So a couple months ago the used car dealer that the small shop i work for deals a lot with got a 1979 F150 ranger shortbed 4x4 351m in on trade. I saw it sittin over there right after they traded it off and was gonna go ask about it. Before i made it overe i see it comin across Main St and into our lot. The dealer says either one of you guys want this? (he knows me and my boss are huge ford truck guys...we love anything that says FORD, we even try to find as many original or NOS fordtruck keys). I say ya but ill have to put some money together
over the next month. He only wanted 900 bucks but i spend a little more than that just on my tool payments each month. He said he'd just take whatever i could pay him a week till i pay it off. For a couple weeks i gave him whatever i could but i couldnt wait to have the truck as my own so i put my Isuzu Trooper up for sale even though i didnt want to. After one week i sold the "Pooper" for 1500 bucks and ran over to pay off my "new" truck. After work i quickly ran out to fire up my new ride and tear off home to show my dad cause he had one similar when he was younger. It didnt start after a while of cranking and pumping the gas and pourin a little gas down the carb. The guage showed just above empty so i thought maybe it didnt have quite enough gas to start. Got back from the station across the street and TRIED to put gas in. It wouldnt take gas because the bed was so rotted that the bed filler tube was crushed between the frame and bed from the bed falling off. So i lifted up the bed as much as i could and poured all my gas in. Pump pump pump crank crank crank....pump pump pump crank and off she went rumblin and a bumblin. It started but i wasnt hittin on the 2 front cylinders. Someone had run a crankcase vent tube to the intake on the front 2 runners so the front two cylinders were the only ones suckin crankcase fumes and was killin the front cylinders. Popped 2 new plugs in fired her up and ran down to the parts store for a cap, rotor, and wires. Put all new plugs, wires, cap, and rotor on in the parkin lot and headed for home. Had to stop about 5 times just to try and tune the completely worn out carb just so it will idle ok. Got home finally and was able to show my dad my new pride n joy. Pretty rough around the edges and underneath and inside and all over but...its my first dentside and i love it.

Sorry for the long long post but im super excited to be in the vintage classic truck world now. Ive had several Ford trucks but they were all 90s which a also have a fondness for. Ill try to post a pic here but im at work so i dunno if itll work. If not ill post one up when i get home and add the others to my garage.

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Looks like a good starting point. Congrats on the 'new' Ford! You'll find lots of help around here when you need it.

 

I dig it!!!!

 

Congrats on the new to you truck !!!!!

 

Thanks guys. It had the original bed on it when i got it but i built the flatbed the first week i had it. Ive done a few maintenance things to it but its kinda hard to work on it a lt when funds are low and I work on cars and trucks all day long for work. I will be hopefully doing a budget frame off this winter so we'll see how that goes.

 

Congrats on your 1st "old" truck. Seems to hard to write that about a dent. I grew up driving these things but never the less they have become old trucks. I think you will find it so much like the '90s you are accustom to yet at the same time so much different.

 

Welcome and nice rig and I see that you are a fello Missouri FTE'er. So stop on by the regional forums (way at the bottom of the forum list) and go to the monthly chat/BS thread and intro up.

here is the link.....Missouri Chapter - Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums

 

i once planed a budget build for my dent, but finding it difficult not over building it a lil at a time...
you shouldent hide that short bed w/ a flat bed like that! i like blue on a dent, its a good colour w/ the shiny trim.
painting mine blue next summer, well i have to find a new shell to paint on first...