keep original or lower and restore???
#46
01-20-2015, 12:56 PM
Post Fiend
#47
01-22-2015, 12:25 PM
Thanks hiosilver great info . Another question my grille is in need of some polishing anyone know best method to get grille to shine?
#48
01-22-2015, 01:07 PM
Lead Driver
#49
01-22-2015, 01:49 PM
Hotshot
#50
01-22-2015, 07:27 PM
Hopefully you know how to do body work. For grilles 67-69 you will need to invest in some hammers and dollies. You'll also need to know how to make a hammer and fabricate dollies. I probably have 30 or more body hammers.
Here's a few you can buy. Doing grilles as a hobby, I need all these and then some.
Fairmount 17 Pc Master Hammer & Dolly Set
You'll also need a good anvil and a metal table with various edges. Makes life easier.
There's more needed such as polishing equipment.
Main tools needed: "Steel Cajones" a "sphincter grip" that can crush tin cans.
And the most important tool Medical insurance.
When you do as much of this as I do, you need all the above.
#51
01-22-2015, 08:43 PM
Never received price info
Now this is fine and dangerous make sure you wear protective gear.
Hopefully you know how to do body work. For grilles 67-69 you will need to invest in some hammers and dollies. You'll also need to know how to make a hammer and fabricate dollies. I probably have 30 or more body hammers.
Here's a few you can buy. Doing grilles as a hobby, I need all these and then some.
Fairmount 17 Pc Master Hammer & Dolly Set
You'll also need a good anvil and a metal table with various edges. Makes life easier.
There's more needed such as polishing equipment.
Main tools needed: "Steel Cajones" a "sphincter grip" that can crush tin cans.
And the most important tool Medical insurance.
When you do as much of this as I do, you need all the above.
Hopefully you know how to do body work. For grilles 67-69 you will need to invest in some hammers and dollies. You'll also need to know how to make a hammer and fabricate dollies. I probably have 30 or more body hammers.
Here's a few you can buy. Doing grilles as a hobby, I need all these and then some.
Fairmount 17 Pc Master Hammer & Dolly Set
You'll also need a good anvil and a metal table with various edges. Makes life easier.
There's more needed such as polishing equipment.
Main tools needed: "Steel Cajones" a "sphincter grip" that can crush tin cans.
And the most important tool Medical insurance.
When you do as much of this as I do, you need all the above.
#53
02-02-2015, 10:28 AM
Stick around and you'll learn all the terms and acronyms, from the conversations, soon enough.
'Bumpside' is in reference to the 1967-1972 F-series trucks, because the (convex) body contour running down the belt line of the truck looks like a bump.
'Dentside' is in reference to the concave body belt line contour of the 1973-1979 F-series trucks. It looks like a dent.
1973-1979 F100 Dentside and 1975-1979 Dentside F150 front disc brakes/I-beams are directly interchangeable with 1967-1972 F100s. (actually, with '65-'72 F100 models).
No Bumpside F100s came from the factory with front disc brakes. Disc brakes didn't become optional until 1968, and that was only on the F250 and F350 trucks. The front discs could have been either manual or power assist.
Starting in 1973 though, disc brakes were standard equipment on all F100-F350s, also in either manual or power assist.
Personally, for me, the FIRST thing I would do on one of these old trucks is completely go through the brakes. The brakes seem to have a propensity for going out shortly after you buy one of these old trucks --particularly one that's been sitting up for a long time.
--two days after I purchased my '69 F100, the right rear wheel cylinder blew out while I was on my way home from work. After I got home, I stripped all the old brake components off and replaced them with all brand new components.
The vehicle's ability to go doesn't mean too much, if you can't stop it.
'Bumpside' is in reference to the 1967-1972 F-series trucks, because the (convex) body contour running down the belt line of the truck looks like a bump.
'Dentside' is in reference to the concave body belt line contour of the 1973-1979 F-series trucks. It looks like a dent.
1973-1979 F100 Dentside and 1975-1979 Dentside F150 front disc brakes/I-beams are directly interchangeable with 1967-1972 F100s. (actually, with '65-'72 F100 models).
No Bumpside F100s came from the factory with front disc brakes. Disc brakes didn't become optional until 1968, and that was only on the F250 and F350 trucks. The front discs could have been either manual or power assist.
Starting in 1973 though, disc brakes were standard equipment on all F100-F350s, also in either manual or power assist.
Personally, for me, the FIRST thing I would do on one of these old trucks is completely go through the brakes. The brakes seem to have a propensity for going out shortly after you buy one of these old trucks --particularly one that's been sitting up for a long time.
--two days after I purchased my '69 F100, the right rear wheel cylinder blew out while I was on my way home from work. After I got home, I stripped all the old brake components off and replaced them with all brand new components.
The vehicle's ability to go doesn't mean too much, if you can't stop it.
#54
02-02-2015, 11:52 AM
We're people not computers, everyone has different taste and values . Do it up however you like !! I never worry about the next guy, I do em the way I want. My '69 I gotin Dec. is actually the first 2wd I've owned and i'm 50 !, all have been jacked up . This will be my first lowering,. Hiosilver ,love that camo ! I can never seem to leave a truck the way it rolled out , gotta put my personality on it . Have fun man !!
#55
02-02-2015, 12:11 PM
Lead Driver
Thanks ultra, been gone for awhile most people say keep original do you think it's okay to leave brakes the same just replace new parts if just using as a Sunday driver. Also does everyone on this site use other sites or subscribe to any truck magazines if so which ones? Thanks again!!
A few months back, I ripped out the front half and replaced it with a disc brake/I-beam setup from a '77 F100. There wasn't anything wrong with the conventional MC I installed, I just wanted to switch to a modern version, while I was converting the truck to front discs.
There wasn't anything wrong with the front drum brakes, other than the fact I just prefer discs instead. Brake modulation with discs is far better than with drums.
Keeping drums or switching to front discs is just something you would have to make the decision on. --although, you have to ask yourself, why did Ford make disc brakes standard equipment on the F100-F350s beginning in 1973, and discontinued the installation of front drums?
I'm also a member of Fordification.com and while not a member, I sometimes lurk at Ford Truck Fanatics website. I don't have any subscriptions to any automotive magazines.
#56
02-02-2015, 02:36 PM
Hotshot
I think "brake fade" is the #1 reason Ford and other manufacturers switched to discs. In a down hill or emergency stop you don't want to lose your brakes. Some are OK with their drum brakes. IMHO, discs all the way. And yes, my 68 F250 4X2 Camper Special has the factory optioned Disc Brakes.
#57
02-02-2015, 03:38 PM
Post Fiend
I think "brake fade" is the #1 reason Ford and other manufacturers switched to discs. In a down hill or emergency stop you don't want to lose your brakes. Some are OK with their drum brakes. IMHO, discs all the way. And yes, my 68 F250 4X2 Camper Special has the factory optioned Disc Brakes.
STORY: I was ferrying a 65 Mustang (now mine) back from PA where my brother stored it with my sis. Btwn Vail, CO and Salt Lake City, I narily touched the four-wheel drum brakse. While approaching a signalized intersection on the outskirts of SLC at 11 PM, I finally used got on them and found they were ice cold. YIKES... constant pumping and they finally took a bite and I ended up about 20 feet into the intersection with my heart almost jumping outta my chest. Thank goodness there was no cross-traffic cuz I wouldda become a hood ornament.
#58
02-02-2015, 06:26 PM
I personally would not mod a nice ride like that. If you've got the itch to build one, then sell that truck to somebody who wants a stocker, and buy a beater to slam. It saves the stocker and benefits the beater - win/win.
Last edited by gringo child; 02-03-2015 at 06:57 AM. Reason: didn't mean to diss beaters
#59
02-02-2015, 07:06 PM
Lead Driver
However, factory front disc brake/I-beams from a Dentside truck are all bolt-on components.
They could be removed and the old drum brake setup put back on. --although, I don't understand why anyone would want to GO BACK to drum brakes.
Drop beams and rear shackles could be put on, so long as the truck isn't dropped enough to require notching the rear frame rails for axle housing clearance. These too could be removed and the original suspension put back on and no one would ever know it had been any different.
#60
02-03-2015, 09:37 AM
dont get upset
We're people not computers, everyone has different taste and values . Do it up however you like !! I never worry about the next guy, I do em the way I want. My '69 I gotin Dec. is actually the first 2wd I've owned and i'm 50 !, all have been jacked up . This will be my first lowering,. Hiosilver ,love that camo ! I can never seem to leave a truck the way it rolled out , gotta put my personality on it . Have fun man !!