Yeah, and they also charge about $160 per wheel.

Way too much money for what it is. For that kind of coin, I would just buy billet.

I'm just going to stick with the 15 X 8's. I may end up cutting the centers out and moving them out a little for tire clearance though.

 

Are you converting to 2wd and lowering it or leaving it 4wd and still lowering it. I forgot it was a 4x4.

 

The frame is shot and I found another donor truck with a good 2WD frame.

It's nearly impossible to lower a 4WD TTB truck. Plus my F250 is already 4WD.

Frame swap starts next week. That's why I'm not spending too much time on body work right now.

 

So Stosh what are you gonna do with the 4wd parts off the old frame? Ive got a good home for them.

 

Ill keep the NP435 and NP208 as spares for my F250.

The D44 front isn't worth anything and I'll probably scrap it.

 

wow that looks freaking amazing! i cant believe all teh trucks you have to choose from at your salvage yards...out here seems to be mostly little hondas and subarus...the things all the little "fast and furious" wannabe boys like

 

that's because the only thing that kills a ford is rust

 

wow that looks freaking amazing! i cant believe all teh trucks you have to choose from at your salvage yards...out here seems to be mostly little hondas and subarus...the things all the little "fast and furious" wannabe boys like

 

And i've seen many Fords filled with rust that are still going down the road.I saw one the other day that had rear bedside rust that had traveled all the way up to the top of the bedside.He could've easily fit 44's on it.lol.

 

My ol 80 F100 I had flinstone brakes on it, my solution was putting some tin I beat in the right shape then put some fake rhino l liner in a can to make it look like there was still a floor there. The fenders were completely coming apart because all of the seams were rusted out, it had over 300K miles on it, and ultimately started getting water in the oil and burned a quart of oil every hundered miles. I drove it with water in the oil for 6 weeks, sold it that way, and last I knew it is still bein drivin just like I sold it.

 

I took a ride to one source that I haven't been to in about a week to see if anything new came in.

I didn't see any new trucks, but I did eyeball an older Mustang sitting over in the corner.........

Naturally, I mosied on over to see what's up. The thing was actually in pretty nice shape. According to the door jamb sticker, it was a 79. The first year of that body style. Nice.

I took a peek through the window and ding, ding, ding: Jackpot.

It still had it's original sport steering wheel in it! The center cover is missing, but I believe I have one around here somewhere. In any case, of course I did not have my steering wheel puller with me. I have one at home, but it's about 45 minutes away each way. Hmmm, what to do???

The place that owns the Pick and Pull has an auto parts store across the street and I figured I'd ask the owner Johnny (yeah, we are on a first name basis) if he had a steering wheel puller I could borrow. He went out in the shop and came back empty handed. He did mention that he thought that there was a puller set in the $5 sale rack. Not the best in the world, made in China and worth a shot. I figured I'd spend at least that much in gas back and forth to my house to get mine.

I handed over 5 beans and back to the yard I went. Oh boy, this is going to be fun. Open up the tightly sealed package (why the hell do they make stuff IMPOSSIBLE to open?), assemble the contraption and cross my fingers. Well, to make a long story short: it worked! Barely, but it did get the job done.

I was thrilled when I got it up to the window and Chrissy (yes, we are on a first name basis too) told me $8.00 Ka Ching! Out the gate I went with a cool steering wheel for the Rat Rod.

You can see in the pics where I started to clean up the spokes with Brillo and some small wire brushes. Not too shabby for $8.00 This wheel is going to look awesome with the XLS Aluminum instrument and radio cluster bezels.

The wheel doesn't have any provisions for a center mounted horn button, so I'm going to rig up a semi-hidden push button somewhere under the dash.

 

Stosh, you never cease to amaze me with the deals you find. That's a pretty nice wheel and a great fit on a rat rod.

 

why not sell the Dana 44 out of it to a jeeper?

 

Because nobody in their right mind wants a TTB Dana 44.

Especially a "jeeper".

 

I just found this on eBay to go along with it: