Greetings all!

My name is Nugent, and I just purchased a project that I will be working on for the rest of my natural life lol.
I picked up a 1967 Ford F250 with a 352 V8 5.8L engine with an automatic transmission.

Here's the kicker... I have little to no idea what I'm doing with it lol. I do have some help from the father in law, but I'd like to do as much as I can without hounding him all the time.

I'll probably be popping in here and there to ask a BUNCH of questions about things (like as soon as I finish posting this topic here...)

Anyhoo... here's a bunch of photos of the truck!

 

Hello Nugent,

Looks like you have a fun project ahead of you.

There are lots of knowledgeable folks here willing to share their knowledge.

Good luck on your project.

 

I love those old body styles,cool project truck!

 

In case anyone was wondering, here's what a 40 year old exhaust seal looks like...



Joking aside, I replaced the one I could actually get to this evening and upon starting the truck up, noticed white smoke coming from the joint. Read up a couple quick reasons for it, most of them being "got grease or or oil on the seal when installing". I checked the tightness of the nuts and started the truck two more times after inspecting things and the smoke definitely dissipated quickly and the last time there was almost no smoke.

Should I be worried or just know that I got the thing dirty as hell when installing it? Also, do they need to "cure" in their new homes or anything like that? It's hard to tell how much of an effect the change had because I still have to get the other side, but those nuts are holding on for dear life.