That original Ford blue looks nice! Good looking truck you have there! I have always liked that body style.

 

Thanks!

 

Well, I finally picked up a transmission for the F150.













It's a C6 4x4 trans with the big block bell housing. It also has the reinforced casing. I have some scraping and cleaning to do before I can find the cast dates and figure out what year it is. Eventually it will get a complete rebuild with a tiny shift kit for towing, and some off-road use.

 

Such a cool build thanks for posting it.

 

No problem! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

I cleaned up the transmission a little bit, so that my hands wouldn't turn black every time I touched it.

 

Well, I've made some small yet important progress.

First off, I removed the entire front axle. I took it back down to bare metal, primed, and then repainted everything satin black. I finally also picked up the correct 1980-1984 steering knuckles to replace the 1995 knuckles I was running.

While I had the axle out, I decided to add the Handling Package to the truck. This meant that my single shock towers would have to be swapped out for dual shock towers. So I knocked out all the rivets from the towers, and then re-installed the towers with bolts. Eventually I will find new dual shock towers, and will simply unbolt the single shock towers and install the dual shock towers.

I also picked up a New Process 208F transfer case. This now gives me a complete drive-train for the F150 once again.

 

Looks great !!!

 

Thanks!

While I'm here, I have some small updates.

Finally added carpet to the map boxes.




Bought some New Old Stock parts including a clear park light, black slide lock assembly, and the correct 1980-1981 NP208 shift ****.















And finally, I also picked up a set of the 1980 Ford Shop Manuals.

 

Thanks for the updated pics. Looking good.

 

keep up the good work! nice project

 

Thanks!

 

hey I got a f250 XLT and I wanted to know what size my speakers are..??

 

Recently I picked up a set of the 1980-1982 Dual Position Mirror arms, as well as the correct 1980-1982 mirror heads.











I also ended up going back to the slide lock setup.






And the rest of the interior.

 

Awesome build up man!

 

Keep up the good work Shaun.