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First post -- Hi!
Just wanted to say hello, I hope to get to know you all and look forward to exploring this vast set of information!
A little about me: I am in the IT field, but no, I won't fix your computer! I am in the Dallas, TX area and just picked up my second
truck, a copper '50 F1.
She has a Mustang II suspension, manual rack and pinion steering, relocated fuel cell under bed, bags on the rear (assumed for towing in a prior life?), power brakes, disk brakes up front, and the kicke... a Chevy 350 w/ 400 Turbo transmission. I know, go ahead and shame me, wasn't my choice but she runs great and will allow me to enjoy the beautiful look until I can aford an engine swap back to Ford parts!
She has a pretty nice interior, AC and a radio, although I have a hard time hearing the radio over her straight pipes! All guages work and the updated tilt column makes for a pretty comfy ride; power steering would make it all that much better!
First updates I will make are keyless locks; prior owner didn't have a key for the door and a $60 LMC keyless set was hard to pass by!
Anyhow... I am here for the long haul and can't wait to get my hands dirty!
-Copper50F1
A little about me: I am in the IT field, but no, I won't fix your computer! I am in the Dallas, TX area and just picked up my second
truck, a copper '50 F1.She has a Mustang II suspension, manual rack and pinion steering, relocated fuel cell under bed, bags on the rear (assumed for towing in a prior life?), power brakes, disk brakes up front, and the kicke... a Chevy 350 w/ 400 Turbo transmission. I know, go ahead and shame me, wasn't my choice but she runs great and will allow me to enjoy the beautiful look until I can aford an engine swap back to Ford parts!
She has a pretty nice interior, AC and a radio, although I have a hard time hearing the radio over her straight pipes! All guages work and the updated tilt column makes for a pretty comfy ride; power steering would make it all that much better!
First updates I will make are keyless locks; prior owner didn't have a key for the door and a $60 LMC keyless set was hard to pass by!
Anyhow... I am here for the long haul and can't wait to get my hands dirty!
-Copper50F1
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welcome to fteit sounds like you hit the jackpot with your truck this is a great site and everyone here is like family you will get all the help that you need here there is a ton of knowlage here and everyone is willing to help we really like pictures so lets see some and let us know where you are located
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Welcome to FTE! The best place on teh web for these trucks.
First off, we don't belive you got a truck until we see pictures. Or we just really love seeing pictures of these trucks....one of those two.
There are quite a few guys here that have the chevy 350.We still talk to them most days.
You are correct in wanting to drive it a while before doing too much. We love to know these trucks are on the road. You don't want to be like me and have a 30 year rebuild plan.
Edit: I type slow. You have three posts in a row asking for pictures. Get the hint
By the way. I'm an IT guy as well, application development side...well just got a new job (with the same employer) and a funny title; Enterprise Information Architect. Kind of opened ended title.
First off, we don't belive you got a truck until we see pictures. Or we just really love seeing pictures of these trucks....one of those two.
There are quite a few guys here that have the chevy 350.We still talk to them most days.
You are correct in wanting to drive it a while before doing too much. We love to know these trucks are on the road. You don't want to be like me and have a 30 year rebuild plan.
Edit: I type slow. You have three posts in a row asking for pictures. Get the hint
By the way. I'm an IT guy as well, application development side...well just got a new job (with the same employer) and a funny title; Enterprise Information Architect. Kind of opened ended title.
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I have a small oil leak that I will be trying to track down in the near future... also, never got a door key from prior owner so hope the keyless entry allows me to lock it up! Anyone ever install a system like this before? I haven't searched yet, but will do.
Bed is sheetmetal... kinda want to revert to the wood bed, all in good time i suppose!
Paint looks good from about 10 feet away, up close there are a few runs and some swirls in the paint. Has fiberglass fenders and running boards, not really a problem but the mounting points between the front fenders and the running boards has cracked a chunk out of the running boards... no doubt someone stepped on them up close to the fender.
To be honest, I wasn't excited by the copper color until I got her home. I had hopes of repainting her all black, but maybe I will let the color sink in a bit more!
Thanks,
Copper50F1
Bed is sheetmetal... kinda want to revert to the wood bed, all in good time i suppose!
Paint looks good from about 10 feet away, up close there are a few runs and some swirls in the paint. Has fiberglass fenders and running boards, not really a problem but the mounting points between the front fenders and the running boards has cracked a chunk out of the running boards... no doubt someone stepped on them up close to the fender.
To be honest, I wasn't excited by the copper color until I got her home. I had hopes of repainting her all black, but maybe I will let the color sink in a bit more!
Thanks,
Copper50F1
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From: paradise, northern calif.
That is a nice truck, now all you need is the secret handshake and your in. Just kidding your already in. As already stated this is a very special site, very friendly, lots of very experienced people that will help you any way they can, I look at the members more as friends than anything else. So a warm FTE welcome from Northern California .
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From: NM
Welcome! Very nice truck to be starting with!
Your comment on the wireless door locks is intriguing. I looked it up on LMC's website and there is very little info. Many have tried to add electric locks to 48-52's with little success, so if that works out, please let us know!
Your comment on the wireless door locks is intriguing. I looked it up on LMC's website and there is very little info. Many have tried to add electric locks to 48-52's with little success, so if that works out, please let us know!