I can't imagine what your Doctors got you on Son, But I want some.

 

Steve,

Here's a few parts sources copied from the website I am building. The following vendors specialize in NOS parts, which is the majority of what I am using for the restoration.

Antique Auto Supply
Dennis Carpenter
E-Bay Motors
Green Sales Company
Miller Obsolete Parts
National Parts Depot
N.O.S Ford
NOS Ford Limited
Original Auto Interiors
PartsVoice
The Lincoln/Mercury Old Parts Store
Wesley Obsolete Parts

Services I have utilized:

Class A Powdercoat (frame and component powdercoat)
Nor-Cal Metal Stripping (frame acid dipping)
Rudy's Auto-body (frame repair and straightening)
YnZ's Yesterday's Parts (wire harness replication)

 

WOW!!! Awesome work. I can't wait for the next installment.

 

Here are a few pictures of this week's progress. I was able to locate and purchase two NOS front leaf springs, which will be dissasebled and powdercoated in the following weeks. In the meantime, I began installing the NOS front shackles and NOS bushings. When the restoration first commenced, my goal was to restore the truck exactly as Ford assembled it in 1960, this included re-installing the frame-mounted taillight wire harness clips back in the exact position as installed by the Ford assembly line worker. More pictures to follow once the springs and other parts return from powdercoat.
















Clutch return spring bracket before:



And after:

 

The NOS front springs arrived. Now disassembled, they're off for powdercoating tomorrow with the NOS bolts and nuts, along with some other original parts. Afterward, NOS bushings will be pressed in.

 

Looks great and you are doing a great job... Looking forward to following your progress...

 

I admire your passion,dedication and how meticulous and well planned you are.We need more threads like this.
Thank you for making me feel embarrassed of my half a$$ed hammered in place jobs that i do.!

 

More pics to follow next week. The NOS front springs are done with powdercoating and will be picked up Friday. The springs will be re-assembled with the correct NOS fabric and wax anti-squeak pads and NOS rubber bushings.

Progress this week:

Front crossmember and all attaching parts were disassembled in preparation of powdercoating. The cast iron crossmember will be acid dipped to remove all grease and oil from the pores, then powdercoated along with all attaching parts.

Original main fuel line sent to Inline Tube for custom duplication. Their reproduction main fuel line pattern was incorrect. The custom-duplicated line will be a 100% exact copy of the original.

Frame-mounted wire harness clips and main fuel line clamps were ready to be sent for black oxide finishing until I broke one clip trying to fix a bend. Now need to locate one clip before sending the set out for work.


More pictures to follow next week.

 

The freshly powdercoated parts are in. The NOS bushings were pressed in today. Tomorrow the springs will be be re-assembled and ready for mounting onto the frame. Here are some pictures from today, more to follow soon.

Shock mounts:


NOS front springs:






NOS anti-squeak pads and bushings:


NOS bolt and lock nut:

 

Looking good, thanks for keeping us updated.

 

It took about five minutes to get down to here.

 

What is the Keystone for on that smallest spring in the pack? I never saw that before...

I also never knew they had antisqueek pads between the springs, or was that an innovation after 1956?

And great job on your restoration!

Also, what are you going to do to the bed? What kind of of wood and what treatment to the wood?

 

The Styleside bed floors are metal, Abe.

 

I'm not sure what the keystone represents. The keystone is stamped as seen in the photo on the bottom leaf and additionally on the very front end of the spring eyelet (vehicle front). I would imagine the keystone is the foundry or factory stamp from where the springs were made. My original front springs do not have the keystone or the FoMoCo emblem stamps. Additionally, my front springs had their part numbers stamped on the bottom center, where they rest on the front axle beam. My original rear springs, however, have the keystone stamp on the rear shackle eyelet end. Considering Ford used several manufacturers for their parts at the time of production, either spring (keystone/FoMoCo stamped or not) would be correct for a restoration.

The anti-squeak pads were installed on all 1957-1960 F-100 and F-250 springs. I'm not sure if other models used the pads with their springs. The springs featured four wax coated fabric pads per spring, installed in the cups stamped on two of the leaves. Later replacement springs featured plastic inserts as shown in the photo comparison below.

 

I love pictures.......
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