Back in 2014, I started hitting you guys up for help on this 1971 F100 flareside.
In hindsight, when I found a nearly rust free, 69 f100 long bed with 240/three on the tree and 34,000 miles. I should have stuck with it and abandoned the Green Comet. But alas, we don't always make the wisest choices.
I did a lot, if not most, of the early work on the truck including the front disk brake conversion, power brakes, power steering, swapped out the 3 speed for a C4 (bad choice in many ways), the usual radius arm maintenance, etc. Also swapped out manifold, tore down engine for a machine shop to rebuild (twice).
Later on, I turned the truck over to a body shop with the understanding this was a no rush project and it he could do it on the side while he did the insurance work (his bread and butter). Three years later, he delivered it to another mechanic who rewired it and did a few other things, like installing a lokar floor shifter and the associated wiring.
But they had issues getting it to run well, or really at all. Flooding badly.
My body guy mentioned a mechanic who he thought might help me out.
New fuel tank (my fuel pump/filter and carb were filling with rust), another fuel pump, rebuilt my new rebuild of a carb, swapped out vacuum advance unit, rear axle seals and fixed a leaky master cylinder.
Last Friday, my new mechanic handed it back to me and I have been driving it since.
Still stuff to do, especially in the interior like recovering the seat, but its functional now. I do have to reset the programming on the Lokar unit.
Part of the issue was later in the project, I kind of lost my place to do the work, hence some stuff being farmed out that I might have tackled myself (well not the body work).

 

Looks great. I think I saw this on Instagram this morning?

 

Would not have been me. I don't Instragram. I do FB and posted on a flareside group.

 

That thing looks great! Well worth the effort, no matter what.

 

Thanks for the compliment.
It's one of those "look great at closing time" trucks. Definitely not a show truck. Drives pretty well. I am sure I will lose points to some for using the Lokar floor shfter, but I kind of like it.
I don't have the defroster vented yet and after turning on the vent fan, may be looking at replacing it. Sounds horrendous.

 

Great to see it now, looks fantastic!

 

I am contemplating ordering this to make my seat look nicer. Not sure how hard to install.
Seat Upholstery

 

Of course this photo is in my signature, but here is a larger version.
Won't look this nice for long no doubt. Truck is not garaged. When I am driving it, the Green Comet sits in our driveway. When not driving, it does sit with the Mustang in covered storage.

 

@hillcountryflt Awesome flareside. I'm glad you stuck with it as it's super unique and at least from this view looks to be a great restore for a driver. I love the white trim and 68 grille looks awesome on that green. I like the basicness of it and I'm glad you stuck with it!

 

With a little adjusting, your vent fan noise may be fixed by adjusting the fan blades on the fan motor SHAFT.
It can be adjusted in/out so it doesnt rub against the housing (making a horrible noise).