Good Evening Ladies and Gents.
I did my original introduction here so you can read this to find out some info about me and my vehicles.

The truck is a 1979 Ford 1/2 ton long wheel base 2WD. I purchased the truck when I was 14 from an old farmer for 400 dollars (CDN). The truck really was not rusted all that bad on the body but the frame was in very poor shape. I then bought a second truck as a donor for a few parts, and managed to find an almost rust free frame for my base. My goals for the truck are pretty big and I know I'll realize them someday, I'm just not sure when. I currently have a few mods done to it. I have the roof chopped 2 1/2 inches in the rear and 2 3/4 inches in the front, the truck has a 1972 Crown Victoria IFS grafted onto the frame, and the tailights and stake holes are filled. I have not worked on the truck for about 6 years due to going back to school and now trying to pay for it. My shopping list right now inculdes a 4 link rear suspension, wheels and tires so the suspension can be properly set up, a different dash (was never a fan of the 73-79 dash) and some pieces to start finishing up the exterior of the truck.

I'm dead tired so I'm going to throw a few pictures up and then I'll get a little further into detail tomorrow night.

when I got her home



going into storage

as it sits now


few pictures from along the way





beside dads 75 for comparison



Fresh after the chop and prime



the frame before IFS

 

I can see why you call it a long term project. I'm not a big fan of lowered trucks but my opinion really doesn't matter that much. The work you're doing looks really good. Good luck with it and have fun.

 

I'm starting to see there is not a lot of love here for lowered trucks, or even 2WD for that matter. Oh well I'm sure there is still a lot of information here for me. I love 4 wheel drives just not a lot of use for a real big truck around here. There are a lot of nice fairly rust free 78's and 79's up here in the arctic where I'm working.