1978 F100
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Tuned
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1978 F100
Just got our 1978 F100 Ranger Explorer short bed last week. Just a project truck for me and my wife to work on until our son is 16 and then will likely become his truck. Definitely needs some work but we are excited to get into it and start the process of fixing him up. Just put the wheels and tires on today.
Looking forward to contributing to forum and we are open to any and all advice you all can give
Josh
Looking forward to contributing to forum and we are open to any and all advice you all can give
Josh
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From: NorCal
Nice rig.
The one piece of advice I will offer at this time is to make sure your boy is involved on the revival process so he will have "skin in the game" . He will hopefully realize and appreciate the time, money, and effort that goes into getting the truck into top shelf condition.
In my experience, kids who simply gets the keys handed to them take it for granted. They don't have a good understanding of the vehicle, how it works, how to fix it, and what kind of maintenance and repair it takes to keep her on the road and roadworthy.
And if he is not somewhat self sufficient, then expect calls late at night from the boy telling you that the truck won't start and needs you to come out and fix it... You then roll over, look at the alarm clock, and realize that you need to get up in three hours for work.
The one piece of advice I will offer at this time is to make sure your boy is involved on the revival process so he will have "skin in the game" . He will hopefully realize and appreciate the time, money, and effort that goes into getting the truck into top shelf condition.
In my experience, kids who simply gets the keys handed to them take it for granted. They don't have a good understanding of the vehicle, how it works, how to fix it, and what kind of maintenance and repair it takes to keep her on the road and roadworthy.
And if he is not somewhat self sufficient, then expect calls late at night from the boy telling you that the truck won't start and needs you to come out and fix it... You then roll over, look at the alarm clock, and realize that you need to get up in three hours for work.
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Tuned
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For right now we want to get it "up to snuff" basically...motor mounts,trains mounts, bushings etc...as far as end goals maybe slightly beefing up the motor and getting the interior restored to almost factory new..aside from stereo lol
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Nice rig.
The one piece of advice I will offer at this time is to make sure your boy is involved on the revival process so he will have "skin in the game" . He will hopefully realize and appreciate the time, money, and effort that goes into getting the truck into top shelf condition.
In my experience, kids who simply gets the keys handed to them take it for granted. They don't have a good understanding of the vehicle, how it works, how to fix it, and what kind of maintenance and repair it takes to keep her on the road and roadworthy.
And if he is not somewhat self sufficient, then expect calls late at night from the boy telling you that the truck won't start and needs you to come out and fix it... You then roll over, look at the alarm clock, and realize that you need to get up in three hours for work.
The one piece of advice I will offer at this time is to make sure your boy is involved on the revival process so he will have "skin in the game" . He will hopefully realize and appreciate the time, money, and effort that goes into getting the truck into top shelf condition.
In my experience, kids who simply gets the keys handed to them take it for granted. They don't have a good understanding of the vehicle, how it works, how to fix it, and what kind of maintenance and repair it takes to keep her on the road and roadworthy.
And if he is not somewhat self sufficient, then expect calls late at night from the boy telling you that the truck won't start and needs you to come out and fix it... You then roll over, look at the alarm clock, and realize that you need to get up in three hours for work.
Good advice! Our son is very interested in learning about the truck and helping getting it back in order. Won't be easy for him...he is a hell of a good baseball player and can throw a disgusting curve ball, but he wouldn't know a metric wrench from a steak knife LOL
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Ah, baseball. My son's High Schools team got to play on Busch Stadium last summer. But due to some bad grades, we made him take a year off of all sports. First year in 10 or 11 that I haven't had to worry about practice schedules or game and tournament schedules. It has been kind of nice.
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Oh and as for not knowing how to wrench, he will either have interest in it or not. As I tell my son when he is helping me with what ever, I hope he gets a great job where he can afford to pay someone to do all the things I do. But at least he will have some knowledge to not get screwed.
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From: Ideeho
Personally, if it were my kid........If he likes the truck and wants to be able to drive it when it is done.........I'd just tell him that he needs to bleed on it some too......he will appreciate it more and have a clue of what was involved to make it what it is. Otherwise, it will just be a truck that was given to him and he probably will have no respect for it whatsoever. Just my 2 cents worth....
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From: Clinton, MS
Great looking truck and lucky kid!
I cannot agree with Hio enough. Have him involved. My first truck was a 1965 F100 that my father and I restored. Took us 3 years and I loved every minute of it. I took extra care of it knowing what went into it.
Can't wait to see progress pics! Welcome to the madness.
I cannot agree with Hio enough. Have him involved. My first truck was a 1965 F100 that my father and I restored. Took us 3 years and I loved every minute of it. I took extra care of it knowing what went into it.
Can't wait to see progress pics! Welcome to the madness.
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Ah, baseball. My son's High Schools team got to play on Busch Stadium last summer. But due to some bad grades, we made him take a year off of all sports. First year in 10 or 11 that I haven't had to worry about practice schedules or game and tournament schedules. It has been kind of nice.