I was eating bithday dinner at my moms and my dad said he brought something. I figured it was a tool. We are always borrowing tools. Then he said he found it going thru some stuff. Know im curious. Well he handed me a bag. it was old clear plastic bag with a ford emblem on it. Inside contained the original 1980 owners manual,warranty brochure,and consumers information spec sheet. well so what. well to me its a treasure. my dad bought a 1980 f350 4wd. camper special, 6.6L 4 spd brand new. I grew up with mydad everything i remember doing with him was with this truck. This truck has seen it all. in 1994 I obtained my license and only got to drive this truck one time. then the motor was so wore out my dad tore it down to rebuild and . well it sat for 4 years. in april of 1998 I loaded the old (BEAST) up and hauled it home.That is a nickname us kids gave the truck.I have tore this truck apart to the last bolt and ben rebuilding it in 2003 was last time i have worked on it . Family has had it on hold. It has been sitting in the barn collecting dust for the last five years. Well tomorrow the wait is over I am starting back in on the project. I had alredy planned bringing it home on my birthday and after my dad gave me that I am even more anxious. I have had the vision of this truck in my head for ten years. hopefully this year it will come to life any way enough rambeling. Does anybody else out ther have a truck that been in the family since new.

 

I just started our story.

Loved yours.

 

I wish I had some of the trucks my family has had over the years. My grandpa alone had some really cool trucks, mostly Internationals.

My uncle still has his 1960 Chevy Apache 10 with the original 235 I-6 with Sm 420 4spd that he bought for $300 25 years ago. I was 8 years old and fell in love with that ol girl. I drove it for the first time when I was 9. Of course I was on a dirt road and we never left 2nd gear, but damn if 10 mph didn't feel like 90mph!

 

That's pretty cool of your dad. I grab those manuals every time I see them in a truck while walking through the junk yards. I have a whole library of them up on my desk.

Good luck with your F350 project. Lucky you it's an F350. Solid axle trucks are way cool and so much easier to lift than TTB.

Let us know if you need anything and post some pics.

 

Thanks for response. Actually this truck was the first year that ford put the ttb on all series trucks. in 86 they switched the f350 to monobeam. But that was the very first conversion i did. I swapped out that d50 for a d60 solid that i bought off a 1994 recked truck that only had 25k miles on it. aslo adding in a little lift to give it a good look. I will try to post some pic in the next couple of days.

 

i just got my grandpaws truck its a 85 f150 with 77k on it.he passed last year and i just got it thursday what a great truck.good luck with yours