Wrecker Rebuild!!!
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Wrecker Rebuild!!!
Ok so im going public, The wrecker is getting a total makeover.
2 questions from the public,
1. Keep it a wrecker? I think im gana keep the wrecker body
2. 360 stroked to 390? should be preety easy so why not right? or keep it stock?
Here is the truck as it stands......
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dissasembly and more pics coming in the next week......
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2 questions from the public,
1. Keep it a wrecker? I think im gana keep the wrecker body
2. 360 stroked to 390? should be preety easy so why not right? or keep it stock?
Here is the truck as it stands......
<a href="http://s986.photobucket.com/albums/ae346/tstone712/79%20pickup/?action=view¤t=DSC_0151.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae346/tstone712/79%20pickup/DSC_0151.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
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dissasembly and more pics coming in the next week......
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'78 wouldn't have a 360, it would have a 351M. I know, your grill may have been changed.
Either way, more stroke = more torque, so I'd go for it. More torque is always a good thing in a wrecker.
I'd leave it as-is...I've always kinda wanted a wrecker. Truth be told, this weekend I was looking at a '79 D***e one ton wrecker with a 440 Holmes, a 400 V8, and a 4 speed. Front end looked like the old Simon and Simon Power Wagon.
Would need a new trans and radiator to start out with, and I can't really afford that right now.
Either way, more stroke = more torque, so I'd go for it. More torque is always a good thing in a wrecker.
I'd leave it as-is...I've always kinda wanted a wrecker. Truth be told, this weekend I was looking at a '79 D***e one ton wrecker with a 440 Holmes, a 400 V8, and a 4 speed. Front end looked like the old Simon and Simon Power Wagon.
Would need a new trans and radiator to start out with, and I can't really afford that right now.
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Yea the grille assembly has already been changed I assume unless ford did something early..lol.. I really love the fe engine I just bought it saturday and havent changed any fluids or done a tune up and it boogies even witht he 360. I had a 79 150 with a 400 horse 302 witht he 4spd it pulls almost as well. Oddly enough i only spent $600 for the truck with free delivery so its a good start to ensuring i dont overspend the rebuild like the last one.
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Yea the grille assembly has already been changed I assume unless ford did something early..lol.. I really love the fe engine I just bought it saturday and havent changed any fluids or done a tune up and it boogies even witht he 360. I had a 79 150 with a 400 horse 302 witht he 4spd it pulls almost as well. Oddly enough i only spent $600 for the truck with free delivery so its a good start to ensuring i dont overspend the rebuild like the last one.
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$TOCK!!!
Keep it stock! You can probably make a little money on the side pullling people out of ditches. Make'm sign a waiver so you don't get sued.
Paint it up or decal it with a fictitious garage name... like "Uncle Jesse's Garage / Hazzard County" . Get it?!
~HIO Silver
73 F100 4x4 "The F-Bomb", 390FE, NP435, NP203, +4 on 35s
01 F150 SuperCrew 4x4 Lariat
68 Mustang
65 Mustang
Paint it up or decal it with a fictitious garage name... like "Uncle Jesse's Garage / Hazzard County" . Get it?!
~HIO Silver
73 F100 4x4 "The F-Bomb", 390FE, NP435, NP203, +4 on 35s
01 F150 SuperCrew 4x4 Lariat
68 Mustang
65 Mustang
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gotcha!!!!.. although i dont really want to spend $20,000 on a truck just to destroy it pulling people out of mud but i thought it would be cool to cruise around with a mint 76 classic tow
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I don't know if I would actually use it as a wrecker for fear of tearing it up, but at the same time I don't know if I could resist!
Are you going to put new stacks on it, or will you be going to something more conventional? I kinda like them, but I think they should be turned out to the sides and straight cut instead of having the lids on them. Would look more truck-y that way.
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Kickass bull dog on the hood! Keep it!
ps.. I wanna go snow bawgin' in snow like that!
but I live in Georgia
ps.. I wanna go snow bawgin' in snow like that!
but I live in Georgia
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yea i just got her stuck in snow covered gravel and decided to just plow thru 4 ft of packed snow, that push bumper did great!!!!
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Keep it stock! You can probably make a little money on the side pullling people out of ditches. Make'm sign a waiver so you don't get sued.
Paint it up or decal it with a fictitious garage name... like "Uncle Jesse's Garage / Hazzard County" . Get it?!
~HIO Silver
73 F100 4x4 "The F-Bomb", 390FE, NP435, NP203, +4 on 35s
01 F150 SuperCrew 4x4 Lariat
68 Mustang
65 Mustang
Paint it up or decal it with a fictitious garage name... like "Uncle Jesse's Garage / Hazzard County" . Get it?!
~HIO Silver
73 F100 4x4 "The F-Bomb", 390FE, NP435, NP203, +4 on 35s
01 F150 SuperCrew 4x4 Lariat
68 Mustang
65 Mustang
I would find it hard to fix it up and not use it. However, it would be sweet fixed up as a looker. YOu don't see that every day, so it would make it special. I like those big honkin lights on the cab.
