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May 8, 2009 | 06:05 AM

#16

bulletsneverlie

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At 170k miles, my motor has quite a bit of the factory paint left.

May 8, 2009 | 08:46 AM

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Tees77f150

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From: Halifx Pa

Speaking of barn finds, this is mine. It spent the better part of 20 years in a barn in Curtis Ohio. The guy bought it used in 1978, (it is a 77 300 I6 2wd) and his last service records show in 1982 it was serviced at 71,000. When I got it there were 80,000 on it.

It was sold at an estate sale, the next owner had it for three weeks, and decided to sale it, that’s when I came into the picture. It is fun to work on, but bringing it back from the dead is a challenge. It had about 10 lbs of bird crap on it, I was shocked how well it looked after several washings and a good coat of wax.

Some of you may have seen these before, sorry for the repeat if you did!

Acres of room to work under the hood! I love it, and everything SAE.

Going to put period correct AM/FM in the dash, after the mechanical issues are taken care of.

Anyone else have a barn find story to share?

May 8, 2009 | 10:18 AM

#18

northeaster79

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From: trenton ns canada

it may or may not be 9k truck,but it sure is clean and straight,I would toss a bid in on it if it wasn't so far away.

May 8, 2009 | 11:39 AM

#19

OrangeJuice

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From: Western Washington

Nice truck! It's hard to come across a ''barn find'' now days. My truck OJ was parked in a barn in Oregon when I picked it up in Dec 1991 and when I drove it back to Washington state it had 29,906 miles on it. Man...that truck is clean! It won't last long.

May 8, 2009 | 07:59 PM

#20

dethomson

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Nice clean looking truck. Has the master cylinder been replaced recently? It looks like it's weeping out the back seal.

May 17, 2009 | 11:31 PM

#21

Tees77f150

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From: Halifx Pa

Sorry, I was away on vacation. Yeah, your right, it is weeping, I think it is original, and it will get replaced after the drive line gets squared away.

May 19, 2009 | 11:56 PM

#22

paredneck33

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From: penn twp.

to me at even 8 grand for that truck in the pittsburgh area the thing would be a friggin steal especially with the factory cap. i just was wondering though and i'msure someone on here will know, can you put the curved non tilt gear shifter into a tilt column. i think the curved ones look better and ford only put the straight shifter in the tilt colums. and either way i don't want to give the tilt wheel in my 78 bronco.