My introduction
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My introduction
I posted this in the truck section a couple weeks back and just noticed this local forum so thought a repeat was in order.
Well I just bought my first Ford. It is a 1975 2wd F250 Camper special 8100 lb GVWR, 390 with a C6 trans. Dana 60 with 3.73 gears in the rear. Basically all stock.
Paid $500 dollars for it and put another $500 worth of tires on it. I am loving it.
Needs some minor stuff, rag joint(done), column shifter wont go to 1st, Exhaust donut gasket, door and window gaskets, oxidation rubbed out of paint(started) man there is a lot of surface area on these trucks. Overall the truck is in great shape with some surface rust but no rot(Update:Passenger floorboard is vented well).
Just wanted to say hi and thanks for the info I have absorbed so far. I have been lurking since January second.
Here is a link to pictures. The truck pics are at the bottom.
http://rides.webshots.com/album/370580162rHRFeh
Muddy
PS:I am getting ready to have the engine rebuilt and am soliciting shop reccomendations or avoidances in the Santa Rosa area.
Well I just bought my first Ford. It is a 1975 2wd F250 Camper special 8100 lb GVWR, 390 with a C6 trans. Dana 60 with 3.73 gears in the rear. Basically all stock.
Paid $500 dollars for it and put another $500 worth of tires on it. I am loving it.
Needs some minor stuff, rag joint(done), column shifter wont go to 1st, Exhaust donut gasket, door and window gaskets, oxidation rubbed out of paint(started) man there is a lot of surface area on these trucks. Overall the truck is in great shape with some surface rust but no rot(Update:Passenger floorboard is vented well).
Just wanted to say hi and thanks for the info I have absorbed so far. I have been lurking since January second.
Here is a link to pictures. The truck pics are at the bottom.
http://rides.webshots.com/album/370580162rHRFeh
Muddy
PS:I am getting ready to have the engine rebuilt and am soliciting shop reccomendations or avoidances in the Santa Rosa area.
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Joined: May 2004
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From: The hills of No. Calif.
Hi and welcome! I'm just up the hill from you at Clear lake. Nice looking truck you got there...I like that shade of blue!
I can't say as I've had any personal experience with engine builders around Santa Rosa, but I seem to recall a machine shop out on the west side of town that had a pretty good reputation, might have been on Dutton...
(Hey Jim, just so you know...I only paid 300 bucks for my '68 F250 CS!)
I can't say as I've had any personal experience with engine builders around Santa Rosa, but I seem to recall a machine shop out on the west side of town that had a pretty good reputation, might have been on Dutton...
(Hey Jim, just so you know...I only paid 300 bucks for my '68 F250 CS!)
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Joined: Nov 2006
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From: Fresno, CA.
Don't know of any good rebuild shops at all. Only built one engine in my time, and that was 30 years ago in a college engine class.
Dan 300 eh? Cool, that means my truck is twice as good as yours since I paid $650 for it
Dan 300 eh? Cool, that means my truck is twice as good as yours since I paid $650 for it
