swapping 5.0 to 4.6 dohc in my 79 2wd - Page 3

79 f-150 guy · #31 (**permalink**) 07-05-2009, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by kaboom10

No guts No glory

ya got that rite...

79 f-150 guy · #32 (**permalink**) 07-06-2009, 11:07 PM

scored a cab yesterday, found a 98% rust free one just an hour from my house. for only 200.00 complete withwiring and dash and the guys gonna deliver it.. should have that here next week..

kaboom10 · #33 (**permalink**) 07-07-2009, 09:25 AM

More pics!!!!!!

79 f-150 guy · #34 (**permalink**) 07-07-2009, 12:18 PM

more to come soon, i'm trying to get the correct bellhousing rite now. so i can put y c4 in.

79 f-150 guy · #35 (**permalink**) 07-07-2009, 03:40 PM

heres the bab i just bought, realy clean 2wd cab just likew i need.. but it is an a/c cab so i'm gonna have to make a panel for there since i have no a/c on mine...

kaboom10 · #36 (**permalink**) 07-07-2009, 04:28 PM

Good start! More pics as it progress'.

79 f-150 guy · #37 (**permalink**) 07-07-2009, 04:37 PM

ya, there's alott more to come. still waiting to hear from the guy with the c4 bellhouing, once i got that i can get some more engine stuff done.. should have this ca here on friday or monday, he;s delivering it so it's up to him.. sent a deposite today on that.

so now that i got this, i'm gonna go rite down tothe rails and pull the whole body off. then finish mounting the engine, figure out a gas tank, run new fuel and brake lines, mount my new cab, run all the wiring, mount the sheetmetal, then after she's all hammered out my buddy is gonna primer it for me....

i'm unsure if i want to do it gray, red, black or green primer sealer. what do you guys think???

kaboom10 · #38 (**permalink**) 07-07-2009, 04:46 PM

What is the final color going to be? I ask because you would want to go a light primer with a light color? I'm not a painter and let the pro's tell me.

79 f-150 guy · #39 (**permalink**) 07-07-2009, 04:52 PM

primer is gonna be final, at least for now. a good paint job around here runs about 3,000.00.. however my buddy has a body shop and he said he will paint the truck for the cost of materials but thats still up to 1,000.00 so i cant swing that rite now, primer cost about 150.0 so i'm just gonna primer it.... i always kinda liked that unfinshed primer look anyhow.

kaboom10 · #40 (**permalink**) 07-07-2009, 04:57 PM

BLACK then. I think it goes well.

79 f-150 guy · #41 (**permalink**) 07-07-2009, 04:59 PM

ya, kinda like a rat truck strait black sealer. and it is factory black so i geuss if i ever do paint it i'll paint it black again. thanks

kaboom10 · #42 (**permalink**) 07-07-2009, 05:04 PM

And of course expecting pics.

79 f-150 guy · #43 (**permalink**) 07-07-2009, 05:10 PM

realy lookin forward to those pics.. i'll get back to workin on it sometime this week.... just need a c4 to 4.6 adapter bellhouing, they run about 400.00 new so i'm trying to lacate a used one on the mustang sites and ebay... thanks

jsutton · #44 (**permalink**) 07-07-2009, 05:46 PM

You're gonna need something beside just primer on it. Because primer doesn't offer any rust protection and it'll rust pretty quickly with just primer on it.

79 f-150 guy · #45 (**permalink**) 07-07-2009, 05:48 PM

here's a pic of it before i took it apart....