beertestr
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Posting this for the same friend I posted the 86 'Vert for. He's swamped finishing grad school getting ready to move so he needs to clear out the shop. This used to be my old truck, turns out the rust we saw in the cab corners was just the beginning. He's been through the entire cab and front end and fixed it all. He also did the 73-79 F150 front disc brake conversion too. Pics are in the link below. I want him to run the brake and fuel lines, and get it on the road. I see about 10-12 hours worth of work to do that.. Oh well, somebody scoop it up and you can be rolling in a few weeks.
1965 Ford F-100 Styleside Shortbed.
Engine: 289 V8 from a 1965 Ford Galaxie
Trans: Factory 3 speed manual converted from column to Hurst floor shifter
History
Truck was the hotrod of my friend's wife's uncle. The uncle was getting up in years and no longer able to cruise a manual steering, 4 wheel manual drum, manual transmission truck. My buddy bought the truck, swapped the cam, added headers, pulled '79 F100/150 power disc brakes, front suspension, and power steering parts from a local junkyard. . . and then he got tied-up in the 8 other partially completed vehicles in and around his garage.
I bought the truck 2003-ish. I knew the cab supports were rotten as well as the driver side front cab mount. I learned that there's always 3 times as much rust hidden from view on these types of projects. . .. But I liked the truck and wanted to try fixin' it up. I have been working on it on and off in my garage since 2003. As it sits right now it is a reasonably solid, rolling project that could be put back on the road without an unreasonable amount of work by a gearhead.
Work done
The following parts have been installed:
Vehicle status
Additional Info
The truck is for sale because I have 2 semesters left in grad school and I need to shrink my fleet / improve my mobility before I graduate. Between my job and school I just don't have the time to get it running and can't justify moving it after I graduate.
Price: $2500
Contact Info: Contact Jake at 248-658-8275 Monday-Friday 6-10pm or Saturday-Sunday 10am-10pm EDT. Located in Berkley, Michigan
1965 Ford F-100 Styleside Shortbed.
Engine: 289 V8 from a 1965 Ford Galaxie
Trans: Factory 3 speed manual converted from column to Hurst floor shifter
History
Truck was the hotrod of my friend's wife's uncle. The uncle was getting up in years and no longer able to cruise a manual steering, 4 wheel manual drum, manual transmission truck. My buddy bought the truck, swapped the cam, added headers, pulled '79 F100/150 power disc brakes, front suspension, and power steering parts from a local junkyard. . . and then he got tied-up in the 8 other partially completed vehicles in and around his garage.
I bought the truck 2003-ish. I knew the cab supports were rotten as well as the driver side front cab mount. I learned that there's always 3 times as much rust hidden from view on these types of projects. . .. But I liked the truck and wanted to try fixin' it up. I have been working on it on and off in my garage since 2003. As it sits right now it is a reasonably solid, rolling project that could be put back on the road without an unreasonable amount of work by a gearhead.
Work done
The following parts have been installed:
- New driver and passenger front floor panels
- New front cab mounts - both sides
- New cab supports - both sides
- Patch panels in the kick-panel area - both sides
- Patch panels in the floor above the cab supports - both sides
- Converted to power front disc brakes (new kingpins, rotors, inner and outer bearings installed)
- New front shocks
- New front suspension bushings
- Underside of the cab has been wire-wheeled and primed with rust bullet
- All sheet metal repairs / seams have been coated in seam sealer
- Cab floor and associated B-surfaces have been top-coated with rust bullet black shell
- The majority of the frame was wire-wheeled and primed / coated with rust bullet from approx the rear of the cab forward
- New cab to frame bushings and hardware - all 4 mounts, including reinforcements to the front frame mounts
- New radiator bushings and hardware - including frame reinforcements
Vehicle status
- Hood is showing signs of a previous rust repair that is bubbling along the driver side leading edge
- Door sheet metal is in great shape, the driver side interior latch release and pull handle are stripped, (but still work) - replacement handle and mechanism included but not yet installed
- Cab is now in pretty good shape, cab mounts actually support loads! there are some rust holes in the rear cab corners. Replacement panels are included but not yet installed
- All the glass is good
- Front driver side fender is in good shape, passenger front fender has rust through at the lower rear corner. Replacement panel included.
- Fender inners have rust through near the cab mount brackets. Rust was removed, fiberglass repair in place, body filler work started but not complete.
- Bed has rust in multiple places, bed floor was covered with steel plate. Original bed floor is present below. . . all bed work done by previous owners.
- Tailgate has some bubbles.
- Truck was originally green.
- Route new hard lines and prop valve for the power disc brakes. New jounce houses and donor prop valve included.
- fab / install brake light switch
- Reinstall the fuel line (truck came with an electric fuel pump, it was replaced with a mechanical pump. Hard line from pump toward carb is included (1965 Galaxie 289 part from In-line tube)
- Install carb and throttle cable linkage - 500 cfm edelbrock carb included.
- Lash the valves
- re-install alternator and associated wiring
- re-install speedo drive cable
- re-connect clutch linkage
Additional Info
- All spares / uninstalled parts included. Includes a spare 4-speed trans/bell housing and flywheel, power steering gearbox, and multiple power steering pumps. See images number 3708, 3690, 3700, and 3689 in the link above for a layout of the spares / uninstalled parts.
- I have not touched the rear suspension (seems OK).
- The wheels are 15" OD by Western Wheel, the rears are about 2 inches wider than the fronts.
The truck is for sale because I have 2 semesters left in grad school and I need to shrink my fleet / improve my mobility before I graduate. Between my job and school I just don't have the time to get it running and can't justify moving it after I graduate.
Price: $2500
Contact Info: Contact Jake at 248-658-8275 Monday-Friday 6-10pm or Saturday-Sunday 10am-10pm EDT. Located in Berkley, Michigan
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