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It's been a long time coming. I bought this heap in 2009 so I could learn some body work and mechanical on these old trucks. I obviously still have a lot to learn, but ya gotta start somewhere. '78 4x4, 351M, 4-speed, short box. From this To this...with a lot in between!
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Nice job. Good looking rig.
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I dig it! My first wagon was a '76 F-150 4X4 long bed...need to get another some day.
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Im diggin it!! Well done!!
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tzone; Good afternoon to you my cyber friend, hopefully this finds you and yours well and thanks so much for sharing the photos of your finished product. I've got to say a pickup of that vintage brings back a lot of fond memories for me - it's from "my era" you see - and that truck would have been regarded as quite the ride back in that day. It's interesting too in that it's a 4x4 which were comparatively rare back then or at least were in my part of Saskatchewan. Nowadays I get funny looks from the younger folks when I tell them that. Thanks again for sharing the project photos with us sir, may you and yours have many grand adventures in it and all the best to you all this summer. Dwayne
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I came to realize that you know that you're getting old when you like a tan or brown pick-up. Nice job tzone. It's always good to see old gas guzzlers on the road.
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That's not a 78 grill, maybe a 77??
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That's not a 78 grill, maybe a 77?? I believe it's older than that. '75 or '76 maybe?
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Nice job, Tom! Did your 'bodyguard' assist you? He'll, no doubt, be driving that rig pretty soon!
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what an improvement. I miss my old 1976 F-100.
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That's a tough looking, solid truck. Very nice! I had a '74 that was a great truck.
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I like it, t-zone. Great job.
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