Just thought I would share a pic of my recent purchase. It is going to require a lot of work, but it is structurally sound and has a decent running engine and transmission. I am guessing that it will take a while to restore it a little at a time, but I wanted a truck for hauling parts, etc and had also been wanting another older car to restore. So I got something that fit both! 1966 Ford F250 2x4 with a 352 cubic inch FE motor (kind of like a big block), and an automatic transmission. It looks pretty decent in the photo, but when you get up close you can see the nightmare of a paint job someone put on it. Start of the interior: Well, it is still a work in progress, but I thought I would share some. Here are some pictures of the stereo install Headliner at the start: Mid way through headliner...rust treated and sealed and component drivers installed: Speaker box and center console in the making: 3/4 of the way done!
That one may be aftermarket or dealer installed, the 70's LWB models had them integrated into the bedside long before Nissan thought about the Titan.
Think it is actually oem. There are two more little locking cubby holes in the interior of the truck that all share the same key and are actually built into the sheet metal. The stupid marker lights are not OEM however and will be coming off when I get to that portion of the paint.
Reason I was asking about the tool box is the welds look horrible and not OEM. Or is that rust? Hard to tell.
Its just paint build up, the previous owner used a roller to apply the paint. Is the driver side just as straight? Looks as if the trim is all there and the grill seems to look straight as well. I think those are the two most expensive parts to replace. Can Eddie soda blast?
I was just kidding about the paint roller, but Mike did say it was a unique paint job none the less. I don't think it could get any worse than the Beetle that was painted Caterpillar yellow with a brush. Crap was so thick I think it added to the structural integrity of the body.
Nope, not a roller, worse........a brush, lol. It's pretty bad. It is going to require a lot of sanding and stripping. The paint is bad. The good part is the motor, transmission, and frame and cab all look to be in pretty good condition.
Hell I'd leave it as is body wise. Cut and flip the I-beams, set the back down and throw some bags on there when you haul a load. You can find F350 rims on CL all day to get away from those 16.5" rims you have now.
I am going to do what I can with the body. The body is overall pretty solid. I just need to fix the driver's side bed and get some decent paint on it.
I love craigslist. I found a little car dealership that was cleaning out some old parts to make room and got these wheel AND tires for $40 for the set. It took a little work to get them to work with the existing rear hubs, but for $40 I just could not beat it. The old tires were dry rotted and had to go. Now I just need to get something to cover the hubs.
Starting on the interior. Some pics added. I got a GREAT deal on some Kenwood 6x9's and some Kenwood components. I decided to make a center console. It is pretty bland for now till I integrate it into the interior. For now it is just a box, lol.
Been a while since I have updated. These old cars are a lot of fun, but it reminds me how every single bolt will have issues, lol. A couple weekends ago I installed new window regulators on it and one of the bolts had 44 years of rust! I ended up having to drill it out.
Picked up a Holley Pro-Jection system for cheap to play around with until the new stroker motor goes in. I am hoping it will get here this weekend. It is nothing special, just something to tune and play with, but as cheap as I picked it up, it was hard to pass up. And we have pretty much decided on the build path for the motor. I got a 460 CI motor and a C6 transmission for $250! That is going to be transformed into a 535 CI stroker motor that we plan to fuel inject and most likely turbocharge just for fun...now I am going to have to figure out a way to STOP this thing. Updates to come.
Truck got some exhaust. 3" x pipe and Summit turbo mufflers. Nothing fancy, just something that sounds better than the 2.25" glass packs on it before that were all rusted through The 3" is in preparation for the 460 CI motor. Trying to get video working. Says it is an unsupported file format at You tube for some reason.
Well Google's been kriffing up Youtube for the past week or so. Photobucket will probably take it, if it's not long.
Sounds fuel efficient. he-he. Really like this project. And major props for the teeny tiny budget you are doing it on. Make sure you keep detailed records of what you spent. I think people will be shocked at what you spent when you finish it up (in 2014?). Did you post up photos of the wheels all cleaned up? And then tell folks what you paid for them.
Well doing a lot of the work myself helps a lot with that. I have restored a bunch of cars over the years, starting when I was 15 years old. I will snap a picture of the wheels if I get a chance tonight.
Well, finished up the bedliner today. It has taken me about 6 weeks of a little here, a little there. Yesterday I spent a solid 10 hours on the truck and finished getting everything back to bare metal, made and welded in a patch panel for the bed floor (I was proud seeing as I used nothing but a ball peen hammer and a 3" vise!). The bed was not perfect to start with. There were some areas I had to treat with rust treatment and some dents I was not really worried about. This is not a show truck and never will be. It will be used as it was intended, hauling around parts and whatever else might be needed. There was only one minor casualty in the process. Deborah got in a fight with an angle grinder and it won! It took a good sized chunk out of her finger. But it is healing well and the nail should be ok. Today I finished priming it with a self etching primer and sprayed in the liner. Overall I was quite impressed with the Raptor liner for the money AND the results. It looks just like the professional jobs I have seen. A couple of notes...for those with longer beds like me, order a couple extra bottles of the liner as well as some more hardner. While I have everything covered, I started to realize that going with a real thick coat like I was doing at first was going to make me run out, lol. One extra bottle would have been nice, two would have been perfect. It is a 2K liner, so you will have to get more hardner as well as the kit only comes with enough for the 4 750 ml bottles of product. Where gloves and don't try to tip the spray gun too far as the liner will come out of the hole in the top! Once that stuff gets on your hands it is a pain to get back off! Mask off anything and everything you don't want to get this line on. It will get to places you did not expect. When it is wet, you can try to wipe it off, but it won't come off easily. Now the pics
Looks awesome! Does it come in a spray can or do you buy it by the gallon and put it into a paint gun?
I bought it as a kit that came with a paint gun in it that you hook to an air compressor. It is a 2 part liner that you have to mix in hardner before you spray. For $110ish shipped I was very pleased.
Looks very professional. Buddy of mine had his done....also did the top of his tool box as well as the inside of it....very slick looking.
Thanks man! It was a lot of work and there are some imperfections, but not bad for the cost. I figure I will have another $50 into it by the time it is all done, but it has been a fun project. On a truck with good existing paint it would not have been nearly the undertaking that this one was.