Hey, been on here for a while. Ive owned the 66 for a little over 2 weeks now.
This is how it sat for over a year at my buddys house. I traded a Motorcycle I restored for this truck.























Its a decently solid truck, I have the origional door, and such.

First thing I did was ripped out the wood slats and trim in the bed. The axle had been welded upside down (which explains the PO not being able to hook the driveshaft and parking brakes up) so the axle was ripped out, new axle perches ordered and old taken off the axle. The brakes got torn down, and the axle was just torn down tonight.

Progress is slow right now, as im waiting for parts and weather hasnt been the best.

I got the leaf spring bushings as the leafs are good, all new brakes are awaiting installation, and the rear end parts are on order. Tomorrow the bed comes off and some frame clean up will happen.

I am wild in my designs, and I had the rendering for this truck done before I even had it. Ill have updated pictures tomorrow. But Im hoping most things dont need replacing, I mean the god damn thing has 59xxx original miles!!!

More pics to come, and questions will arise

 

got my sheet metal from work. It came off a 2003 Dodge ram long bed, the metal is the same thickness, so once I start my body work ill be able to make any patch panels I may need instead of buying them. The goal is to buy only a tail gate and make the rest of the patches myself.




The rear end is also torn down. The outter axle shaft bearings are in great shape. The bearings for the pinion, the seals, and the inner axle bearings all have some play, so those will be replaced. The pinion bearings and seals have already been pressed out.





The origional door also got stripped down today as its not salvagable. Bondo chunks 1/8 and 1/4 inch thick are falling off it already.

here is the ID plate too, if someone could run that for me and let me know what it means?

I should have my brake drums back today, and should have all my bearings in it and have the axle and rear end rebuilt this week.

Going to relocate my gas tank, and the plan is to also use a 1966 Mustang tank, and fit it between the frame rails, and hide the filler neck somewhere. Anyone done this or have any ideas? Id like to stay away from cutting into the bed, but I dont mind if I have to. I hope to run it out the side or rear of the bed, but we will see once the tank is here.

 

There are lots of people on this site who have relocated the gas tank as you plan to do. You should be able to research past threads on this forum and find several ways to skin your cat. One of the neatest, IMHO, was done by '37 Ford Guy who put his filler behind the (flip down modified) license plate just like the factory might have done "back in the day". You'll find that in his rather lengthy build thread where he installed a 5.0 Mustang engine and trans into his truck. Here's your warranty plate decode: F10 = F100 2 wheel drive truck. A = 240 cubic inch I-6 1 bbl engine. N = assembled at Norfolk, Virginia. 816088 = assembled in February, 1966. 115 = wheelbase in inches. Exterior color code is missing. This fact and the DSO code at the end probably means your truck was ordered painted a special color. F101 = 4200 pound Gross Vehicle Weight rating. 381 = Green vinyl upholstery in a Standard Cab. C = 3 speed manual (on the tree) light duty transmission. 05 = Ford 9 inch non-limited slip differential with 4.11 gears. 4200 = GVW rating. 129 @ 4000 = NET engine horsepower rating and rpms where attained. 212699 = Domestic Special Order vehicle ordered from the Atlanta district sales office (21). 2699 is the rest of the special order number, but no records remain to explain exactly what that entailed. The absence of the exterior paint code likely indicates that's what it concerned. Hope this helps. Good luck with your new toy.

 

wow thanks man. Im the 4th owner of the truck, 59, 945 origional miles on it. It has cloth upholstery in it now, and a 3.50 gear in it as well so someone down the line changed it up, most likely the First ownwer, since I know the second and the 3rd, and they combined owned it for 5 years.

 

I got the gas tank and the parking brake cables ordered since the old ones were not too good. The passenger side had frayed and split, and someone took some hose and zip tied it around the broken strands to keep them from hanging loosely. I should have my tank and cables tomorrow.

I didnt get anything done today as Im always working side jobs and such. Had a co-admin for another place bring his R6 bike for some welding and other minor things over to my place, and I felt like taking a lazy sunday. My truck is on the right

 

Do not believe the miles shown on the odometer, as it reads to 99999.9 then returns to ZERO!

 

Oh I know that, but I do know the previous 2 owners, and they know the Origional owner. it is in fact less than 60xxx

 

update. no work this week, lost a friend and weather has been ****ty. i did get my parking cables and gas tank, so maybe this weekend if I dont work on another vehicle I have or have customers blowing me up. I work, and run my own business. This is always the last thing or stress reliever.

 

I'm sorry to hear about your friend.

 

Thanks man, motorcycles are a Bitch, but we accept the risks.

 

oh man, motorcycle crash? i hate hearing about those. sorry for your loss. use the truck work as therapy.

did you put a new tank in?

 

yes it was. and yes I am equal to drinking.

And yes I will. I have a 06 dakota on jack stands getting ready for body work, but tomorrow will most likely be me on the 66 getting the tank square. I ordered the Posi unit and the diff rebuild, and getting the brass washers monday.

 

progress has been really slow. I got the parts for the differential, all bearings pressed out.
Staying late at work swapping frames, engines, rebuilding ****. Got to pay bills and make the money

 

Great project keep plugging away, sorry for your loss, as stated before use the project for therapy, I do with mine and it does wonders. Good luck !!!!

 

Oh I have. I have been juggling many jobs, best way for me to cope is to overload myself with work. Im starting to steady back out, and this weekend should be good. Truck should be driving by next month or so, depending on how long it takes for the front discs, all wheels, and suspension components to get here.