Looks like you cannot get PMs yet-but I am interested in front end parts if you are willing to ship (I would pay frt of course)

Joe

 

Damn. I wish I was closer. I'm in NJ and have a '57 that's my tinker toy as I finish my '66 Mustang. My daughter wants the truck.

 

New roller 302 has arrived

 

Hood off, inner fender out, and battery tray removed. Hope to get the engine out this weekend but we will also have company.

 

Will be a much better truck when that Shoverolet boat anchor is yanked!

 

You are lucky to have a wife that wants to drive such a thing. Is that her with the camera? Then you are double lucky. Yeah, some island guys have put a diesel in these things, but girls don't always like the loud, smokey stuff. More than anything else, just make it so she loves to drive it. As long as it isn't a GM drivetrain, that is....

 

Thanks, That is my wife, next month it will me 33 years of marriage.

Only think I got done this weekend for the truck was buy Ford Red engine paint.

I am wondering how do I keep the stock wheels with the Crown Vic front end?

 

Your biggest challenge maybe be width, I used a set of these to go the opposite way. They're a great product and worked well, my 64 is on a 75 f-150 frame so I swapped mine from 5X5.5 to 5X4.5 and installed a mustang rim from american muscle.

Wheel Adapters (Pair): 5 X 4.50 to 5 X 5.50


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Getting ready the 302 Roller block, painted Ford Engine Red. The valve covers and intake are just setting on it. I going to bead blast the intake tonight.

 

Chevy motor is out and the front suspension is off

 

Looking good, wish I was there to help. Love these old trucks.

 

It has been awhile and there was not any progress with the shop at installing the CV Front. I told them to keep the stock suspension and lets get the engine and transmission installed. The 302 was installed last night, now we need to get everything hooked up.



I will do the CV install later, I just want to be able to drive the truck now.

 

The undercarriage - 302 with a small block C6 are in

Transmission cooler installed


Electric fan installed

 

Well it is home now. Starting a list of how to make it more wife friendly. The brakes are way to hard the the steering is hard to turn.


I just noticed that there are not any defroster vents. How do y'all keep the windshield clear in cold/freezing weather?

 

A properly serviced manual steering isn't bad, except when parallel parking. One of the first things to get to go along with an old truck is a grease gun - lube the king pins, tie rods, drag link, etc. Make sure the steering box is topped off with lube, and keep the tires inflated up. Three or four pounds short makes a BIG difference in steering effort. When making a turn, the wheel should return to center without effort.

It's a good idea to jack up the front safely and check for wheel bearing play, excessive slop in the linkage, binding in the steering box, etc. Can move wheels lock to lock smoothly, etc.

Brakes are kind of the same deal. They work just fine if they get a little (sometimes a lot) attention, if not, not. Ford had good brakes in their trucks.