Removed the hood, stripped all the trim from it, powerwashed it inside and out. Determined that the rs hinge is too worn out to fix- will have to be replaced. Reinstalled hood (sweat, sweat- it's Florida, y' know) and discovered that cleaning, lubing, and adjusting the bum hinge had at least made it work more reliably. Tomorrow maybe I'll begin polishing the spears; I haven't decided yet whether to repaint or replace the V-8 center emblem.
The goal is to prepare the truck for paint which probably won't happen until winter at the earliest.
Meanwhile the damned boat constantly cries for attention...
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Replaced the bullet hole windshield with an intact one from a JY, fresh seals for the front and back glass, fixed the roof cancer, made a carb base gasket and fiddled with the timing.

 

That's a nice find. I would have paid $100 just for the rear fenders and steps!

 

Thanks! Guys are wanting crazy money for fenders here, so I am glad I found this. I will be posting some parts for sale soon, I am sure.

Today I changed the oil, recurved the distributor, and installed a horn.

 

Drove it to work this morning...

 

received some front brake parts from another member yesterday afternoon - installed said brake parts this morning - good to go - then finished painting rear frame rails - tomorrow will re-install bed - as the preservation continues

 

Ahh c'mon keep the old straight axle ...give it some wedges so it tracks straight, add a sway bar and some disk and it will be a nice front end...vs lots of fabbing for a cv suspension swap...just my 2 cents- Nice 64 BTW...mines the same color...not nearly as nice..but it has power assist...and soon a pretty y block...

 

I won something with it.

 

[I]Went to the Billings Montana all original car show. All entrants can be restored but must be 95% original. Went home with a first place trophy in the Light Commercial class. Stiff competition judged by 2 judges per class and I remarked to several people that I was not in the running for a trophy. I was very very surprised when 1st place was announced and it was me. Didn't even know the judges. Now I get to pull all brakes apart and put in new wheel cylinders. When I restored the truck I wanted to rebuild as much of it as I could. The cylinders were pitted pretty bad but I honed the heck out of them but they were still slightly pitted, well now they are leaking so I bought new ones.

 

This Hi-Boy is leaving a pretty good gap for this sized tire. The more I look at them the more I like them, especially for daily driving.


225/75r15 with powder coated ford steel rims. Looking for caps still.

I had a great day with it! I got a 70's bench installed (getting the original reupholstered), fixed the taillights, got new wheels on, and drove it about 30 miles.

 

Wedges?? I have front disc, I have power steering, power brakes, and a pan hard bar, no sway bar. The truck rides pretty darn good for a straight axle. AND YEA I really like the looks of it. It all comes down to the condition of this 460...got her out and mounted on the engine stand....





Thanks for the compliment on the truck. I purchased it already painted due to the fact I have no where to paint and body, and it worried me a bit that it may have been repaired and or hacked up. The more I dig into this truck the more I am impressed with the overall condition of it all and all seems to be original to the truck. Body, frame that is. Drive train is not.
Hammy

 

cleaned all the crap out of the front seat and hosed the outside off and vacumed the inside and now i just need a radiator for the 65 f-250 flat bed.

 

Installed a CB radio in it and raced a '91 f150 and won.

 

Nice to win!

 

i really ticks them off when they get beaten by an old truck,mine looks like an old farm truck but it is hard to beat a fresh 390 and c6.