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I must say, this site is full of so much awesome information! Let me introduce myself. I am in western NY, right down the road from Mac's. My son and I picked up a 1947 Ford pick up a few weeks ago as a project to work on together. We have restored a few farm implements, and hay balers, but this taking a huge step here. We will have plenty of help from friends that are enthusiast's.
The truck we picked up has been modified a long time ago. It was originally from California, and came to New York in 1970. It needs a complete restoration. There was a modification done to it in the 60's, from what I was told. The truck is solid, but has a few issues. There is a seized 1962 Corvette 327 motor in it, and it has a nice 1952/53 chevy box, rear fenders and tailgate. The truck has been parked in a garage since 1974. The head gasket leaked, and rusted the cylinders a bit.
I look forward to the time that friends and family will spend together on the truck. We are thinking of swapping the bed out with new, adding a IFS and putting a 302 in it. The body is fairly solid, but has a horrible grill modification. We are starting from scratch here, but are eager to get started.
Looks like you got yourself a nice solid start there. I like your plans. It will look much nicer with a Ford bed. The Chevy beds are too shallow looking. As for engine choice, very nice. It's kind of tiring to see a Chevy in a Ford, no offense to anybody that goes that route. Post more pictures as you can
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Thank you. We will start by pulling the bed and motor. I am hoping to be able to sell the chevy bed and fenders. It is in nice shape. The block might have worth if someone needs it for a 1962 corvette project motor; I hope we can move that too. I find that pictures are indeed worth 1000 words, especially typed words. We will make sure to post them. This will be a long project, we will work on little things while saving up money for the big things.
You are so lucky to be down the road from Mac's! I've ordered a lot from them and it would have been nice not having to pay the shipping charges. I am 3/4 done with my 46 1/2 ton.
Well, I spent the last few days talking to people about our plan. Now thinking of a IFS from Fatman, and looking to put a new axle in the rear. Wondering how much forgiveness there will be in width. I think the original is 58 3/8" track in the rear. I need to go through the threads here and look to see what people found worked well.
We are looking to grab a few parts we know we will need soon. Being right down the road from Macs might be a good thing.....but I tend to be a little OCD.....I vow to only pay as we go on this.....
Very nice info on the axles, Thank you! The motor mount link was for trolling motors, but I will look at the fatman site. We are thinking of putting the 302 in it. I am going to talk to our shop guy down the road to see what he has. I was told to look for a motor from a fox body to avoid any issue with the oil pan and cross member.
I like the idea of a explorer swap. How hard was it to keep the correct angle of the axle pad? I did stop and talk to my mechanic buddy down the road. He said he might have an early 70's bronco 9" rear end that I could have cheap. He is going to call a bunch of his contacts to see what is out there for a motor and transmission as well. I would imagine the axle pads will need to be moved on just about any swap.
Very nice info on the axles, Thank you! The motor mount link was for trolling motors, but I will look at the fatman site. We are thinking of putting the 302 in it. I am going to talk to our shop guy down the road to see what he has. I was told to look for a motor from a fox body to avoid any issue with the oil pan and cross member.
Here's a pict of the Fatman IFS and the tubular motor mounts (you can sort of see then) - They don't get in the way of anything and I'm running a 550+ HP 427.. I did have to get beefier springs from Eaton, but the ones from Fatman will be more than enough for your application.
WOW! I just got through looking at your build thread! It did not come up on google when I was looking hard for info for the last several weeks. You did a great job. I will be nowhere near as creative. The truck looks awesome.
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