78 4x4 build
 

Hello all,

this is my 78 150 custom I picked up last weekend
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psstfqojkz.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...pss0usaort.jpg

this is my first build thread, i figure i should have enough time to document it since i plan on spreading the work out, unlike my last project.

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psa3ab9fca.jpg

The new truck has a straight six with a one barrel motocraft sitting in front of a 4 speed
its supposedly a 1983 engine rebuilt about 30xxxx miles ago.PO put it in within the past year when the 400 that was in it **** the bed

I have my doubts, it ran yesterday after new fluids and sounded good. today however it wouldn't start, and was making a horrible racket:-arrgh

Thankfully the built 390 from my 76 is gonna be swapped in once i get the rest of the work done.


so far the plan is to strip it to bare bones, and start with a clean por 15 chassis.

this is gonna be a long term project that is going to be defined a lot by the budget but the good news is that Ill plenty of work to do before i have to go spend money:-jammin and i Already have a decent pile of parts to work through the suspension and brakes.

Ill post more pictures tomorrow I'm gonna spend the day drooling over my 4x4 and investigating the noisy 300

I look forward to this thread as i have always used these forums as a resource but haven't participated to much, hope to change that

so i got some stuff this weekend, I figure i can't do a proper job if I'm working under a tent as i have been forced to in the past.... so heres the start of my new shop :-drink

and some more pics of the truck. i think the flywheel broke or lost some teeth i will be pulling the engine once the roof is done so we'll no more then
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps9x8k40qk.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...pssbt0ndyi.jpghttp://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psu4bxaok5.jpghttp://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psmu1yhchn.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psijisjuz6.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psgqpbpdpd.jpg

Looking good! Jealous of the 4x4 and the new shop as well.

Finally
 

Finally got around to the truck today after a busy summer.

So now I have a roof over my head :-jammin
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psaevydbys.jpg

And a day off work making helped me get started on the tear down

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psffn0um8m.jpg

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psef27gfcc.jpg

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...pshnthtyux.jpg

Some beautiful engine mounts

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psiv0wrpot.jpg

bye bye to the old 300
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psobffuwni.jpg

previous owner boxed in a couple sections of the frame... not to sure about the quality of the work..... you can see one of the jackleg mounts a little better in this pic

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psth8obgre.jpg

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psbejbmjn3.jpg

interesting number written under passenger side fender, i am the third owner of this truck. its never been to a junkyard so i am curious if thats a factory mark?

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psgrb0l5y1.jpg
I'm going back out tomorrow to start cleaning things up, maybe ill get started on gutting the cab.

so I didn't make back out to the shop last weekend
but I did get to go on a drive and get this baby
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps3z7ec4w9.jpg


1970 351 cleveland

the end goal is a 393 stroker 10.5.1 CR rv style cam

good job on the truck but, im more interested in the building structure. Is that a 4x4 on top of the 4x4 walls the header? What state? Im in Mich and here we have to have a 2x12 on each side of the wall stud, corner studs are 4x6. I know codes are different in every state plus we can get a lot of snow, not bashing just different to me so im just wondering is all. GOOD LUCK with both builds. :-X22

Watching how this build goes. Was thinking about a Cleveland motor myself

I wanna watch too...

Have a 78 I'm about to start myself, will be cool to follow along.

Nice truck! As for the mark on your firewall, I've seen a few in life, and on FTE. I used to assume they were junkyard writing and the truck had a cab swap at some point, but it seems a lot of people with original trucks are seeing them also. The consensus is, it's some kind of line count for the assembly workers.

I just picked up the same truck. Excited to see how yours progresses.