Thanks again to all of those on FTE who have answered my questions and made helpful suggestions. The ground work is done and now I'm building a '66 F-250. It's a long way off...but more fun now!

 

You're way ahead of my lastest project. I'm building a frame off F100, onto a 72 frame, once I get the final mock up then I hope to be at your level of detail. Keep up the good work, looks great.

 

So far what you have done looks great

 

Nice work.

 

...thank you, gentlemen. Customcab, I'm not as adventurous as you! Mild modifications take enormous thought on my part. As far as detailing...I do have the patience for that....every nut and bolt either replaced, replated or refinished....every mechanical component rebuilt....and every bearing and bushing replaced with new....

 

Chassis/suspension build complete....

 

Love the attention to detail so far. Will be watching this, Good Luck. Bob

 

Looks like you're a little better organized than I am with my 66 F250 project...

Can I ask what you used as a coating on your leaf springs? I'm thinking of using a graphite paint product called ez-slide, just curious what others have used.

Looking forward to watching your progress.

Regards,
Corey

 

...thanks Corey! Yeah, organizing is what I do best....I find it very aggravating to work, tripping over tools as well as myself. I usually take a day every month, just to clean the shop and have out only what I'm working on...otherwise it drives me crazy...and I'm close to that already. Regarding the leaf springs: I had them sandblasted, then took them apart and used an angle grinder with a wire brush to clean the adjoining surfaces. I read that you shouldn't paint between the leaves, or between any machined/matching surfaces for that matter, as the paint wears it creates space between the parts wherein they could move. I did want to prevent rust, so I painted each leaf with a high zinc (weld-through) primer, but only a very light "dusting" coat as not to create space between them. I reassembled the spring then gave it a good coat of epoxy primer and acrylic enamel. Even though the leaves do "slide" against one another, I don't know if a lubricating paint is advised. You might check with one of the spring specialty companies for that information. Originally, these had nothing between them and surprisingly little rust. There was a small strip of plastic liner between the very bottom leaf...the straight one, which I replaced. I found good information on the website for Eaton Springs. You might check it out, as they have a section on painting/coating springs.

 

I have tried to follow your build but new posts pop up then get buried. Have you thought about putting it all in one post?

 

 

As the project progresses, suggest avoiding online photo storage sites who at some point increase the fee's as customer's exceed allotted storage space. I find it annoying when I come across projects of interest only to find the photo's are no long available. I prefer posting pic's using digital camera, thus I am not at the mercy of the photo storage site, learned from experience.

Oh, by the way, outstanding work, looking forward to following your progress.