i lay the rare patch or two i was wondering how many
other people have laid patches and how long.I never thought
those old trucks could lay decent rubber until i bought
a 1970 250cs,custom with a 390.... HOLY COW! was i ever
surprised.I think the biggest patch so far was about
50 feet long or so,but reading about some members trucks
made me wonder.. how long can you guys go for. some people
here could probaly lay some rim after the tire gives out..

Old fords rule!




Fe power

 

I don't lay any.

I don't own a tire shop .

I prefer my tires to be kept round.


Dennis https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gallery/sizeimage.php?&photoid=1733&.jpg



Please Don't Ask Me Any Tough Questions As:
"I'm Saving My Memory For When I Develop Alzheimer's"


78 F-150 429CJ,Silver w/Explorer Pkge.
641/2-Mustang 260,Pre-World's Fair Car.
64-Fairlane500 S/C waiting for a 390-4spd.
68-Mustang 289-Sunlit Gold 80,892Mi
78-Buick LeSabre 403 4V
84 Volvo DL Wagon

 

I lay in bed, laying in my truck could be hazardous to my health

 

I'd rather have mine "hook up" than spin, but thats just me!

 

I guess I really don't know how. Here are some of the vehicles I have tried to bald:

My '69 F250 410 >>> No
My '76 Bronco 302 >>> No
Dad's '70 F250 390 >>> No
Company's '70 F350 Dually Flatbed 390 >>> No
...Took off 12ft,1500# bed to paint truck >>> Little Bark
Company's 5,000# Forklift 4-Banger Propane >>> 1ft. Patch
Company's 2,000# Forklift 4-Banger Gas >>> 4ft. Patch
Dad's '00 F250 PowerStroke >>> No
Dad's '68 Ranchero 390 >>> No
Step Mom's '99 Crown Vic 4.9 >>> No
Brother's '66 Mustang 289HP >>> No
Step Dad's '77 Power Wagon 440 >>> No
Mom's '84 Toyota Tercel 4-Banger >>> 5ft. Patch


It seems to me, from my experiences, that the ability to burn-off means Diddly-Shoot in the real world. Mom's Toyota, which laid the longest patch is actually the weakest road-legal vehicle of this bunch. I can load that car on a double-axle trailer and tow it up hills with my '69 F250 10-20 MPH faster than the car can pull the hill by itself.

 

Hmmmm, never gotten out and measured. Although with 400+ ponies my 35s light up nicely, thank you. Not that I would ever leave the punk next to me in his slammed civic coughing in a haze of molten mudders...

 

Check out my 1969 F250 4x4 in my user gallery (link to the left of this text).


Art

 

Cool looking truck. It took me a second to figure out what a 440 Automatic was. This may be a stupid question, but was a 8 ft. stepside a factory option? Was any stepside an option on a 3/4 ton 67-72?

 

A friend of mine had a 79 with a mildly modified 400, and by mildly I mean just a cam that is a step up from stock, thats it. With 3.73 gears in the rear. This pickup would put down rubber like no tomorrow. Block long blackies weren't unusual. He went through a set of 10 inch wide tires in 3 months. Its possible with almost any vehicle, the guy behind the wheel just needs to know the combination to get it done.

Nitro

 

Hey there's my ol buddy Art!!

Anything with a 440 Mope will light them easy.I thought about putting one in my '70 but never really got serious.I have a 440 out of a '73 Imperial but am saving it for a '66-7 Coronet i am looking for.

How are ya Art???

 

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 02-Mar-02 AT 01:19 AM (EST)]Oleblue70: I'm doin OK. I sent you a message.

Like M. Fords: From the wierd light green paint/primer present under the paint layers all over the truck, I can say with 99% confidence that the body shown in the first three pics is all the original metal. Since then I replaced the cab, doors, and front fenders with southern sheet metal due to the roll-over damage and beginning of rust pinholes.
My dad ordered his 1967 F250 2WD brand new with a 8' stepside box. In fact, the grille guard (in the first 2 pics of my '69 F250 4x4) is the factory grille guard he kept off of his '67 when he scrapped it (Wisconsin = rust belt) a long, long time ago.
As for the 440 & automatic, well I'll give you a hint - it's not blue it's orange and has the distributor up front. When first I built my '69 F250 4x4 in 1989, I couldn't find a 390, but had a good stock '74 440.
I sure learned fast how to change tires on those 16.5 rims. The holes are still in the asphalt where I did my "testing" 12 years ago. A friend stopped measuring the longest black mark laid with that truck at four hundred something feet - when his shoes were sticking to the still-hot tar! Wasn't much later until I learned how to drive with the "Lincoln locker" he & I "installed". One wouldn't believe how many parts I broke beating on that truck: U-joints, axle shafts, driveshafts, FE engine mounts, and on and on. One of these days I'll finish that truck up, and I promise I'll be much nicer to it.

Art

 

Hey just to elaborate what everyone has said, Ford offered the Flareside bodies in 6 ½ or 8 ft. lengths on the F100, 8 ft. on the F250 and 9 ft. on the F350 from '65 thru '72, maybe even earlier but I'm not good with the older ones. The 6 ½ ft. body was dropped in '73.

Barry

 

I did a recent burnout in a honda civic 10ft long.
This is really a peel out but Ive seen a
guy recently drag a dual axel car trailer 500 feet
or so while the trailer brakes were locked before he
even noticed!didnt even look back when he came to
a dead stop in the middle of a shift, he jes
put it back in first and kept on going until
the cluod of smoke was 200ft long and 20 ft in the air.
then boooom! there goes a tire so he pulls over finally.





Fe power

 

i have never measured the actual distance but in my '67 f-350 highboy i layed a strip in first gear hit second gear left another sweet patch hit third and barked the tires this is all while running 40X14.50 super swampers. This was no "one wheel peel" it was both tires. it will leave as much rubber as the tire can give in second gear.

 

Instead of saying "one wheel peel", you should say "one tire fire". I heard that a while ago and thought it was great!