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no, the old brown hound is fine.. I'm just sayin the mustang crash put a strain on my efforts ya know?

It was honestly the nicest work I've ever turned out.

Yeah, that 'stang was a beauty. Glad Weezy's OK.

Thanks, that really is all that matters.

I believe it. It was beautiful.


I believe that should be the name. I like it!

Hey Tom, I found something really cool this week. You know that arch at the bottom of the door post where the door post meets the rocker?

Well I found a company that makes that piece! I was sort of dreading making that fart, now I don't have to make it.

Sherman autobody carries them.

at the back of the door? Cool.

I'll have to check it out.

Dang... price was reasonable too.

below the door hinges on the cab itself

Dave I am thinking real hard about bringing my pullin truck out of retirement! Yep, It's been sittin in the hardwoods for go on 4 years now and I figure to bring her back for haullin winter wood and snow plowin don't cha know.

It's a 78 3/4 ton Chevy (called "Bad Attitude")with 1 ton axles, gonna drop the 8 inch lift and slip a set of 31 inch tires on the ole 4 x 4. It's now running a 400 small block (big valves & forged pistons 10.5 to 1 compresson ratio) with highriser and 650 Edelbrock carb nowdays, hooker headers and 456 choppers in the rearend. I need to find me a drivers side door and a can of paint. It ought to still be able to push a bunch of those white flakes off the parking lots.

Well there ya go, gitty up!

Way back early this spring ole yeller gave up a few patches of sheet metal from his hood for the 65 mustang coupe we restored.

Well, the coupe is gone now, very sad.

But before the coupe left us, the coupe gave back to ole yeller.

A very nice holley 4 barrel carb, single pump, vac secondary with electric choke.

That old 360 runs amazing!

And after sitting for days you used to have to crank and crank and crank to get the carb full of fuel. Most times you were better off saving on the starter and pouring a shot of fuel into the carb so it would kick over and pump the fuel up faster.

Well now you just go out there, give it 2 pumps, hit the key and she's on her own. Smooth running, just awesome!!

Very cool.

Sweet.

Did you get to keep the wheels and tires off the stang?

kept em and already sold em.

Good deal.

there is one bolt holding the box on old yeller.


We've actually got a lot of grinder work to do from here out. If I had a torch, it would be torch work

I can't believe you don't have torches man. A guy that does the metal work you do?

Too damn expensive for what they are. If I saw a set at an auction I'd probably pick em up but then the tank lease is expensive too.

Any updates Dave?

My dad and I have been working on a 69 Ford Ranger project for him for over 10 years! Lets just say he doesn't like a good project to come to an end!

Specs:

1979 Ford F150 Rolling chassis
1969 Ford F100 Ranger Body
302 V8 - Slightly warmed up with a 270 deg cam, Edelbrock aluminum intake and 600 cfm carb; ported heads; Flowmaster exhaust
NP435 4 speed - replaced some syncronizers
NP 205 tcase - good to go
Dana 44 front - new 3.54 gears, joints, bearings, seals
9" rear end - new 3.50 gears with rebuilt traclok
2" leveling coils
New steering linkage, stabilizer and shocks
15x10 Outlaw 2 style wheels
33x12.50R15 All Terrains
Gas tank removed from behind seat
Every piece has been disassembled, cleaned, fixed, or replaced
all new u joints, ball joints rotors brake hardware, etc
1994 F150 seat
New chrome moldings
Truck was orange and white - changed to teal and white
each piece was taken apart and painted until only the exterior was left to paint

All in all, it was a lot of hours working on it... could be finished in a couple of days but the old man says "What is the rush?"

Biggest problems were:
1/ Bell housing to fit 302 block; originally had 351 M
2/ Chassis mounts for the cab were fine; bed mounts and rear of frame required some tweaking to work as did drivers side inner fender

sixpack....pics, man, pics

I've really been slacking on the ole yeller project. I have to moving on that before the snow flies!

If you pick up a set, buy the tanks so you "own the rights" to them, no lease/rental fees. Just refill when empty.