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My dad has helped me with my 54 f100 project for just over a year. Restoring his father's (my grandfather's) 53 bel air got me wanting a project for myself. I loved the old stepsides. My project got him wanting to restore a truck. He has a 66 f350 that was his fathers. Working on my truck has gotten him wanting to work on a truck. He's hoping to keep it pretty much stock with a few upgrades.
Its a 6 lug pattern, 131" wheel base, and a 9 ft bed. It has a 352Ci four barrel with a four speed.
I was wondering if anyone had any options for disc brakes without changing the bolt pattern (he'd like to keep the wheels).
Also a dump bed kit or something that can be adapted for this truck?
Also a dual master cylinder with a booster for this truck as well?
Any other advice for safety and convenience as well?
Thanks for your help and comments! hopefully this beast will be back in the workforce soon!
My dad has helped me with my 54 f100 project for just over a year. Restoring his father's (my grandfather's) 53 bel air got me wanting a project for myself. I loved the old stepsides. My project got him wanting to restore a truck. He has a 66 f350 that was his fathers. Working on my truck has gotten him wanting to work on a truck. He's hoping to keep it pretty much stock with a few upgrades.
Its a 6 lug pattern, 131" wheel base, and a 9 ft. Flareside Express bed. It has a 352Ci four barrel with a four speed.
Ford = Flareside, the '53 Bel-Air & Stepsides are Chevrolet's. The 9' Express Flareside bed was only available on 1953/72 F350's.
352 installed in 1965/67 F100/350's only available with a 2V carb.
There are members on the forum better equiped to offer advice than me just wanted say that's a nice truck. Large opening front fenders, mimimul rust and looks to be in great shape (atleast from an Iowa perspective).
You mentioned a dump bed if it were me I'd save the step/flare bed it's cool.
those 9 foot stepsides do like pretty cool on these old trucks making them look massive . Tilt bed kits to adapt to your bed can be fabricated pretty easily and make to operate in either air , hydraulic, or electric but can be a bit expensive to set up with quality components .
I will finish parting out and scraping my 66 F350 flat bed CC this
summer. It's DRW split ring 16 inch wheels. It has a running 390
and 4 speed. PM me if interested in anything from it. I can drive
it to the shipper and would almost give it away just to see some of
it saved to live on.
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