Wally, Great looking truck & shop. Keep up the great work.

Lars55

 

Which seats are Ol' Red going to sport?

 

I'm sticking with the original seat. I installed a lokar shifter but it bumps into the original seat in any gear under third (drive). Not a major concern since I most likely won't need first or second gear while driving (and I could make it work if needed). I placed the ranger seats in there but I thought they looked a little goofy in there to me.
My wife wants to clean the seat before I install it but she hasn't been to gung ho on getting it done. The seats and seat belts are the only parts needed to finish up the interior.

Wally

 

Yeah! Tell her to try a Magic Eraser. I have a Ranger bucket seat in mine, I also have a pair of bucket seat from a 97 Tahoe (but I might put them in my daughter's Tahoe) and I like the look of the stock seat, I'm looking for one but haven't found one that someone doesn't want a arm and a leg for...

 

The Ranger buckets are comfy and look nice but someone went to the bother of recovering the original seat to match the headliner so I figured I'd just stick with that one. If I would have had to buy one it would have been another story. The Ranger seats were given to me from a truck that was getting scrapped and I only spent about $30. in steel making the bases. I'll use them in the garage to hang out on, like I said they're comfy. I'll let the Mrs. know about the magic eraser... thanks.

Wally

 

I like those ranger seats, any idea what year they came from?

 

I think they're from a 2001 or 2002... in there somewhere.


Wally

 

EUREKA!!!!!! ... I'm 99.9999% done with my truck! I started this project in the first week of August and I only have to remove a few rear leaf springs and wire up my interior courtesy lights and I believe I'm done!
Some of you know that I was crushed when i had to sell "Lucille" last December to finish the garage I started to build last summer. Lucille was hauled away on January 8, 2012 and I vowed that I would replace her with another F1. Ol' Red found me this spring and I knew what I wanted to build. Eight thousand dollars invested (plus the purchase price of $8200. and literally hundreds of hours of labor later) she's on all four wheels. She starts right up, stops, steers, and goes forward and reverse now. I can't explain how excited I am about this truck! Here are some pics i took this evening before I took an hour to wax her from front to rear. I'm sitting hear counting my blessings and enjoying a cold one knowing that I'm going to make my mental deadline of January 8th and i have replaced what I thought i would never own again.
THANK YOU to everyone who answered my questions and posted encouraging comments. They meant the world to me.

Wally

 

Looks great. Congrats!

 

Ol' Red's a gorgeous truck. Congratulations!

 

Holy Cow, that's sweet!

Congrats!!!!

 

Great looking truck, love the colour, love the wheels and the stance. You did a real nice job on the rebuild/freshen up. Congratulations, well done.

 

I can't believe that you got all of that done since August, it seems like mine is taking forever. Great looking truck Congrats.

 

Such a beautiful truck and you got that done quick! Great job.

 

Congrats Wally .Your truck is a work of art !! Awesome job !! Just can't beat red & chrome .

BTW , I hope the stop sign on the wall is repro ! Had a good friend leave the earth because some one decided to steal a stop sign for an unknown reason .