Ls powered bullnose
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Ls powered bullnose
Let me start off by giving you a little run down on the truck. When I was 13 my dad gave me his truck it's an 81 f100 custom 2wd short bed, That same year he lost his battle with cancer. The truck originally had the 4.9 straight 6 and when I was younger I remember my dad saying he would like to put a v8 in it.
When I was in high school I put a 351w out of an 79 ranchero gt, I put long tube headers, edlebrock cam, intake, carb. I thought it was pretty cool and I bet my dad would have been proud.
As I graduated from high school and headed off to college I needed something that would get better gas mileage and I didn't want to rack up a ton of miles on the truck so I parked it for about 7 years, 2007ish I decided I was going to restore the truck it had the usual rust spots on the cab corners, bed sides,rocker panels and floor pan. I took it down to the bare frame sandblasted and painted the chassis and fixed all the rust spots on the cab, as finances were tight I decided to hold off on finishing it. Unfortunately I lost all my pictures from when I did this work( lost my camera)
I've been itching to get back to working on the truck the last few years. I have been on hear learking and and learned a lot from just reading through all these rebuild threads and getting some ideas as to what I wanted to finish the truck that would make it not only a head turner but a 1 of a kind bad a$$ little street truck.
long story short I have decided to do a Ls swap, I got a 2005 5.3 with 113k and a t56 out of a 02 ss Camaro, it is lowered with the drop beams up front and and I built a 4 link for the rear with coil overs I have a few pictures of the build, I have the drive train 90% complete and was actually driving it around my yard and left some rubber on my drive way. I have a lot of body work yet to do especially to the bed, I hope to knock it out this winter and have it ready to paint by spring. know I just have to figure out how to get some pic posted.
When I was in high school I put a 351w out of an 79 ranchero gt, I put long tube headers, edlebrock cam, intake, carb. I thought it was pretty cool and I bet my dad would have been proud.
As I graduated from high school and headed off to college I needed something that would get better gas mileage and I didn't want to rack up a ton of miles on the truck so I parked it for about 7 years, 2007ish I decided I was going to restore the truck it had the usual rust spots on the cab corners, bed sides,rocker panels and floor pan. I took it down to the bare frame sandblasted and painted the chassis and fixed all the rust spots on the cab, as finances were tight I decided to hold off on finishing it. Unfortunately I lost all my pictures from when I did this work( lost my camera)
I've been itching to get back to working on the truck the last few years. I have been on hear learking and and learned a lot from just reading through all these rebuild threads and getting some ideas as to what I wanted to finish the truck that would make it not only a head turner but a 1 of a kind bad a$$ little street truck.
long story short I have decided to do a Ls swap, I got a 2005 5.3 with 113k and a t56 out of a 02 ss Camaro, it is lowered with the drop beams up front and and I built a 4 link for the rear with coil overs I have a few pictures of the build, I have the drive train 90% complete and was actually driving it around my yard and left some rubber on my drive way. I have a lot of body work yet to do especially to the bed, I hope to knock it out this winter and have it ready to paint by spring. know I just have to figure out how to get some pic posted.
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