Hi, this is my first post. I spent the better part of three decades working on this truck and have finally finished it.

 

Very nice work..

Looks like it just rolled out of the showroom..

 

She's a beaut, Clark.

 

Thanks for the compliments. It’s a fun truck to drive. It sounds amazing.

 

Gorgeous! Nice work

 

Wow yeah that looks great!

 

Badass truck. Love the air cleaner.

 

ACTUALLY LOOKS BETTER THAN....
70'S MAY have been the best decade for the F series.

 

Beautiful. Very nice job!

 

Hey, a few things.
1st. Your pics all loaded twice when you responded to a post. Makes the thread a little harder to navigate, especially us poor souls who cant afford newer faster PCs.
Wondering why white? Original color.?
Do you have any before pics?
How much did you originally pay for the truck, and how much is it worth today, approx. and how much did you put into it?

It truly is a beautiful chevy eater.

 

I bought a '79 high option XLT new. Paint, fit and finish, ect, wasn't as good as yours.

 

Great work! My dad had one a lot like this back in the day, except his was blue. Loved that truck.

 

Being one that is obsessed with attention to detail, I love looking at builds like this. It's clear you left not a single bolt untouched. Truly awesome, to it's core. Such a great preservation of this era of trucks.

30 years though, you have some serious patience! And now you're selling it. I can certainly say, especially given my incessant compulsion to get attached to things sentimentally, that I could not let go of a project like this after pouring 30 years into it.

Absolutely beautiful work. I sure hope it goes to a good home. Thank you for sharing!

 

Well on the countdown at holding steady at 60K. Wow!

Just sold for $74,285.

 

77&79F250,
$74k is an amazing price compared to what this pickup would have garnered in $$$ 25yrs ago in the early '90's.
First detail i liked on this pickup is the bed is painted white to match the body color. _ _ _ just me.
30-years of hopeful 'pleasure' driving the pickup, while giving it TLC. Either way a guy restores one of these, or any body-on-frame vehicle whether body-off or body-on, a great amount of hours of a person's life gets devoted to a restoration of this caliber by the hobbiest.
Pro shops with mucho elbow room and numerous emplyee's can bang one of these out in short order while farming out tedious chassis and body prep for paint, to the local media blasting business and paint shops. Us hobbiest's suffer the agony of home sand blasting with low volume equipment and lots of scraping, wire brushing, and sanding for paint prep. Yes, lots of cussing quietly.
I am very happy to see the seller re-couped some of his investment of personal time and lunch-money.

When i had completed my '77 crew cab build in 1998, (a two year build), i had slightly over $10k doing everything myself except upholstery.
I would head for my home-shop after dinner, and work on the pickup project until 11pm several evenings each week.
Being a man who enjoys driving something Definitely Different & Scarce and my own 'build result' is what I enjoy.
Today if we are dealing with a nice '71 pickup restore, we have to realize we are dealing with a 50-year old vehicle.
When walking into the local Ford Dealership parts department, good luck being able to order parts specific for a '71, which means we must go to the 'aftermarket' which usually means parts manufactured in China. I know, China gets a bad rap, _ _ but the business, if USA owned, is responsible for quality control of finish and fitment. Most aftermarket replacement parts even for late '40's ****** Jeeps are mfr'd in China.
On a good note, at least after-market parts are available even if made in China (fuel gauge sending units for example).