Ive had the truck for a while and have done some modifications and thought I would like to have a build thread. Ill start from the beginning. So here we go...



I bought the truck in July 2012 at a feed store in Wyandotte. It was owned by the owner of the feed store for a year. He bought it from the original owner. It was born 5-25-78 at Ontario Truck with a 351M and a Borg Warner 4 speed both still in the truck. The Original owner bought it for his stone masonry company. I have the original registration and insurance papers as well as a number of receipts and owners manual. Odometer read 53800ish miles.



I bought the truck not running with little rust for $1100 after hearing the engine try and start by push starting it.





Here it is when I got it in the driveway

I got it running by putting a new battery in it and replacing the fuse link which no one noticed was burned up.

I registered and insured it and started to drive it around



At some time someone hit the passenger bedside off of something and there was white paint on it so I removed it with steel wool. You can see it in the pic above. I don't think I have a good after pic.


I put new shocks on it, a new fuel sending unit in it because the gas guage didn't work, fuel tank straps, spark plugs and wires, and a new gasket and 80w90 in the rear end in my shop class.

Before


After


I repainted the motor because I planned on putting a new manifold/carb and valve covers on so I wanted it to look good

Before


During


After


I rebuilt the Holley 4160 600cfm I bought for it in my shop class


Now its time for some fun inside the motor. I went over to my good friend Steven's (fordmaverickfan) house and our friend Elliot Steven's dad and
Steven helped me swap the intake, carb and valve covers. I'm thinking its an original miles truck because it looks really clean under the valley pan and under the valve covers.

Manifold off

After


And that brings us to yesterday. I took a flag I bought at a tesla/skidrow concert over the summer and rapped it around the headliner.




Theres more to come. The next projects are exhaust and then a cam and lifters. Thanks for reading I hope you enjoyed it

 

Just remembered a couple things. I painted the old rusty white wheels black and put a chrome grille in it to replace the broken one

 

Cool Start! Be careful, though, because it will quickly go from this

to this

to this

Or at least mine did
Have fun, and post up more pics as you go.

 

looking good landon. like the flag idea.

 

Yah, Thanks I got the idea from your build thread

 

You make that sound like a bad thing... lol

 

Lookin Good! Is your truck 4wd?

 

Haha! Just saying...
My $300 truck turned into a $7K one before I knew it

 

Idk why your complaining, my truck went from a $5k truck into a pushing $23k truck

Never believe the PO when they say they had the engine rebuilt professionaly and had the PS conversion done professionaly without receipts...

 

I hear you. That's why I paid $300. Sure, they claim whatever, but you never know unless they have receipts.

 

He originaly was aking for $7500 i was like hec no! Not happening.... But i spent 2 years looking for 99.9% rust free highboy and this one finally came up and is 97% rust free. And hey he tech speaking didnt lie by saying a pro did the PS and rebuild, he just didnt say professional idiot! -.- The cam i pulled out had the model # on it so i looked it up... its a chevy cam Thats just part of what ive found wrong. Cant go into much more on this thread cuz lol

 

Nope shes just a 2WD

 

By the way, if anyone is interested I have the original carb and intake for sale as one piece or separate and the air cleaner, and Valve covers. PM me if interested

 

Oh I see. In Michigan I would want a 4wd. Is this your daily driver?

 

yah daily driver. We havent had any snow yet and im in the city so i dont have to worry about un plowed roads to an extent. I havent had it in snow yet