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Feb 9, 2012 | 06:47 PM

Comaplata

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Picked this up last night.

1967 F100 long bed. I haven't run the numbers to find anything out about it yet. Someone put a 429 and a c6 in it. I knew it had a bad battery so I bought one on the way to pick it up. About halfway home I had to swap the electric fuel pump out on the side of the road. I'm not sure why they have an electric one on it, I haven't tried the mechanical yet. I got the truck for $1,700 and have about $150 in parts in it. I've drove around all day today and it drives like a champ.

Is there any way to tell if it is a regular 429 or a 429 Cobra Jet?

Oh yeah, excuse the Presidentially Persuaded fuel pump install, it was night time and all I had was a couple of old tools that were in the tool box under the hood and a key chain flashlight...

Feb 9, 2012 | 10:08 PM

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Nice snag! I would be happy to drive it!

Feb 10, 2012 | 09:18 AM

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congrats !
electric fuel pumps should be mounted close to tank they push better than they pull .
understand about the current location , you gotta get home .
start by getting the numbers off the block and heads to id the engine
looks like you have an after market dizzy , never know what else is in side .

Feb 10, 2012 | 07:54 PM

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Check the casting #'s just below the valve cover in the center of the head. If it says DooR they are CJ heads. The block should be a 4 bolt main if it's a CJ motor. Prolly not a CJ based off of the pics you have but still a 300+hp motor.

Feb 11, 2012 | 02:40 PM

Comaplata

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Its not a CJ motor. From what I understand, it has the worst heads you can get for these blocks. I still haven't been able to find the casting #'s on the block, but the heads are D2VE-AA's. No big deal, worse case scenario, it is a 72 460... I fail to see the downside with that. I originally bought this truck as a parts truck for my red '67, but its actually in better condition. I'll probably just drive around in this one for a couple of months while I try to make my mind up on what to do. I'll post my findings when I get squeezed in there and find the block numbers.

Feb 12, 2012 | 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Comaplata

I originally bought this truck as a parts truck for my red '67, but its actually in better condition. I'll probably just drive around in this one for a couple of months while I try to make my mind up on what to do. I'll post my findings when I get squeezed in there and find the block numbers.

did the same thing this summer, bought a '72 2wd f250 from my neighbor for 100 bucks and i ended up leaving it together because it was in such great condition. it was actually my daily driver for several months when i broke my dodge lol loved driving that that old ford

Feb 12, 2012 | 05:29 PM

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If you couldn't tell from the pics, the truck had 31x10.50's up front and 33x12.50's on the rear. The truck doesn't have power steering and turning it was a tall task. I had new 235/75 15's put around it and not only does it look better (in my opinion), but it feels like i put power steering on it. I can actually back it in with one hand now. Much better...