Hi everybody, I’m new here posting, but I’ve been searching through this forum for quite a while for questions and ideas with my truck as I’m new to Ford. My build is gonna take time but I hope it’s steady progress none the less. I hope what I plan on doing doesn’t sound ridiculous lol, I’ve been coming up with this plan for a while changing things and figuring out the best way to get what I want. My plan is to build a street/strip truck out of my 76 F250 2wd lwb that has updated better handling suspension, a powerful motor but just under the threshold of being to much to reliably drive it wherever I want although a DD I don’t plan on it being, and a more comfortable interior, all together coming out as clean and sharp as I can with my budget and ability. So here’s what plan I have put together so far...

-strip the frame
-shorten Lwb to swb
-cv swap front end
-rear axle flip with caltracs (maybe 4 bar Coilover swap?)
-coat frame and anything not easily powdercoated in chassis saver, powdercoat the rest
-rear disc conversion
-upgrade axle shafts for strength and to match front bolt pattern?
-new bed (not sure if flareside or styleside yet, I’d like wood bed though)
- all new body parts, cab and everything else turned out to be ate up with rust
-black interior with bucket seats and console
-keep manual column and go auto floor shifter
-drop in turbo 5.3 motor with 4L80e trans

fight now I’m still tearing everything apart, it’s being as big a PITA as possible, bolts not coming out and just spinning in place, breaking off, whatever it may be, but I can’t wait to get it all apart to start cleaning it up.

It’s not as clean and solid as it looks here (to me anyways) unfortunately

You Tube

i understand what your saying, building that motor into a stroker was an idea, along with 4bt, 6bt, coyote and a 460, it just didn’t play to my goals especially at the power levels I’m looking at and still trying to be streetable. However it’s hard to convince of the more reliable, faster, taking LS money all day when my best friends brother-in-law could drive his 8 second 6-speed corvette that he threw over a 300 shot of nitrous at every pass wherever he wanted and it had minimal work done to the motor. Between what I’ve seen accomplished with little work from his shop and that best friend working at Brian Tooley Racing the odds have always been in the LS favor I guess you could say lol. Once again, nothing against the motor that’s in it, just not what I finally decided on.

Ken Block is awesome, I would love to wind up with something that wild and impressive, the power goals definitely what I’m shooting for. However I do want to keep more of the classic look and I got this big feeling it’s out of my budget... if I ever want to get it done and do something else cool, like the all original 1970 cougar eliminator that was my wife’s grandads before he passed away. I’m dying to buy it from her grandmother lol. But things can change here and there along the way depending on how things go. That guide is awesome, and that’s kind of how I’ve been going. I learned the bagging bolts, nuts, etc and labeling as a kid, going through a box of bolts from a whole truck is no fun what so ever I don’t care how well someone thinks they can remember it all haha.

Haha, brag away, I had been working my way through that already, a lot of great info! I skimmed through his build right now, ill ha e or go back and actually read it all in my spare time but that is absolutely amazing, not only a completely restored and brand new looking truck, it literally looks like brand new from the factory! That dude is one heck of a talented guy! Also I did go ahead and introduce myself to the local chapter, that’s pretty cool to have that on here. I am definitely glad I finally joined.

Well I didn’t mean to seem like I thought you were either lol, definitely not the case. Just explaining why I decided what I did. Because believe me I love my carbureted motors, that’s what I’ve built so far as far as gas motors, although they were sbc motors. But when it does come time for that cougar it will definitely stay old school because it will just be a toy to play and show. I opened the hood once I saw it hoping for the 429 but it turned out to be the 351 as well. Oh well I still hope to have fun with that motor, because it being all original with just 60ish thousand miles on it I do not want to go changing that up lol. I’ll see if I can’t get some pictures posted of it.