1971 f250 DESERT truck- 10/24 race prep

[1982 flareside]

Is that a new holley 2 bbl or used.Cause i got a 2bbl holley of a big truck.

[1971ford]

Thanks!


A fellow offroad bumpside racer (has a fully built "trophy truck" status bumpside) gave me two holley carbs and we ran the 2v. So it is used but in great working condition.

[1971ford]

*bump to move new update to fresh page

[1971ford]

Stuff it away in the side yard. Starting this weekend I am tearing it down pretty good... LOTS of major changes and additions coming soon.

Cutting it down to a shortbed, new bed cage, remote tranny coolers, built c6 out of a TT is going in, new autofab beam mounts that will widen track width 2", 14" travel coilovers up front with engine cage, new seat mounting, i could go on for quite a while.

I have about 7 months to do this work until the next desert race. Pretty excited! IT is going to be an entirely different truck when done



CONSIDERING using this... hint hint. Might be biting off more than i can chew by doing this though



New DD if you haven't already seen. It is also the main chase vehicle for the race truck as well as tow vehicle.

[BiggDogg]

Neighbors must be happy to have two put together trucks to stare at finally

[1971ford]

Seriously! hahaha
This is the first time in a very long time I have had both my trucks drivable.

That will change this weekend

[1971ford]

[HayHauler]

[1971ford]

$$ is right
But, I got extremely lucky on those coilovers I got in the mail yesterday.
I spotted them on another forum's classifieds for $450 + shipping. The seller was a fellow bumpside racer. He races a bump called the Bro-Dozer and their team is Bro-dozer motorsports.
Here's a pic of their truck, which these coilovers are off of. Nick made me an even better deal since they're going from bumpside to bumpside and lowered the price to $400 shipped and threw in reservoir mount kits and some t-shirts. woo!


Now I need dual rate coils for both sides. There's another $400

[rjewkes]

Noobish Q? but what is a TT?

[cheek]

Twin turbo of course :--P
I got no idea haha

[1971ford]

oops sorry
Trophy Truck
The all-out trucks you see on TV maybe that win the Baja 1000...
This is the one I help out with and the c6 came from

[1971ford]

Today I brought it out of the sideyard and got a little work done

-Removed hood/hinges
-Removed grill, upper valance, fiberglass fenders, inner fenders, core support, and radiator (whole front clip)
-Dad helped pull the engine and tranny out
-Then I had the joyous fun of grinding out every spot weld on the hood and once that was complete I seperated the hood layers and now the end result is a poor man's fiberglass hood! The new outer layer looks totally original and weighs the same as a fiberglass hood. It will be on 4 hood pins. Rear hood pins will be on hinges so the hood can hinge or pull off easy. I'll have a little structural piece so the hood doesnt fold over when opened with the hinges.
-gutted the interior
-ordered 3 sticks of 1.75" .120 DOM and I think I'm going to order another stick of 2" DOM for cage work and a stick of 1.5" DOM for radius arms.











Time to start cleaning up the firewall and chassis. Were setting up my brothers new JD2 tubing bender and we just got the new lincoln welder wired to the house. DOM tubing is on its way. I have 2 weeks of no school. Prepare for lots of updates, If im not at the welding shop I'll be working on the truck non stop.

[67mann]

You need a hobbie

[Fordman5]

All that work to get it where is was, and you want to change it all. I wish I had money like that to burn on my truck...