Score!!! for my "darkside '49"
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From: Easton, Pa
Score!!! for my "darkside '49"
Just got a donor late 80's F150 with a functioning fuel injected 5.0 Liter and manual Transmission in trade for an 86 chevy pickup I've been trying to get rid of for about 7 months!!! I had a 96 F150 with a similar 5.0 liter and absolutely loved it. So Far Ive got about $700 total invested in my 49, so far I have a solid cab and doors, frame, hood, fiberglass upper and lower fenders, and running boards (new paid local body shop $400 to take them off his hands after he got stuck with them) and soon a much newer drive train. Income tax time is coming and I'm hoping for a big refund, can you say IFS??? Happy holidays everyone!!!!!
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Yeah so far I've been accumulating parts cheaply, but theres a lot of work to be done before this thing hits the road, and a lot more parts to find. The odds and end are where the cost factor on this one is going to snowball, I've been pretty lucky finding a good starter truck with a title for as little $$$ as I've put out so far.
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From: waco
It's actualy not to terribly expensive to build a truck if you know a lot of people and you don't mind pulling your own parts at the bone yard and cleaning them up. I have 1000 tied up in my 55 so far. I have a 55 F100 that has a very solid cab and front clip. I have a realy straight bed that I pirated off of a 72 step side F100 which also gave up a 9 inch rear end with 3.70 gears. I also bought a TBI small block, and a 5 speed transmision. I definately have a lonnnng way to go, but I think the magor key is patience in parts scrounging as well as in the actual building of your truck.
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