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I have been on the forums alot over the year started in the ranger, then the idi diesels and superduty, but it's been a few years and I bought a 73 f100 in october. I took a chance and bought it on ebay been sitting for 20 plus years not running and the grill bumpers and many interior parts were missing. I had it shipped to ny and got lucky the body was rock solid no rust. Its a manual steering manual break 3 on the tree 302 truck, The wiring was burnt up and rear half or the driveshaft was also missing so I decided to do a crownvic swap complete with motor trans ac and electrical system from a 08 vic I'll post what pis I have but unfortunately lost most all I had in when my phone was broken When she showed up Donor 08 crown vic 84000 miles clean 1 owner Out with the old In with the newo
Here is where I am motors in it runs all new body mounts, new glass and door seals lowered rear 4 inches and 8.8 explorer diff. Got some staggared fr500 rims 18x9 in front 18x10 in rear I have but bigger tires on the rims now to make them 27 inches tall so I have some sidewall sorry for the lack of picks and questions just ask and I can take pics and share how I did stuff Sorry about poor pics hope to get it outside soon and get better ones with new tires
I'm a small town called lebanon not far from hamilton or morrisville maybe an hour from you
Close to the drag strip maybe?
When I lived in CT I raced at the valley a few times for MOPAR ? AMC meets
I would love to do a CV drop to an 80's truck and may yet but the frame is not flat like the early trucks up front.
The other think is a full CV frame swap.
Dave ----
Different lebanon but I know the drag strip yer talking about I'm about an hour south of syracuse.
I considered the full frame swap but I decided to keep mine a long bed, I could have stretched the vic frame and kept the vic tank and rear suspension but didn't want to put a bump in the bed for the tank and suspension, also my frame was spotless. Now that i have gotten farther into mine i think I will have to minI tub to fit the 18x10s in the rear with 295 40 18 tires. And using the stock ear truck tank withe the vic level sensor and vic fuel pump and bypass valve presented to challanges so both ways have there pros and cons I believe.
Few questions for you guys is the stock vinyl flooring glued Down in these trucks, mine is but my be po's work. Also is there any market for items like the stock front beams and brakes and steering off this truck was a manual disk in the front everything is in real nice shape just some surface rust but I don't know if there is any demand for stick stuff like that
Many times the front suspension on the 73-9's is used on the 67-72's for disc brake conversion (Also 65-66 ?) Not sure what the market would be in NY.
Maybe post it : https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/m...id%5B0%5D=m666
Spent most the day today working on the truck. A small miracle happened I I used the ctown vic harness inside and out because mine was trash and i got the stock 73 ignition, light, signal and hazard switches wired up and triggering the bcm. Everything works but the dash dimming long story but don't think I will be able to make that work so I will just hid the rolder under the dash where j can reach it but can't be seen. Also have the dome light working.
Thanks to corona I spent the day working on the interior wiring and such got it mostly done. The gauges I have a plan for mounting them so the will look like they belong but that will have to wait until the fab shop where I can use the cnc plasma reopens. Also need to figure out what I wanna do for a seat. Hopefully tomarrow I turn the truck around and weld in rear shock mounts. It will be the first time I have ever had the truck moving under its own power Slowly getting there Found a bumper and grill for it wanted used so it matches the truck i dont plan to paint it anytime soon. I know the inserts are wrong but they will work until i find the correct ones
Worked on the truck this morning, keep trying to name it buy no luck do far, anyway I swapped a 99 explorer axle to get rear disk brakes a limited slip and 3.73 gears. it has same bolt pattern as vic and abs, it came with a sway bar so I wanted to see if I could make it work. I had already moved the perches to the top of the axle, set pinion angle, and added shock mounts. I needed some mounting backets to mount the sway bar links to the frame so I made some from a peice of 2x4 1x4 box tube, overkill but it's somthing I had Box tube Cut the peice in half Taper to try and make them look kinda professional Drill some holes Attached to frame ready for some paint Probably not the best way to shack spraypaint but worked great. I love this high solid paint covers great and fast but will settle in can with time Finished except for correct hardware
