Im not new to dent sides this being my fifth, i bought this turck for 200 dollars it has very little rust and acouple dents, the amazing thing is I drove it home, its a 1975 F100 with a 390 in it

 

Welcome aboard, any pics of this $200 truck?

 

Yeah, what he said! Lets see it, and don't forget to tell us all about it, and don't forget the back story, sometimes history is real interesting.

 

welcome to the site. let's see it!

 

ive gbot the pics i need to upload them to photobucket

 

 

I approached a guy one day that buys junk cars for basicaly nothing and asked him if he knew where any old 73-79 ford trucks were he took me to his buddys house and showed me this one said he wanted 300 for it, i sold an old ragged out 4x4 i had for 400 then went back to the guys house and offered him 200 he took it, i got the clear title and drove it home. I believe the motor is a 390 i know the tranny is a c6 but im having problems with it so im going to pull a 5 speed transmission from a 1990 f150 5.0 and put it in mine, im going to do some fab work and make the pedals work in the 75 im also taking the bucket seats out putting them in mine. The main problem with the motor is the rear main seal in leaking pretty bad

 

looks great for $200. what are your plans for it?

 

welcome aboard and theres tons of knowledgeable demtside guys here!!!
merry christmas

 

im going to do a top end gasket kit on it, repair a rear main seal im putting a 5 speed in it out of a 1990 ford f150, im putting stained wood door panels and head liner in it. im getting rid of the a/c completly to try to clean up the motor compartment, im going to paint the motor ford blue. im going to paint it silver and back silver in the body line, silver wheels silver grill and silver roof the rest is going to be black and the flood boards are going to be rhyno bed liner. does anyone know where to find a vacuum diagram for a 390?

 

You do know that the 4spd won't have a bellhousing that will work on your FE (390, or 360) and there was never a factory 5spd used behind an FE motor in a light duty truck so you won't find one in a junk yard.

 

nice start good looking truck and welcome to the site

 

Not a bad truck.
In about the same condition as my beater.
That truck is either a '76 or has a '76 Grille on it.
Sure got a-lot wires in your engine compartment...That's an FE. (360/390)
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i got the valve cover gaskets put on today and workin on the bucket seats

 

You did catch that that the 5spd will not work didn't you.