Parts are sand blasted







Painted

 

Christmas from Jeffs bronco graveyard!



Ford 390 FE 400 HP 475 torque





Do you think that oil pan will work?

 

That is a 2011 ford king pin, coil spring dana 60! Everything is new!



2011 rear 60



Fuel tank, reciever, and shackle flip on

 

Cab is ready for soda blasting!



Any body that knows how to do body work is more then welcome to come help, i will supply beer and pizza. Any body that soda blasts or glass beads or does body work call me 609 774 1781 I live in NJ 08019 .
I have never done body work!

 

picked up some roller 44" hawgs for now. I am looking for Nice 40" hawgs for 16.5 wheels.

Sand blasted the wheels, and they look new!

 

That is it for now. I am having a problem with the motor mounts. They came out of an early 70's truck with a 390. they dont just bolt up in the 1977 frame. 3 of the bolt holes line up. I was going to just weld the other side of the mount to the frame. Any ideas?

 

This is going to be a good build to follow so keep the pics coming. You can do a search on motor mounts and there is some good info on here. I was looking to help a friend do a swap like that. He has a 79 f100 and he's got a 390 out of a 70 or 71 model truck. I'll see what I can find out on the bolt holes. If 3 of the 4 bolt holes line up I really dont see why you cant weld the 4th. I'll see what my buddy did and I'll get back with you.

 

there are 6 holes.

Here is a pic of the truck about 7 or 8 years ago

 

Nice work! How did you manage to pick up them 2011 axles, wrecked truck??

Love them old FE motors. That 390 should scream...who build it?

 

Man, that's a ton of work. Wanna donate them '11 axels to my 250

 

Feaking awesome.

Go man go!

 

Pretty jealous of the lift....nothing like good groundup resto, my favorite.

 

Thanks everyone!

The axles are not really 2011, I was just kidding since they are just about new. I replaced everything in them! I've built too many junk yard trucks, this one is going to be a 2011 1977 ford F150.

As for the motor, I scored it out of a 427 cobra replica with 6,000 miles on it. It was built by a cobra builder in new britain, CT. Motor was dyno tuned. Has a 750 holley on top. Nothing crazy but it is streetable, and that is what I wanted.

What stall should I run with this motor?

 

Amazing build and a great story behind the truck, what a great way to honor tge memory of your friend. These old trucks are so much fun to build, my truck seems to get better every pay day

 

Where did you get the D60 front with the trailing arm style mounts? that's so cool.