1968 F100 2wd style side short bed.

[Craigerf100]

well i bought some parts today from a guy who collects and sells 67-72 truck parts. hes actually a member on here i found out.

i got a core support for
left and right inner fender
and a driver side outer fender. i have the left outer fender already.

all rust free. well the cores got a little bit. got em for a fair price too.

ill snap some pics and post em soon.

[Craigerf100]

here are the pics i promised you








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[Craigerf100]

i bought some used wheels w/like new tires. similar to the wheels on the truck now. i gouged 2 of them in wreck.
let me clean them up before i post pics

[F100builder]

Look like good parts!

[Craigerf100]

painted my replacement core support. and mocked up my brake booster. Got lucky my manual master cylinder fits my booster yay.




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its just sitting there for now.

and this is all the you get for pics of the wheels, till i clean them.



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[sargentrs]

Great find! Those inner fenders look to be in good shape.

[Heirloom]

[Craigerf100]

yeah they are. the outer fenders arnt bad either. im hoping to have funds when the time comes to get new fenders. we will see.
the core support had a bit fo rust on each end along the bottom. i cleaned out the rust beast i could and patched it. my welder sucks but i sealed the crap out of it with 3 different types of paint/sealer. all from rust-oleum.

more pics coming soon

[69f-100]

If I may ask what wheels are on your tuck? They look pretty good.

[Craigerf100]

well the ones i bought are eagle alloy series 203, they dont make em anymore but they are plentiful used.

the ones on my truck are eagle alloys as well but i have never been able to find them anywhere, not new not used not even a picture of them

the wheels in back on my truck and the ones im putting on the truck are 15x10s and the tires are 295/50/r15

[69f-100]

well the ones i bought are eagle alloy series 203, they dont make em anymore but they are plentiful used.

the ones on my truck are eagle alloys as well but i have never been able to find them anywhere, not new not used not even a picture of them

the wheels in back on my truck and the ones im putting on the truck are 15x10s and the tires are 295/50/r15

Thank you. They look really nice.

[Craigerf100]

painted a perfect condition steering wheel i found in my dads garage, except it was red. it was one he bought years ago for the 64 f100.

fits perfectly

better then what came on it when i bought it.
before

after

i think it looks better too.

i also sanded primed and painted the passenger inner fender.
before

after


i also painted and installed the radiator to the new core support. its fits ok minus one bent area i will need to muscle into place.


see the how the radiator sits forward on one side? the core isn't tweaked, thank God. each side matched up evenly. its just that one top mount.



oh and i wired up my distributor, im using my old coil for now so i wired it up so that when i buy a MSD i can splice her in easy.


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[Heirloom]

Is it your radiator that is not square? I would be careful muscling or bolting it into straightness. My concern with tweaked rads is if you force it straight you have created a stress somewhere. With heat cycles and vibrations I worry that the stress will create a crack, sooner rather than later. Just my

[Craigerf100]

hmmm yeah ill look into that. the pics don't show it bu the area of the bold hole is dented inward toward the engine. the radiator is square i think cause i had it laying flat on the ground at one point front side down. it seamed to be flush. thank you for pointing that out. good advice

[sargentrs]

Great job on the steering wheel. Looks much better now.