Hello all - just wanted to post up a few pics of our new project. This will eventually be my oldest son's daily driver. Seems to be pretty straight and rust free. Not running at the moment, the guy I bought it from was in the process of a motor swap from a 240 straight 6 to a crown vic 460. He ended up needing some money fast and needed the pickup gone asap - so we helped him out . I am not sure if we will keep this motor in it or what exactly we are going to do just yet. We also got the original 240 and tranny in the trade.






My son is (almost) 12, so we have a few years to complete. I will keep this thread going as we get things accomplished. It most certainly won't be a fast build...

 

I know there are a few of you experts out there that can read these vin numbers - would anyone like to give us all the good info please?

 

Someone will chime in shortly to help decode your VIN, but just wanted to say congrats , and hope you and your son enjoy the project.

 

A 292 straight 6 is a chev engine, 292 ford is a Y block and was changed to 352 FE in 65, but a 460 would make a good engine for that truck with some work getting everthing looking good.

 

Oh, yeah. I guess this could have been the 240 or 300, right?

(changed my original post to 240)

 

Woo Hoo, looks real nice, good luck you're an A-1 Dad!

 

Your tag decodes as follows:
F10 = F100 2WD
J = 240 I6 ('65 only)
K = Kansas City plant
674347 = Built in Apr 1965
FM = two tone Light Blue and Wimbledon White
B81 = Custom Cab with Med Blue crush vinyl and Med Blue rib vinyl
A = 3 speed light duty non synchro trans
09 = 3.70 open 9" Ford rear axle
65 = Oklahoma City District Sales office where it was ordered by the dealer, not special ordered

Nice truck, and that is a lucky young man.

 

Awesome, thank you for doing that! It will be a lot of work, but will be fun!

 

Good looking truck. I'm looking forward to following this build, good luck with it...

Pat

 

Lucky boy you have there. It will be a great times you will remember forever working on it with him. Build a 60s Mustang with each of our 3(Daughter and 2 sons) where they paid for 1/2 of every thing and did all the work with me.
Great color combo.
I did some things in my '65 F100 that you may be considering like 3 point seat belts. Check my posts here.
Good Luck, Have Fun.

 

Yes, I will definitely check that out - 3-point seat belts is on our list! I really want this pickup to run/drive & seat modern for safety and reliability.

We also are doing the pay 1/2 thing. We have a small business and each of our kids work for us (as much as a 4,10,12 yr olds can) of which we pay them. The oldest has already paid half of his half, of this f100. He wants custom baseball stitch seats, so he may be paying all of that one though...

 

Nice looking truck and it is nice they have half a share in it as that will go along way on how they treat and drive the truck.
I may have been given a van to drive when I started driving but I had to pay for everything, gas, oil, repairs and insurance beside going to school & work.

Only thing I would go easy on is the motor for a new driver. It is nice to say it has a big old honking 460 but it is loaded with power and can get anyone into trouble real easy and more so for a new driver.
Did you get the CV and 460 / trans? or the 240 / trans with the truck or nothing for motor / trans?
I ask because the CV swap would make for a better handling truck than the twin beam front suspension even if you did not do the swap till after he was in school.
Heck first year driving have it looking stock maybe even the 240/300 motor. Then over the summer do the CV swap and say a 302 and over drive trans to shock when back to school.
Even if you do the 302 / over drive now and use the truck then do the CV at a later date you would have the parts to do it, just saying.

Read through other area years, older and newer up to the 80 -86 trucks so see what other are doing as you can take some or all of what they are doing to use on your project.
Also there is a motor only area down lower on the forum. Once you know what motor you want to go with see what others are doing with that motor to see what you may want to try and use.
The six (300) could be built to be a pretty cool motor with a stock intake / carb and EFI manifolds to wild with side draft carbs and a header.
FYI I have a 81 F100 flare side with a 300 six stock intake / carb and EFI exh manifolds hooked to a NP435 granny first transmission and Advance Adaptor over drive unit.
It was a 4 year cab off frame rebuild with some custom touches added that would be hard to pick up if you did not know the 80 - 86 trucks.

Good luck
Dave ----

 

No, I didn't get the CV. I have the 460 & auto trans from the CV mounted in the pickup. I also have the 6 cylinder and 4 speed tranny that came out of the pickup.

I agree with the 460. My first vehicle was 1987 F250 with 460. Definitely can get you in trouble as a teenager...

I really don't know what we are going to do just yet. I think we will get this 460 going just to be able to drive it around alittle, while looking for something like a 5.0 5 speed or similar. The end goal for the look is a small lift with bigger tires (not huge- maybe 295s or 31s). We definitely are going to update the suspension while getting to that point...

I appreciate all the info given so far and all that will be coming!

 

Well if the 460 is mounted in the truck than I can see going with that for now just to get it running / driving and go from there on how you / he want to go.

I take it the lift and bigger tires is big out there? Is that what the other kids are doing on their newer trucks?
Not that that is wrong but you are going with a totally different truck why not go lower LOL
I am one of the first to say, its your or should I say his truck build it as you want it.

Note I don't know of anyone making lift kits suspensions for a 4x2 truck with twin I beams, that is what your truck has right? (not up on the year to much )
Some will say just add longer springs and if so the issue is when lifted the camber changes and with kingpins the only way to bring it back into spec is to bend the beams.
That is where the trouble comes in as most shops if they even have specs for that year truck don't have the means to bend the beams, not even on my 81 F100 but had the specs.
A kit I think would be springs and beams and reuse your spindles & brakes (drum?)

Now if he wanted to lower it DJM http://djmsuspension.com/ I think makes a kit, beams and parts for out back if he was not going with the CV front end swap.
Just like if you were going to raise with coils lowering with coils is the same, need to bend the beams to get camber back into spec.
The DJM beams are built with the kingpin mounts raised up so your spindles sit higher to lower the truck.
We 80-86 owners have the same issues with raising or lowering trucks and the 80-82 more so as we have kingpins and DJM dose not make beams for our trucks as they use 2 different size pins
Just a little info on the front suspension to think about.

Again reading through others posts to see what they are doing and to get ideals on what you may want to do to the truck.
Dave ----

 

FWIW My '65 has the original bone stock 300 - 6cyl and a T18 4 speed and I really like that setup over a big heavy monster under the hood. I drive it all the time, haul things like 3/4 a yard of decomposed granite, and we pull a 16ft vintage trailer on long trips with it. After about 8 years of driving it I did add a Gear vendors OD behind the T18. Before the OD install we did a 2,500 mile trip towing the trailer. With the OD with the stock 3.50 gears not loaded or towing it gets 17mpg freeway doing 65-70mph, around 15mpg towing the trailer.
There are lots of good mods out there for the 240/300 engines, planning some of those for mine. Bottom end torque is great I pass semis no problem on the hills.