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Just got this truck delivered from Ohio a few weeks ago. Will be starting a build thread soon. It was originally used as a forest truck for one of the fire departments in North Dakota.
Interesting... it's not every day you see vacuum-tubed communications radio in a truck! Does that still work?
Lots of nice units on here guys. Haven't shared many pictures of the old grandpa truck for quite awhile because I haven't done much with it for awhile, haha. However, I got the hood repainted last week! They did great matching the rest of the original paint and it's amazing how it changed my feelings towards the truck, haha, I drive it everywhere now.
PeterBT reminds me of the one that I sold a few months back to a guy who came down from Canada to pick it up would have never left here except for the smog issues that we have here in California
I need to lift the back almost 3" so that it matches up to the front, I already got the correct size blocks needed, still need to come up with the new u-bolts so that I can mount it.
Removed the old original rear tank on the 75 Ford F250. It was kind of a pain in the butt as it still had fuel in it. It was pretty apparent after I removed the sending unit why it's still had fuel in it. The line was completely clogged full of crap where no fuel would have ever been able to get out of the sending unit pick up tube. The previous owner chose not to drop the tank and just ran off the side tank instead. I have purchased the large 38 gallon tank for it and a new sending unit. I have almost finished modifying it. Lengthened both the pickup and also the Actuating float arm. I still have to get some stainless steel rod tomorrow because most of this unit is made out of stainless steel if not all of it. I want to have a matching piece of Rod to lengthen the float arm. I was thinking maybe some stainless steel TIG-Rod. I'm going to give my son's fuel tank straps off 33 gallon Bronco stock tank a try, to see if they fit on this other tank. If it does, then I will just purchase a new set. They're still available, I saw them on one of the catalogs online. I would rather do that than just use longer bolts like they've included in the hardware kit for this tank. Hoping my new filler hoses I ordered come in soon. I can then wrap up the tank install and get this thing moving down to the shop, to have the beams bent after the front lift install I am going to spend most of this week off and on just getting the rear section of the frame cleaned up and painted up because once I install the new tank I am not going to have access to a lot of those areas. I've also been working on getting the parts Roundup for the new modified hitch that I'm going to install,as I'm also installing a Contour Bumper, instead of the big step bumper that this had originally. I'm going to tuck the bumper in really close to the body and make new modified brackets that will mount directly to the hitch. That will actually be the real bumper. The flimsiness of the Contour is pitiful, but it is really good looking. It offers actually no protection both to the body and or to occupant. I am doing a sub bumper up front as well.
Howdy all. Here's my '78, just got done yanking the 400 out of it and dropping in a 460. The 460 came out of an old motor home, had around 30k miles on it. Decked the block, added a modern Holly carb, that's about it. Still using the 3.73 gears, but may change that out for better highway rpm. (if there's a previous post on gearing, point me in the right direction if you will) Using the original C6 transmission. Next step is hooking up the ac/heat, gutting the interior and installing new carpet, stereo, rubber bits, soundproofing, now that it's cooling off here in AZ.
I made some good changes to the rear seat area. I added 3-point belts back there so my nephews can sit there using their mandatory booster seats. The seat belts are from an '90 SuperCab's rear seats.
David
Did you do a write-up on the seatbelt install? What are the shoulder harnesses anchored to?
I haven't done a write-up on my seatbelts, I guess I should. I got the seatbelts from a late '80's early '90's SuperCab, the retractor mounts to the original seatbelt mount, the upper anchor to the sidewall, and the end mounts using one of the rear seat floor bolts.
I reinforced the upper mount by splitting the welded seam of the SuperCab side window, and dropping a plate from the top open access with a tab that I could weld through that seam. The plate has a hole with welded nut that lines up with the drilled hole. No paint work was needed this way.
I dyed the belts black using SEM. They look and work great.
Nice trucks mofoco1 and Jeff Mock. I sure have a soft spot for light blue, haha. My wife has been wanting a camp trailer all year, she finally convinced me by letting me pick a trailer I thought would look good behind the '77, haha. It will be the primary trailer pulling unit, I think she's up to it! May have to repaint the red on the trailer light blue, haha.
Had to run 350 miles to go pick it up, so Dad let us borrow his new truck.
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