I should be picking it up next week once I figure out the NC towing laws and buy a hitch. It's a 65 or 66 F-100. No engine or trans and a ton of rust. Not in the greatest condition but Free is one of my favorite words! He has a couple of 40's Chevy pickups rotting away behind this one and I'd love to get those but I don't have the room now. Maybe when I get my land at the end of the year

What do you think? Do I have my work cut out for me?

 

you should have it shining in a month or so, no problem


wow, is that going to be scary tearing down...

 

Good luck, I love old trucks!

 

Looks can be deceiving but looks fairly solid. Won't really know till its stripped. If I had the place I'd love to tackle something like that. Good Luck!

 

Ohhhh, nice. My first truck/resto was like that. I got it when i was 15, finished when i was 16... Mine came with a wideblock 352, the smaller version of the 390...

Before


after

 

That's going to be a blast John!! I'd leave the exterior as-is for a while. I think it looks good like that

 

id strip that thing down and have it acid dipped to clean her up..

edit: on 2nd thought, that might eat the whole truck

nice project tho, free is that best

 

My only advice is build your own frame.

4 inch 1/4 walled rectagular stock is pretty cheap, and its under the truck so no one will ever see it again. Just make sure your welds are good. How you make the curves does not matter.

Those old frames are weak compared to the 70's stuff, and with those brakes you might as well be on a suicide mission for Allah. The I beams offer little in the ways of true upgrades, and they kill tires like there going out of style.

I'd start with a late 70's Lincoln Mark Boat. It comes with a big 9 inch with 11-12 inch drums, and 12 inch truck like disks up front. True not the best, but good enough for Day 2 Day driving. Dispose of the body in which ever way pleases you. Cut the center section out of the frame, and adjust the width and length to suit your new truck. Plus Mark Boats are cheap, and you maybe able to get one running. Which means atleast a 400M and C-6 combo. You'll now have a fairly modern chassis that you can do lots of things with safely, and a motor good enough to get you there.

 

A friend of mine did the above with a Late 70's Caddy frame, and cut to fit a 62 Apache, and loved the outcome.

He bought the Apache lowered, but he was on a suicide mission for Allah when he drove fast. The brakes that truck had were smaller then 6 doller Carls jr. burgers, and going to pick up stuff it only got worse.

I belive he got the idea helping a friend work on his Grandfathers Caddy. Since he could see how the whole car was pretty tough, and could be cut to fit with out buying to much steel. It took him the most time to line up the front end core supports as everything else bolts off brackets that he could pretty much do as he pleased with. Where as the core supports bolt to the frame to support the radiator and front end sheet metal.

 

Thanks for the info! I'm gonna work on tearing it down and cleaning it up now. Probably won't be doing any build up for at least a year though. I'll be sure to document with tons of pictures.