I'm happy to join this group as the new owner of a 66 F-100. It's going to be a rolling restoration, and while I have found many sources for new old stock or reproduction parts, I'm wondering where I might find just used parts. In particular, right now, I'm looking for a replacement for the missing driver's side door aluminum trim. I'm not ready to plunk down the cash for a full set of new ones.

Any advice generally would be appreciated, and anyone with a piece of exterior trim, please feel free to contact me privately.

Regards,

Andrew Skopp

 

Andrew, Welcome to FTE, the nations #1 online ol Ford truck tech support site

Congrats on the new truck, I hope that you enjoy yours as much as I do mine. Ebay, this sites classifieds, and Craigslist are excellent places to look for your parts.

Maybe one of our users can email you and help out too.

John

 

ASkopp, WELCOME to FTE from me too! Where are you in MD? I live in Millersville - maybe we can trade parts and stories.

 

Unbelieveable. I live in Millersville too. Just off Jumpers Hole Road, across from Kinder Farm Park.

I've always had a thing for the 60s Ford F-100, and recently decided that I wanted to buy one to restore. So, that's what I did. I picked it up in Philadelphia about a week ago, and drove it back.

It's going to be a long, but fun project. How about you?

 

I don't think you can get any closer. I am on Brookwood, behind the horse farm on Jumper's Hole Road and around the corner behind Solomon's Landing. Between Obrecht and the traffic circle.

 

Here is the mechanical setup of my truck; I did this a summer ago.
I am getting 14.8 MPG at 70 MPH with a nearly stock 460 in my '66 F-100. And I have power to spare.
‘86 460 bored 60 over with stock '86 heads - no porting
'77 F-250 460 engine perches and mounts
'69 straight up cam gears, Cloyes double roller with RV type cam
Edelbrock Performer (not RPM) intake and 1470 750 CFM carb on a 1" phenolic spacer
'76 Duraspark II ignition
Stock aftermarket manifolds with a 2 1/2 inch dual exhaust (plain mufflers); copper gaskets
'93 serpentine belt brackets and pulleys
'78 power steering pump, hoses
with ’93 PS pulley
'76 power steering box
’76 power steering pitman arm
’92 power steering cooler, mounted in the frame
'70 steering column
'66 radiator (re-cored)
'66 alternator
with '93 serpentine pulley and fan
'86 water pump
'86 fan clutch with '77 7-blade fan
'83 C-6 from an '83 F-350 fifth wheeler, with '77 C-6 linkage (internal shift rod and kickdown)
2.75 rear end
'83 stock rear sump oil pan, with stock oil pump, pickup tube and dipstick (includes main bearing bolt with stud to hold pickup in place)
Includes '93 A/C compressor, but A/C is not installed. (Needed for the serpentine belts.)
’76 F-150 3-inch rear brakes

The only modifications I had to make were:
Fabricate an accelerator cable bracket by combining an FE one with a 385 one.
Shorten the front driveshaft to adapt to the C-6 (with a conversion joint)

 

This needs to be continued on email.

thanks

John