go to my album and ck out my new flatbed. aint quite as purty as yous, but im quite happy!

 

Happy Labor Day!

I'm itching to work on the van, but it being a Ford means that there's nothing that really needs to be fixed. I need to come up with some functional running boards that can handle being used as steps (my 5'0" wifey would really appreciate it), but the ones that are tough enough make me feel faint when I look at the price. I'm toying with maybe trying to fab them up on my own. What ya think?

David

 

ha ha ford really does stand for fix or repair daily....and found on road dead...and sometimes, first on race day! i'm not suffering under any delusions, of couse, your van is a bit newer. someone on here could probably advise you on the running boards...but they all seem to be enjoying their day off! you need r.b., i need an engine. lol

 

Now, if I didn't have a cold (please let it just be a cold) coming on, I might actually be able to get something done. Oh well...

 

i did a little piddlin around with the ol truck, today. not much, just a few odds and ends that you can do and not spend money.

 

That's the best kind of piddlin to do!

 

Well we are working on the "house" list, but got the new "lil'ol Red" unloaded off the trailer this morning, yea it has a eng issue to say the least, more to follow on it.

What a road trip, I just bought that flat bed with a winch its an 05. The guy said he had repacked the bearings. So it looked good and trailered good back from Springfield ok.

Well I had to stop about 1 hour in to the trip (to meet a guy that needed a 460 bell housing ect...) any way I got out and flat test, kick the tire and it wobbles like its about to fall off, I say WTF????

So on the off ramp our meeting place, I have to go and tighten ALL the hub nuts, like by 4 complete turns on 1 and 2 castellations on the other 3. Of course it has wheel center caps so I have to pull all four wheels.

Luckily the real loose hub has no damage, I get it all tightened up and off we go. Now its gets good, when we load the new truck on the new trailer, with pretty good looking deck lumber, BAMM front left tire falls thru the deck.

WTF again, it only fell thru till the tire hit the front and back cross member's, so lay down some extra planks and get it loaded and hit the road. Then discover I have NO running lights on the trailer, let alone the trailer brakes are NOT wired up.

At least I have brake and turning signals, so park lights on the trailered truck and off we go. Get home ALOT later than planned, and called it a day.

Hope your yesterday went better than ours, to is better today though. Sorry no ideas on RB for you, except bite the bullet and get some good one's.

 

grems, had to surrender the computer to girlyfriend. she actually uses it for work. i didnt get back on til 0300. woke up and couldnt go back to sleep! rich, surely, you're not going to use that truck for parts!! it is 10 times nicer than my truck

 

I am going to try to get the title issue fixed, and figure whats wrong with the eng. I believe it got piston blow-by on the #1 cyl, and maybe a clogged oil chamber.

It smokes out of both valve cover ALOT more than normal and when you drive it it has a occasional leak/pressure blowout, out of the oil pan seal?

If the eng is toast I will swap in that 400 I just went and picked up? Yea its a pretty clean ol truck, nice flat bed, and very little rust.

A door corner on the outside and a little on the inside, has a alum intake and edelbrock carb, 3 matching rims need to find a 4th.

The trailer in the pic is my other one, which will be on the craigslist today, so I can fix my other one. Keep an eye out for a matching rim, they are 15's. Thanks

 

Good Morning MO!

 

Morning NJ, how's the weather out east?

 

Little overcast, looks like rain....nice looking truck you found there!

 

Holy cow!

Great pics Rich.

Good morning boys and girls.

 

Morning Terry, Steve, Rich. Nice looking truck Rich!

 

Thanks, it has got a title and eng problem, that I can fix, then its "FOR SALE", but I like the flat bed, might put it on ol Silver?? What do you think?