Not good, did you do a cam break in?

 

about 200 miles of it before i changed that oil out

 

Got motor dropped in!!! First time he's seen the sun in 2 years. Awesome feeling!!

 

wire wheeled the frame rails and polished the center of the rear end of the old ford

 

Ordered more leaf spring bushings - for some reason no one company seems to carry everything needed to do both front and rear springs all the way around and they're either not shy about sending the wrong parts and/or never bothering to mention on the website they are out of stock.

Been spraying all the original hardware with ATF/Acetone and PB Blaster for several days now. Don't know exactly what's in PB to make it, but it really stinks, if anything it's been toned back a bit. Springs should be ready in a week or so.

 

Got my hood on today and drove it up and down my road for the first time!

 

Today I cut and loaded about a rick and a half on my 62 F-250 with Dana 60 rearend and dumpbed. Gotta say that at 60 years old, not having to climb in the bed to unload manually is a real treat! If you want to know how to find a truck with a dumpbed that looks original, my recommendation is to be very blessed.

 

for the first time in a long time i was able to fill the gas tank all the way up and it didn't hurt the pocketbook too bad this fuel tanks mileage is 11.7 mpg

 

Awesome progress

 

Thanks Jeff! Getting exciting for sure. Hoping to have it done by mid January.

 

Got some more done today. Above is a little video of the truck and idle. Also got my LMC Premium rear bumper on. It fit perfect, which is a little surprising. LOL. Finally got some polishing done on my headlight and park light bezels. They were already polished but I used White Diamond on them and got em a little better..

 

Merry Christmas to all my FTE friends

 

wow, those headlite bezels look great! did you do them by hand or use a wheel?

 

No white wet ( or dry ) stuff here down under, its pretty hot about 32 degrees celcius. Just had Christmas yesterday, prawns, oysters, morton bay bugs, lamb, pork it was all the go. Sorry we did have white stuff, froth on top of the beer, zinc cream on the nose and white caps on the waves!!!

Oh if any one knows where I can get a 65 hood in top condition let me know please.

 

Thanks! Got them from jeffsfordpieces on ebay. He does high quality chrome and polishing work. Got park light bezels too. When I used the white diamond polish ir made em look even better! That pic is after white diamond. Using on grille tonight