Got the truck last summer on a straight up trade for my motorcycle I traded some home theater equipment for a few months prior. Lol so the truck is a 63 F100 custom cab. Used to be blue and have a 292 in it. The truck is as I got it is white with a 289 out of a 65 Galaxy. Truck did not have a intake or carb on it but the guy gave me the one for it in the trade. Got it home and put them on and it fired right up and drove. The kingpins were froze up so I had to hear them up and grease them real good and the tranny leaked like crazy and had to put a new shift selector seal in it.
Pretty much the was when I got it and been washed off.



The interior was disgusting and there were rat nests under the seat and in it so I had to rip all that out and clean it all up. Luckily the dash and windows are all in pretty good shape. There had been some patches put in the floor boards where rust had ate through. I have been doing some body work on the outside as it has quite a bit of rust on the bottoms of the doors and parts of the cab.

I have bought some great used fenders to replace the rotted out ones that are on the truck and some mirrors to put on as it has none right now. The truck is not going be any kind of show truck or DD but is just going to be a decent truck to drive around on the weekend to go to shows and cruises around my hometown.

I am currently having a buddy put in a crown vic clip in it and lowering the back.


I want the truck to set pretty low and also have bought some 2008 Mustang GT500 wheels and tires to go on it. I have a vision for what I want the truck to be and did a little photoshop work to see what the final outcome should be close to.


The truck got the motor and tranny pulled and he rolled the cv clip under the truck and lowered the truck down on to it and put the trucks front end back on to see what it's going to look like. The cv clip is being raked foward a bit to get the wheel centered in the wheel well better. The motor is still not back in and he said it lowered it about 2" so far and with the motor in it'll prolly be another 3" or so.




I am going to keep posting progress on the truck as I get things done.

 

Looks like it's going good! Are you planning on new paint anytime soon or letting it continue with the "shop truck" vibe?

 

I think when the front emd is done I am just going to just white prime the spots I've patched and leave it that way for a while.

 

I am wanting to use the original steering column and adapt it to the crown vic steering. I need help with what I need to do to achieve this. Can the steering box be removed and just have the shaft that goes into that be adapted to fit? I need some help!!

 

yes they sell various u-joints and shafts that will do the job , the steering you have now the steering column shaft goes directly into the gearbox and will have to be cut off so you will need the u-joint that adapts to the shaft by drilling a hole through it and using a grade 8 bolt or have a short section of splined shaft welded to the end of the cut off steer column shaft .

 

Awesome man. Thanks so much. I've searched around for probably 6 hours and found anything what you have said. I really appreciate it.

 

I have done the same with the steering on my 64. I removed the old steering box from the shaft (sawzall) the used a couple 3/4" slip fit u joints and some 3/4" cold rolled bar stock. Welded both joints as I dont plan on removing often. Also made a brace for the horizontal section of the shaft, to minimize deflection. Seems to work well in the garage, but have not had the truck on the road yet.

 

Alright sweet. That sounds like a good setup to me. Thanks again.

 

Do you guys have any pictures of your setup?

 

Lower u joint is at a pretty steep angle, but still turns smooth. Wish the CV rack could be pivoted on the x member.

 

 

Thank you thank you thank you!!! That is exactly what I've been looking for.

 

2003/2011 Crown Vic/Grand Marquis have rack & pinion steering.

1979/2002's do not.

 

What was this post for?? ^^

 

HaHa .... jlincks you will learn to just ignore the posts that make absolutely no since and have zero to do with your original questions . Those happen a lot from some members .