David, That old Jeep pickup is sweet, I have always loved that body style. We used to have a '79 J-10 Honcho with the 360 Quadratrac full time 4X4 (might be why I don't mind the V-10's mileage! ) and the campsite next to our's last weekend had a copper '79 J-10 that looked new.
Three on the tree is cool, but 4 on the tree is da bomb! A friend converted his old truck to a 4 speed and used the factory pull out e brake handle as the reverse shifter (had to be sure to be in neutral!) and then installed a late model foot pedal e brake for that function. 4 pedals and 4 on the tree along with Armstrong steering!
Good luck with and I hope you and your daughter have a blast fixing it up and making lasting memories doing it!

 

damn them things are ugly! good luck with that thing.

 

That's sweet!!! Should be a good pickup! A lot of potential there.

 

Last night I did a major service job..

Resealed the engine oil cooler, new thermostat, new fuel filter, synthetic oil change, new external trans filter, and new hose clamps on lower rad hose. So now my last oil leak should be fixed, it only leaked when below 0* outside. And the lower hose leaked randomly. For some reason it was a pain in my *** to fill with coolant. It got a air bubble in it that didn't want to come out for a wile. Lol

 

Kewl truck David. Are you going to atleast do power brakes on it?

 

Bentley, once a year oil change?

 

Good question, not sure. It all depends upon the cost of things and just how far we want to take it.

I am not against the idea of a disc conversion/upgrade if reasonable.

 

Parts are coming in. Big changes coming soon.

 

Still n the road from a 5 State, 2000 mile trip- maybe cheated at 4corners.

 

Nice patina! Your daughter should be very safe.

 

5k a year, driven weekly in winter and twice a week during summer for Farmer's markets.

I was referring to a Hydroboost setup. Lots of 70's trucks convert to it.

 

Took a ride down to Donovan Spring to have them make me up some 3/4 inch U bolts and 1/2 inch spring plates. Going to make air bag mounts so I can finally get my Pro Comp rear springs installed soon. Hopefully those U bolts will be strong enough to handle the torque of my 7.3 !

 

Well, I'm home...barely feeling alive but home. We all ended up getting sick on the trip, I was supposed to be at work today but never left my bed

Sadly I wasn't able to meet up with David or Coop during the trip, maybe next time around!


That reminds me I need to change the oil in my Excursion, when I was under it a week or so ago I noticed the date on the oil filter was July 2014, the same month I got my F-150 almost 2 years ago...oops but I've only put about 5,000 miles on it in that time.

 

David, that is an awesome project! I hope to do the same with my daughter in a few years. I hope she picks a Bronco, but whatever she picks, shes gotta pay for it.

 

So figured i'd share a few photos from the trip. I spotted something I thought was cool at the Alderwood Mall in Lynnwood, WA which was a Excursion with Alaska plates.



As I shared before i had a 2016 EcoBoost convertible Mustang. I loved the car! it was comfortable and the turbo 4 had plenty of get up and go and was able to muster 24.5 mpg with my lead foot.



Few random pics