I'm a very jealous fella, Garthneddy. Beautiful and tough looking, with an awesome drive-line. That 302 can be a decent puller with the granny gear too. That overdrive makes for good gas mileage as well.

Very nice!

 

If i could do it all over again i would have kept the original transfer case and swapped in a 300. That little 302 sure hates moving that much truck around, although on the freeway it does get very good numbers

 

Just picked her up last weekend. 85 F250 4x4 with the 6.9 International diesel.

 

That truck is absolutely gorgeous Garth!

If I had to pick another engine for my truck, that was period correct, would be the 6.9. Sweet find catfish.

 

how hard of a swap was that? been considering doing the same thing

 

I will have some pics soon I am taking the ladder rack off our 1986 soon because it is killing the trucks gas millage and engine.
Trav

 

Your truck is gorgeous! By the way, a friend of mine has the correct factory tachometer for this truck [you would have to locate the sending unit]. Contact me if interested and I will put you in touch with him.

Welcome to the forum!

 

That is a super slick truck catfish. I think that might just be my favorite color combo on these old trucks

 

Hey guys im new to this forum, although i have been reading alot of the posts, I finally joined. I will post pictures once i figure out how to.

 

Here is a few photos of our 1986 F150 again. A few with the new bumper installed a month ago. A few with us hauling a hot tub through town. The ladder rack is off now and so is the headache rack.
Trav

 

Welcome to the forum. We look forward to seeing pictures of your truck.

 

Welcome to FTE JPSF150. Can't wait to see the pictures.

And nice looking truck Catfish. It will turn some heads. I think a bigger set of tires will really make it stand out

 

Thanks guys for the welcoming. I got a question for ya, my truck is the stock 302 and I was wondering if it would be smart to upgrade the intake manifold and put a 4 bbl carb on it?