I've just had my cousin from the States on a visit. He was looking over how far I've come restoring my truck the last past 8 years when he exclaimed "boy did these trucks really move that fast?" I really didn't understand what he meant untill I saw what he was looking at. My speedometer is calibrated in Kilometer pr hour so it goes up to 140. I couldn't help but pulling his leg so I said "of course so-thats the way Henry built them" Now I have one really impressed cousin. Just had to share this with you all.

 

I have a friend who had a 1934 Pontiac that was an export model sent to the Netherlands and was eventually re-inported. We converted it to a street rod. The speedometer was also in kilometers and we used to have a lot of fun with that. As I remember it went up to 160 KPH!

Vern

 

i couldnt imagine what an f100 would look like going 140mph!
cant be safe

 

how`s the truck airwick?
do you have much left? pics maybe?

 

hi vrongpeis. Two steps back one step forward. Just pulled off the whole front and am in the prosess of welding in a Dodge Aspen ( Volare) front. That means boxing the frame back to the cab mounts (= rerouting the brake lines), new motor and auto mounts (= 1" to the left), New shorty headers (=my custom made exhaust system has to be rebuilt) ++, so I'll be back where I started next summer.(non heated garage=freezing cold in the winter) Look at my web page for pics . Hows your truck doing? Erik