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manger
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Vintage is the theme of my truck. When it's done it will have some striking vintage throw back mods. Steel wheels painted bright red with chrome 14" trim rings and center caps.(I may favor thin steel wheels with moon style hubcaps and an actual bias-ply blackwall tires keeping up with the vintage work truck theme. no chrome here.)
White wall radials. Bed mods include: tubular crown around bed, wood venier slats across bed floor and sides, embossed steel ford oval on tailgate, tailgate cables replaced with chain, stock tailights will be shaved and addressed with vintage looking free standing lights. The front will get a complete grill makeover round headlights and vintage grill material and lowered fender tops. Feel free to make suggestions about this! I think a smaller rear window that pops out would be cool. it could have a chrome bezel. My ideas are aggressive but with good planning and lots of prefitting would make could outstanding daily driver.
I like this one a 1942:
Back to the WIP. so far I have been concentrating on maintenance. It got the coolant system flushed, power steering fluid flushed, new differential oil, new transmission oil, new spark plugs... other maintenace includes oiled tailgate hinge mechanisms.(well worth the time)
when I got this truck it looked like this:
It was a decent shot at a desert pre-runner. However, it was Hell to drive, rough and unpredictable bump steer. I decided it needed to be fun to drive first. Even after replacing a ball joint, adding a 4x4 pitman arm, and installing adjustable camber bushings it still drove like s__t. The coil spacers had to go.
I added the factory sway bar and replaced the radius arm bushings. I basically rebuilt most of the twin I-beam set up. Then I put aluminum wheels and realistic tires back on. It became much easier to drive.
Recently I located a tailgate and bumper at a recycler for $200. I sold the 31"s and spare tire mount for $400. Picked up the Deer Prints wheels for $50.00 on craigslist. I welded up the holes in the bed and repainted it. This all started in may of 2009 and here it is today march 2010. I relocated the driving lights to the rear bumper. I have started to fix the cracked bedsides and hammer out dents in the fenders and bumpers. The heater core had to be replaced. Here's the dash pulled back, tedious.
Here's the filler neck being replaced:
More pics with tailgate and bumper.
back soon with some more updates!
White wall radials. Bed mods include: tubular crown around bed, wood venier slats across bed floor and sides, embossed steel ford oval on tailgate, tailgate cables replaced with chain, stock tailights will be shaved and addressed with vintage looking free standing lights. The front will get a complete grill makeover round headlights and vintage grill material and lowered fender tops. Feel free to make suggestions about this! I think a smaller rear window that pops out would be cool. it could have a chrome bezel. My ideas are aggressive but with good planning and lots of prefitting would make could outstanding daily driver.
I like this one a 1942:
Back to the WIP. so far I have been concentrating on maintenance. It got the coolant system flushed, power steering fluid flushed, new differential oil, new transmission oil, new spark plugs... other maintenace includes oiled tailgate hinge mechanisms.(well worth the time)
when I got this truck it looked like this:
It was a decent shot at a desert pre-runner. However, it was Hell to drive, rough and unpredictable bump steer. I decided it needed to be fun to drive first. Even after replacing a ball joint, adding a 4x4 pitman arm, and installing adjustable camber bushings it still drove like s__t. The coil spacers had to go.
I added the factory sway bar and replaced the radius arm bushings. I basically rebuilt most of the twin I-beam set up. Then I put aluminum wheels and realistic tires back on. It became much easier to drive.
Recently I located a tailgate and bumper at a recycler for $200. I sold the 31"s and spare tire mount for $400. Picked up the Deer Prints wheels for $50.00 on craigslist. I welded up the holes in the bed and repainted it. This all started in may of 2009 and here it is today march 2010. I relocated the driving lights to the rear bumper. I have started to fix the cracked bedsides and hammer out dents in the fenders and bumpers. The heater core had to be replaced. Here's the dash pulled back, tedious.
Here's the filler neck being replaced:
More pics with tailgate and bumper.
back soon with some more updates!
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