Meet “Old Blue,” 66ordie‘s 1966 Ford F-100 build. He has three goals for this build; firstly, to finish Old Blue before her fiftieth birthday in 2016. Secondly, to update the truck as best as he can with his limited knowledge of all things metal. And, thirdly, to make his late dad proud. After all, this wonderful […] More »
By: Lexi Shorey | July 14, 2014
Installing disk brakes and power steering in a 2wd 65-72 F-Series pickup Thanks to user: Ford_Six In this article, I will give you direct step-by-step instructions on how to remove your drum front brakes and install disk brakes, along with swapping your manual steering for power steering. This article assumes you have power drum brakes […] More »
By: admin | September 22, 2008
By Wally Womack Locate a donor truck of the approximate year. If you can get it to your shop/house life will be easier. You can cut it up a little at a time and you can use the scrap. Although to be able to cut the parts you need and leave the mess at the […] More »
By: admin | May 4, 2006
Toyota Steering Box Swap for 1948-1960 Trucks By R.M. (Bob) Ferguson (FTE screen name Ferguson777) and Chuck Frank (FTE screen name AXracer) Background A common complaint from owners of 1948 through 1960 Ford truck owners using the original straight axle suspension and steering is sloppiness in the steering of their vehicle – the “drunken monkey” syndrome. […] More »
By: admin | March 3, 2006
Overview of the GM Corvair and Jaguar setups Here we look at various, less popular set ups . We are not aware of any users of any of these set ups so information was hard to come by. One of the writers of this opus did a Corvair install in a 46 Dodge pickup a […] More »
By: admin | May 5, 2005
AMC Pacer IFS alternative Overview The AMC Pacer alternative has been used to a small degree for a long time. Never really mainstream it is even less popular now. In many respects it is identical in basic principals and appearance to the Volare IFS set up. That is, the entire IFS unit is bolted into […] More »
By: admin | May 3, 2005
"Vette" alternative Overview–This overview examines the use of C4 (’84-’87) and C5 (’88-’95) Corvette suspension components on anF-1/F-100 truck. At this point, there is no personal experience on the FTE forum with this installation so this section is based on various articles in Classic Truck, Custom Classic truck and other magazine articles. This alternative follows […] More »
By: admin | April 24, 2005
