1966 F100 Short Bed Styleside Metal/Body/Paint Work
 

I just started another '66 F100 short bed project at the shop, this time it'll be a mild custom. I'll only be doing the metal, body, and paint work instead of a full build like the last one ('66 F100 Stock Restoration).

I'll be fixing the rust, correcting the panel fit and gaps like the last truck, shaving some items on the dash, mocking up a Vintage Air evaporator, smoothing the firewall, adding spots for A/C vents, and painting the truck.

Here is the truck. It seems to be pretty solid overall other than the bed floor and door bottoms; definitely better than the other truck we restored.


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Interior pics.

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Panel fitment and gaps.

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Subscribed. Did someone add reverse lights?

You do have a nice starting point. Nice Kight Rider steering wheel

Are the clutch and brake pedal welded together? Glad you are back!



Sean

This will be fun to watch. I was in competition with you when I was doing mine. Amature against professional kind of thing. :)

Cool, I'll follow along. I'm sure you'll get this one finished and I'll still be working on mine...

A great canvas to start on. I'll be doing similar on my dad's soon.

Yes, we'll remove those and weld up the holes.


The truck does seem to be pretty straight and solid. Hoping for no suprises when we strip it. It was really strange moving the truck around the shop without the top 1/3rd of the wheel, especially without power steering!


Thanks Sean, the truck was converted to auto at some point and they left both pedals in and welded them together.


Thanks for following along!


Thanks for following, I'm hoping to be done within six months. I have a couple of my own projects that are still not done so I feel you on that!



It's a lot nicer start than most of the trucks we've restored in the past, I'm looking forward to not needing to replace the bottom 1/4th of the whole truck.

First update. I took everything apart that wasn't needed to make it run. All of the small parts were bagged and labeled so reassembly will be easier. I'll drive it around to one of the rear shop stalls tomorrow and finish dissasembly.

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Teardown is finished. I'll finish removing the seam sealer and start blasting pieces next week.

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I have the bed floor and header panel out now, and have blasted around the peremeter to prepare for welding the new floor in. A 2008 Super Duty floor is the same dimensions so we ordered one to use, along with a new header panel and front sill from Carolina Classics. The rear sill isn't available so I'll have to repair and straighten it.

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The seam sealer was difficut to remove by blasting so I used a dremel to cut it out.

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New floor and header.

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Edges blasted to prep for repair work and new panels.

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Going to be a nice one.
What was up with the red light on the radiator support. Volunteer fire dept?

Thanks! That's my guess on the lights.