it and replace the '96, but time constraints from moving are forcing me to sell that project. However, with the need for more space and a desire to have an older vehicle, I recently picked this up to replace the '96:












'85 6.9L Diesel XLT Lariat F-250 Supercab. While I need to fix a few things on it, it's in great shape(and even has all the original manuals!) and I'm enjoying it immensely.

This is my first time owning a diesel, so it's been a learning experience. I do have quite a bit planned for it and will post what progress I make here to share it with those who might be interested!

Nice to meet you all and I look forward to being an avid poster here.
Jessie

 

Welcome Jess, Glad to have you aboard, lots of info and some other comment forums to enjoy, we all try to work together to help. You will get different opinions here but that goes without saying, so poke around and enjoy FTE. Great to have ya, thats a nice truck you have there the diesel puts a smile on my face Talk to ya later.

 

Welcome from AK to AL. Glad to have ya on board.
Would love to see a pic or two of your 62 Bird. One
of my favorites as is the Torino. You will do great here.

 

Welcome to the forum! Glad to have you here.
Torklift Sheryl

 

Love that Torino pic

 

Haha! The cool thing with that Torino is that while it's a 69 Torino body, is it actually designated as a 1969 Ford Cobra and not a 1969 Ford Torino Cobra like in later years. Kinda like an Oldsmobile 442 is a Cutlass but was it's own model designation until later years when it just became a package!

My T-Bird wasn't much to look at, unfortunately. I picked it up like this:





My boss picked up the 65 Falcon sitting next to it and is currently turning it into a nostalgia gasser. The T-Bird was getting some bodywork done to it and had the engine getting rebuilt before I had to let it go. It was a steal tho' with enough parts in it to build two cars. We planned on cutting the roof of of it and turning it into a pseudo Sports Roadster along with a few other things but you know how these things go.


Thanks for the warm welcome!