1971 f250 DESERT truck- 10/24 race prep

[ares360]

how much did you get your 429 for?

[1971ford]

how much did you get your 429 for?

free-hundred dollars
found a truck on Craigslist, decided to check it out and build it as the offraod truck. turned out the truck was a rusted away piece of scrap so we bought it for $600. pulled the 429, scrapped the truck for $400. kept the new aluminum diamond-plate toolbox, sold all good parts. so it evened out as getting it for free got the edelbrock carb for $40 or maybe it was $60 from a swap meet, and some duplicolor paint.

[ares360]

that works.

[1971ford]

video. you can hear that beautiful tranny slip even
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbXkp8kO ... annel_page

tranny slip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57cJXAVXD2E
casual drive:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRU3fo4Z ... re=channel
quick exhaust:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKoVhIfHTQo

[aramil]

hey that pic doesnt look like sand, i thaught this was a pre-runner , are you gunna chop off the rear of the frame and build a tube frame with a 4 link or leave the frame and stick with the leaf springs? do you have any sorta traction bar to keep the power of that beast from warping the leafs?

[19674x4]

i feel sorry for the camera man. aka your dad. musta got soaked.

[1971ford]

hey that pic doesnt look like sand, i thaught this was a pre-runner , are you gunna chop off the rear of the frame and build a tube frame with a 4 link or leave the frame and stick with the leaf springs? do you have any sorta traction bar to keep the power of that beast from warping the leafs?

were going to keep the full stock frame since we will be using Deaver leaf springs. no leaf spring setup is as good as a 4 link but for our budget and simplicity we will be using leaves. the Deavers should soak up bumps just fine, its what a majority of the prerunners use.
right now its all stock with just 2 of the bottom leaves gone. its still as stiff as a rock, but it is a little better for the meantime. very little of the engines power gets to the ground, mainly because the tires are bald, and on dirt.

i feel sorry for the camera man. aka your dad. musta got soaked.

nope he stayed dry. well except for when he rolled his window down just before a puddle for some reason

[robroy]

Hey Ryan, where's that road? I'm over in Palo Alto (just south of San Francisco) but it's always good to know about areas like that within driving distance.

-Robroy

[1971ford]

the trail is in Latrobe, which is El Dorado county i think. its right off of Latrobe road, where Scott road t's into it. there is a bunch of fun whoop-dee-doo roads on the way too, and the drive around that area is nice

[1971ford]

since we are going to be starting the cage soon, i decided to clear up space in the cab so we have room to work. i pulled the in-cab tank and installed a 32 gallon fuel cell in the bed. no im just kidding, i wish instead i just mounted it right up the the bed behind the cab and ran 6 feet of fuel line over there. the truck didnt even stall when it was running off the gas in the carb and the fuel pump was sucking fuel through all that line.
here is the masterpiece. notice the 2x4's on the bottom i'll probably make some mounts at the welding shop to support the bottom since we plan on going back to that trail.
yay no more in-cab.



fuel lline was routed on a crossmember. check out the muffler mount thats the nut there at the very bottom of the mount, hanging by a thread.

oh and for the most fun while doing this, make sure the tank is topped off with gas so it weighs too much for me to handle, and it sloshes out the cap onto you when pulling it. and its alot more fun without any help too

[robroy]

the truck didnt even stall when it was running off the gas in the carb and the fuel pump was sucking fuel through all that line.

Does this mean you relocated the fuel tank with the engine running? I thought they only did stuff like that in The A Team.

-Robroy

[1971ford]

no it was off for sure
when i turned the truck on after i finished relocating the tank it didnt die when it had to pull gas from the tank through all that line.

[67 ford f100s rule]

your 429 is lookin good. Your definetly keepin up good work. when you got it done it will be good to see you get out and have fun.(maybe win something too)

[METALMASTER]

TELL US HOW YOU REALLY FEEL

[1971ford]

i got my shifter and linkage kit
and made the skid plate...

and went back to get dirty again


tada all clean



ive also decided to build the old 360 that came out of this truck into a fast 390. we went and picked up a 390 crank for starts
next weekend i want to start the cage