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I have owned my 66 f100 for 3 years now here is some of the work I have done. here is the truck as it currently looks today 3 years ago when we bought the truck (the truck did run "turn key" when we bought it we just didn't want to chance a breakdown. we didn't know the mechanical state of the truck, so we had my fathers uncle tow it with his flatbed) loading it up here it is at home gave the white paint a touch up got rid of those "car hubcaps" dog dish definitely look better even if they are not the correct hubcaps for the truck time to fix the rust! rust free front clip pieced together from different trucks scored a new old stock radiator support off of a local garage that had it in the back. 75 bucks! fun little project made these caps for my tires sandblasting is done had to cut the old support to remove it but this photo does show how rotted it was got some 1973-79 twin I beams for my power disc brake upgrade.... Interestingly Enough they came out of another 66 ford but it had a rotted frame so the guy was parting out the truck. ended up scoring a dome light, factory Am radio and a manual transmission petal assembly... which I will be using later time for the old I beams to come out new disc brake I beams installed with all new radius arm bushings and "I beam pivot bushings"... (if thats what they are called) the Ol' single pot next to the power disc brake master cylinder was surprised that the master cylinder just bolted right on! new spring we got with the I beams, they didn't end up working because they were "V8 springs and were too stiff for the lighter 240 inline 6 painted upper valence and stone deflector. (the stone deflector was the only reproduction body panel we used, we got it from LMC truck) slip on Cab mount covers from Flashback F100s (did these on both sides) patch panel welded in from Flashback f100s had to do this on both sides (only have pictures from driver side) before and after all patched up with metal welded in drivers side dry fitting the fenders the whole front clip painted! starting to come together not mine but this is the braking setup I went with. I used a proportioning valve from Jegs cut out the cancer in the door weld metal in cut out cancer in the bedsides weld new metal in body filler was only used over newly welded in metal to smooth the body brown primer cab corners welded up painting up paint almost done fuel pump went bad Because the truck was siting from June to November body looks much better truck is back on the road hauling with the 66! noticed on the roof there was a name carved into the CB antenna in the cab there was also a pair of pliers with the same name on them ended up finding the obituary of Man himself Mr. Ben Corsere of Edwardsville Illinois. Through facebook I tracked down his daughter who said she was in tears when she saw the pictures of her fathers truck on my facebook he was an over the road truck driver for consolidated freightways in st. Louis Missouri. she said she learned to drive on the truck back when it was 3 on the tree, she remembers riding in the back of the truck and fishing with her father. she also said that he bought a new ford truck but he never drove it because it wasn't as good as his 66.she said he had his name in white letters on the door because he didn't want anyone stealing it, Mr Corsere died in 1999 in 2000 the truck was sold at auction in St. Louis Missouri to a man that lived in dorchester Massachusettsthe man in dorchester swapped in an AOD transmission and kept the original 240 inline. in may 2015 it was sold to the man I bought it from he sold it to me in September of 2015 did a cherry bomb exhaust chrome bumper from the junkyard for 100 bucks bought this 66 (with a 61 grill) factory 4x4 I had plans on restoring it as well but then determined I didn't have the funds to build 2 trucks. I bought it for 700 bucks and sold it for 1100. at this time the old 240 had become tired and was in need of a rebuild so the front clip came off again Because I planned to paint the frame and pull the engine and trans in 1 piece my friend bobby who has been working on his 78 f150 4x4 for years, that has a 300 inline 6 that he had just freshend up was planning on doing a v8 swap so I bought the old engine off him for $260 bucks the 300 that he rebuilt in his 78 pulling the 300 out of the 78 putting the 300 in my friend nicks 92 chevy which he has frame off rebuilt pulling the old 240 and AOD transmission the AOD and worn out 240 inline 6 this t18 came with my blue f100 4x4 so I basically got it for free, I painted it and the Bell-housing Cast iron grey the 300 and T18 4 speed mated together. had to take the top cover off the tranny to get it to fit under the cab Installed Installing the reverse lights switch petal assembly installed bought this 4x4 floor pan from a man in Wisconsin sanded it and painted it red, covered the transfer case hole. dry fits well front clip back on upgraded my ignition I have a MSD box ford with the stock 1978 distributor and a MSD blaster 2 coil cutting a hole in the floor for the clutch rod because the truck has had new floor pans since it was an automatic getting the wiring hooked up the wiring is all cleaned up had a problem with the new steering column the bottom plastic retainer was coming out. we ended up holing it in with self tappers, works good drove to my Buddys shop to have exhaust put on with open headers SOOO LOUD ended up doing duel exhaust all the way back with thrush glass packs Lettered the tailgate before and after the old 240 block loaded my belongings in and went to college where it is today
Great story! I love seeing stories like this.. I'd stay in touch with the daughter and keep her up to date with the progress of her dad's old truck! I'm sure it would mean the world to her.
Nice , nice job and the documentation is well laid out. I think your scrounging abilities are at least as good as your mechanical ones. That chrome front bumper isn't an everyday find for most folks and you absolutely scored on the drive train. I'm impressed.
Need to thank you for motivating me to learn more about the history of the 65CS I'm bringing back to life/
In less than ten minutes on line I learned that the original owner was 55 years old when he bought my truck and passed away in 1995. The second owner still lives at the address on an old registration I found when I bought the truck. She was thrilled to hear that it is back on the road and promised to look for some photos of when she and her late husband owned it. They traveled all over Alaska with a camper on back during the summers. She can't wait to see it.
Thanks for the push!
That is one sweet ride. Also, liked the call with the rims and caps. They don't have to be stock to look good..
A little love goes a long way, looking great and very good upgrades. So cool that you got to connect with his daughter and let her know that a part of her dad's life lives on so to speak.
10-02-2018, 02:28 PM
SOOO LOUD
