I was given a 1978 f250 Custom for FREE in March of last year. It has a 351M with a C6. This is my first project and i'm learning as I go. I plan on updating my progress on this truck here.







I got the engine running, cleaned and painted the engine bay and interior. I ditched the bed as my plans for the truck involved cutting it to swb length and putting a flareside bed on it.










The truck is now running and driving, but I want a short bed. After much consideration, I decided to look for a swb flareside truck and transfer my engine and cab onto it instead of cutting the frame and trying to find a flareside bed. After looking for a couple of months I found this.

It's a 1977 f-150 4x4! I got it for just under 2000$. I'll be picking it up this saturday from a local junkyard in AZ.
The floors are rusted through as well as some areas of the bed but other than that everything is solid.
This truck originally came with an I6, which is currently in the bed of the truck. I'm not sure what trans was in it but it was a standard trans.

What will I need to do to make my 351m work with this truck? I plan on using the manual transmission set up with it. Thanks in advance!

 

From what I've learned from this forum, I think you'll need the 351M/400 engine mount towers which are 4WD-specific if I'm not mistaken. Then you'll need a proper bellhousing and a 4WD transmission to connect to the transfer case. If you're willing to change over to a 351W, or even a Cleveland I think, then you can use the 300's bellhousing.

As I was scrolling through the pics, I was thinking that I'd be highly tempted to look for a '73-'77 grill for it, and then I saw that you did just that!