Gallery Started (Finally)
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Gallery Started (Finally)
Its not much to look at, but I got some pics up of my truck. They're oldish, but its something to look at
Heres a list of stuff thats been done since:
Removed cab and engine
Sandblasted the frame and painted it epoxy black
Replaced all suspension bushings
Fixed up the steering (new drag link/tierod ends)
Cleaned up the 223 and painted it
Replaced the cab floor
Coated the bottom and inside of the cab with 3m bedliner
Put the cab back on the frame
When the weather gets nicer and I get some time I'm gonna start priming the body (and finish the body work
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I'm thinking 2002 Sport Trac Chrome Yellow or an original Powder Blue with a White roof. The truck was originally a US forestry service truck that was painted Army Green.
I finally figured out how to put A/C on the 223. I found a company out of Houston that makes bracketry for a ch#%y six, but with slight modification (bolting it on completely different) I now have a Sanden 507 and a Ford alternator bolted on to the ol' six.
I'm taking lots of pictures, and I'm hoping to do a write up on the A/C install and disc brake conversion. (I'm gonna use a CPP kit - everything but steel line - ~$800) Maybe I'll get lucky and Classic Truck will buy my article
(One can dream)
Tyson
Heres a list of stuff thats been done since:
Removed cab and engine
Sandblasted the frame and painted it epoxy black
Replaced all suspension bushings
Fixed up the steering (new drag link/tierod ends)
Cleaned up the 223 and painted it
Replaced the cab floor
Coated the bottom and inside of the cab with 3m bedliner
Put the cab back on the frame
When the weather gets nicer and I get some time I'm gonna start priming the body (and finish the body work
) I'm thinking 2002 Sport Trac Chrome Yellow or an original Powder Blue with a White roof. The truck was originally a US forestry service truck that was painted Army Green.
I finally figured out how to put A/C on the 223. I found a company out of Houston that makes bracketry for a ch#%y six, but with slight modification (bolting it on completely different) I now have a Sanden 507 and a Ford alternator bolted on to the ol' six.
I'm taking lots of pictures, and I'm hoping to do a write up on the A/C install and disc brake conversion. (I'm gonna use a CPP kit - everything but steel line - ~$800) Maybe I'll get lucky and Classic Truck will buy my article
(One can dream)Tyson
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I could be wrong but I don't think your truck is a 62 model. I have a 62 Unibody and from what I can tell our cabs are diffrent . On my 62 the crease below the door handle is straight along my whole door. Your door don't have a straight crease it is curved under the mirror. Like I said I could be wrong but I think you have a cab off of a 64-66 model truck.
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The difference in crease contour is part of what makes a unibody different, as the unique attached bed continues with the straight but sloping body line, and seperate bed 'normal' trucks straighten out the body contour after the little curve under the mirror,ending up at the same point as the unibody doors do at the rear of the door opening, but continuing straight from there on, including on the seperate bed, to the taillight area. The roofs of the unibodies are also slightly different, or lots different for big back window trucks, an option only available on unibodies. So a '61 to '64 'normal' cab has the little curve, etc. on the doors, and the 61-63 unibodies have the non-curving body line across the door. The '65 and '66 cabs share doors and most other features with the earlier regular type cabs also. And I have seen unibody trucks with the 'wrong' door, with the curve then straight, and vice a versa, as the doors must interchange, haven't tried it myself, though I have one of each type of truck. Hope this helps, just from playing with trucks type knowledge or info here, no books did I consult, could be wrong.
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Yep, the doors interchange. The uni has the straight line and the stepside, shortwide, and heavier trucks have the dip in the body line. Asside from that, they are virtually identical.
Though, when I bought the truck, I also thought I had the wrong doors. Most of the pics you find of 61-63 trucks are unis so I thought mine was supposed to have the straight door also. Some time here on the board fixed that though.
Tyson
Though, when I bought the truck, I also thought I had the wrong doors. Most of the pics you find of 61-63 trucks are unis so I thought mine was supposed to have the straight door also. Some time here on the board fixed that though.
Tyson
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Tell me more about the 223 air bracket, also what did you do for pulleys? Any pic of the compressor, whose inside unit did you use, etc. I'm trying to do it on my new 63 F100 223. Many Thanks.
