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Old Apr 7, 2018 | 05:31 AM
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79 F350 4x4

This is my 1979 F350 Supercab. It's a 4x4 with the 400 and 4 speed. It was originally purchased out of Hailey, Idaho, but I don't have the complete history. I owned it for about 4 years but decided last year to make it new-ish. I've done some tuning, replaced most of the ignition system so that it starts and runs pretty well. Here it is after I picked it up from the body shop last Thursday...

Future projects:
Fix starter issue (bendix not engaging, intermittant)
Original wheels (16s, not the 16.5s according to the Marti Report)
Spray-in bedliner
Exhaust

Enjoy!
By the way...The paint is new but the color is the factory original "Medium Blue Glow" and "Wimbledon White". It's beautiful.
 
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Old Apr 7, 2018 | 06:25 AM
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This is my 79 F350 4x4 supercab I bought 16 years ago and parked it
 
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Old Apr 7, 2018 | 06:33 AM
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Finally started doing a nut and bolt restoration and here a couple more



Most of the driveline and sheet metal is done and now the million of other bits
 
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Old Apr 7, 2018 | 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Hale
This is my 1979 F350 Supercab ..... The paint is new but the color is the factory original "Medium Blue Glow" and "Wimbledon White". It's beautiful.
Hale, may I ask... what did that place charge you for your paint job? My supercab is green/white with all the trim... which makes it cost more I'm sure. With all these nice "new" looking trucks, I've been wondering how many nuts/arms/legs/first born owners have been giving up to get these new coatings on their rigs.
 
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Old Apr 7, 2018 | 08:37 PM
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1976 F250 Supercab! With a F350 1979 Engine




Here is my 1976 F250 Ranger XLT! I got her a couple of months ago and im in the process of restoring it! Any restoration suggestions are appreciated.
 
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Old Apr 7, 2018 | 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by CharlieXLT
Hale, may I ask... what did that place charge you for your paint job? My supercab is green/white with all the trim... which makes it cost more I'm sure. With all these nice "new" looking trucks, I've been wondering how many nuts/arms/legs/first born owners have been giving up to get these new coatings on their rigs.
Charlie-
I'm not into "new truck" money, but I could have been, with a few more steps or a little worse of a truck. This was not a frame-off restoration...about 65%. My truck started with a rough paint job, no straight sheet-metal and a flatbed but...the engine had been rebuilt and the rest of the mechanical was fair. My regret: I saw a clean F350 SC 4x4 out of California (with automatic...not my bag) listed for less than 20K on eBay. I would have been ahead to ditch this one and buy that one. But I'm stubborn.
 
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Old Apr 8, 2018 | 02:51 PM
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Here is my new Supercab

 
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Old Apr 9, 2018 | 08:04 PM
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Here is my 1976 F250 Ranger XLT! I got her a couple of months ago and im in the process of restoring it! Any restoration suggestions are appreciated.
this is the 1st one with this color scheme since my 78
 
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Old Apr 12, 2018 | 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Hale
This is my 1979 F350 Supercab. It's a 4x4 with the 400 and 4 speed. It was originally purchased out of Hailey, Idaho, but I don't have the complete history. I owned it for about 4 years but decided last year to make it new-ish. I've done some tuning, replaced most of the ignition system so that it starts and runs pretty well. Here it is after I picked it up from the body shop last Thursday...

Future projects:
Fix starter issue (bendix not engaging, intermittant)
Original wheels (16s, not the 16.5s according to the Marti Report)
Spray-in bedliner
Exhaust

Enjoy!
By the way...The paint is new but the color is the factory original "Medium Blue Glow" and "Wimbledon White". It's beautiful.
Beautiful truck, and what mine would've looked like if you switched the blue bits for Copper Metallic - I wish mine was somewhere even in the same state, let alone ball park, for condition, though
 
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Old May 1, 2018 | 09:39 AM
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Three lap belts for the rear bench in a '76, correct? Outside ones with retractors and a fixed middle one, like the front bench?
 
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Old May 1, 2018 | 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Ben Samways
Three lap belts for the rear bench in a '76, correct? Outside ones with retractors and a fixed middle one, like the front bench?
I can only speak to the '74, it's lap belts for all three rear belts, no retractors. Outboard front lap belts do have retractors.

Michael
 
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Old May 1, 2018 | 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Ben Samways
Three lap belts for the rear bench in a '76, correct? Outside ones with retractors and a fixed middle one, like the front bench?
I believe no retractors in back.
i just installed rear three points for back outside positions for my kids.

 
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Old May 1, 2018 | 04:37 PM
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My '77 had retractors on each side and regular lap belts in the center. I used the same retractor locations for my 3-point belts.

David
 
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Old May 1, 2018 | 09:35 PM
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The rear bench in my 77 has 3 regular lap belts... no retractors.
 
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Old May 2, 2018 | 06:31 AM
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My '76 2wd only "had" lap belts for the rear bench. I say "had" because they were so dry rotted/moth eaten when I got the truck I pulled them out to dissuade anyone from getting in the back! To be replaced with new ones soon.
 
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