Thanks, the pics hide lots though Its made up of about 5 or 6 trucks. Sanding consisted of a 7" grinder with a scotch brite pad, paint and primer was rolled. Ain't pretty but looks good on the hiway, and keeps D.O.T away.

As for the thaw... its getting there, probably another month or 2 before things dry up, my RX7 is still almost to its windows in snow.

 

I'm not a fancy computer wiz

 

Before...






An additional pic to go with the earlier ones after it was painted...

Combo of Interiors from an '84 F250 XLT and an '88 F350 XLT

 

351M did you drive it around like that a while I would have. I like the look of these 96 and before trucks looking like they are on there last leg yet aren't.
Trav

 

Nope, when it was multi color it was only driven across town, the cops around here will use that as an excuse to stop people and look it over better. I still had about 6 hours of welding to do on the floor at that time so it was better to keep it out of sight as much as possible.

I did drive it for 2 weeks last winter with duct tape for a right cab corner, it was rusted all the way to the door handle... There is about $450 total into the truck including the $300 purchase price.

Only reason I bought it was because it had the 300 under the hood and was on propane from the time it was new.

 

The truck and dash looks great, would you by chance be willing to share what you did to fill everything? I possibly missed it elsewhere on the forum though.

 

just stumbled across the only pic i have of my first truck...79 F 250 highboy

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Nice 8 point.

Also, not trying to be contradictory or anything, but the "highboy" term only applies up until 1976, if I remember correctly (because they came from the factory with a small "lift kit" ).

Still, love that dent-side body style. I'm partial to the 73 to 77's.

 

well the previous owner said it was a highboy lol..i wasnt sure.. but it did have a 2 inch body lift supposedly from the factory

 

Thanks alot! You've got a pretty nice looking one yourself, the black looks awesome. I need to repaint the whole truck at some point, cause whoever did the current job wasn't too good at it. When you get close you can see its uneven and spotty in places.

As far as I know, Ford used that chrome trim from the mid 70s to the mid 90s. Its attached in sections by clips which are removable, just be careful cause they're easy to break. If you ever need to replace the chrome, LMC sells it for a pretty good price, or just check a junkyard.

I do love the look of that chrome, I need to get a move on replacing mine.

 

Awesome truck!
Your paint job is bad-***

I'd kill for a 6.9 IDI.

 

Thanks man, It looks pretty decent. But would it ruin it for you if I told you that was a roll on rustoleum paint job?

And yes the 6.9 is awesome.

 

Lots of bondo, sandpaper patience. I used some spray paint made for plastics, Probably not that it really matters though. I used some of that aluminum ducting tape to tape the backside of the speakerhole so I could fill it, and any cracks that curled up I broke them off. It isn't perfect at all, I'm not that great with bondo. You can still see a couple small cracks in it, But I'm gonna take it back out later and see if I can finish it up. Either way it still looks 1000% better than it did.

 

Nah, that just means you've gotta hell of a steady hand

The next truck I get is definitely gonna be an IDI. International made excellent engines, I will never understand why Ford stopped using them.

 

All the problems with the 6.0L caused a lot of problems between Ford and International/Navistar. Unfortunately it was the emissions regulations and equipment that caused the majority of the problems with those engines. Stock 6.0's, when maintained, are reliable, but they don't handle power increase well without some appropriate modifications/upgrades. That started the real rift between the two companies.