Wyoming's April 2015 BS Thread!
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04-21-2015, 08:45 AM
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04-21-2015, 09:37 AM
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04-21-2015, 09:43 AM
1957 F-100 6.5 ft styleside bed, 6 cyl. = 3,110 lbs.
1957 F-100 6.5 ft flareside bed, 6 cyl. = 3,120 lbs.
1957 F-100 8 ft styleside bed, 6 cyl. = 3,285 lbs.
1957 F-100 8 ft flareside bed, 6 cyl. = 3,295 lbs.
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04-21-2015, 11:03 AM
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The 3 big name auto parts places have the converter listed at $500(give or take $25), but I can buy the same Dorman converter off ebay for $279 with free shipping. Hmmm.....
Truck pics? I have a couple, but I think my cousin has a potato phone... BRB!
Truck pics? I have a couple, but I think my cousin has a potato phone... BRB!
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04-21-2015, 11:11 AM
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A little history on my '57...
When I was a kid, I had 3 uncles that were gear heads, and they started me when I was 9 or 10 years old. My Uncle Dwayne was a log truck driver, and liked messing with VW's & Porsche's(air cooled older stuff). My Uncle Dennis was restoring a '67 Mustang coupe and a '67 Fairlane 500 GT, and had a finished '49 Ford 2 door coupe with a blown 351C. My Uncle Herb had a '56 Fairlane, restored 100% stock. These guys taught me a lot over the years, and I owe a lot to them.
My Uncle Dwayne died from diabetes many years ago. A few years later, my Uncle Herb got really sick. He was sick for months before the doctors figured out it was cancer, and by then it was in his blood. He passed soon after that. My Uncle Dennis is still healthy, and still turning wrenches.
Uncle Herb had restored a '57 F100 in the years before he passed. Some body & paint work, freshened the interior, and replaced the inline six with a 302 small block. He had plans for better suspension, etc, but then he got sick. He died in 1998, and that was the last time I had seen the neat old pickup. My aunt & cousin knew I liked the truck & asked me if I would buy it. Well, getting the truck from Oregon to Alaska (among other life happenings) made it not possible. The truck was sold several months later.
Fast forward to about 6 months ago. I got a call from my cousin Gordon. Whoever it was that bought the truck had come back to him a year ago. It had quit running, and was sitting in a field. Gordon bought his dad's truck back, and brought it home. But with his trucking business, and a '68 Mustang project, and grand kids, the truck just sits. He watches it just sit there & deteriorate, and he knows in his gut that he may not ever get to it.
He wants me to take it over. Keep the truck in the family. Only stipulation would be that I have to "keep it all Ford." I laughed as I asked him, "Do you really think I'd stuff a Chevy motor in it?" His answer was hell yes, he knows I would! Lol!!
And here I am with no shop to work in. My '67 Camaro sitting in storage, that I've barely even started on. And all my tools in a cargo trailer. I NEED A SHOP TO WORK IN!!!!
So I had him send me some pictures showing the current condition. Yes, it needs a lot of work, but it's mostly solid, and I think it will be worth the work. Not many '57 F100's out there anymore.
It's at least sitting indoors now. But barn birds are doing their thing....
My Uncle Dwayne died from diabetes many years ago. A few years later, my Uncle Herb got really sick. He was sick for months before the doctors figured out it was cancer, and by then it was in his blood. He passed soon after that. My Uncle Dennis is still healthy, and still turning wrenches.
Uncle Herb had restored a '57 F100 in the years before he passed. Some body & paint work, freshened the interior, and replaced the inline six with a 302 small block. He had plans for better suspension, etc, but then he got sick. He died in 1998, and that was the last time I had seen the neat old pickup. My aunt & cousin knew I liked the truck & asked me if I would buy it. Well, getting the truck from Oregon to Alaska (among other life happenings) made it not possible. The truck was sold several months later.
Fast forward to about 6 months ago. I got a call from my cousin Gordon. Whoever it was that bought the truck had come back to him a year ago. It had quit running, and was sitting in a field. Gordon bought his dad's truck back, and brought it home. But with his trucking business, and a '68 Mustang project, and grand kids, the truck just sits. He watches it just sit there & deteriorate, and he knows in his gut that he may not ever get to it.
He wants me to take it over. Keep the truck in the family. Only stipulation would be that I have to "keep it all Ford." I laughed as I asked him, "Do you really think I'd stuff a Chevy motor in it?" His answer was hell yes, he knows I would! Lol!!
And here I am with no shop to work in. My '67 Camaro sitting in storage, that I've barely even started on. And all my tools in a cargo trailer. I NEED A SHOP TO WORK IN!!!!
So I had him send me some pictures showing the current condition. Yes, it needs a lot of work, but it's mostly solid, and I think it will be worth the work. Not many '57 F100's out there anymore.
It's at least sitting indoors now. But barn birds are doing their thing....
