F100 - Brazilian project - Low Cost...

[Andre_Brazil]

Hi, I'm Andre from Brazil.

First, I'm sorry for my poor english.

This is my project,

Ford F100 - 1975
Engine- 272 - Yblock
5 years stopped...










happy family at home









My wife helping me.


Rebuilding the engine and drinking Beer...











Friends helping me.










































Beer and large Tire, I love its. - Wheel 20 "with 11" wide.














Soon new photos ...

[Andre_Brazil]

No Pain no Gain...

[Alstoyz]

Welcome to the sight!!! very nice project and work. Can't wait 2 see more...

[sargentrs]

from Georgia! Great work and a really cool project. Looking forward to more. Interesting truck you have. You said it's a 1975 but it has all the lines of a '67-'72 model and the grill is a 1970, here in the states. The '73-'79 generation had a totally different body style here. I know the South American models had some different body styles that what we see over here. I like the fog lights in the grill too. Was a factory/dealer option or did someone add them after the fact? How about the Y-block? Was that original to the truck?

[Ranchero50]

Excellent build. It's very seldom that we get to see the 'details' on the SA trucks. I would love to see better pictures on how the fog lights are mounted to the core support and how the plastic grill openings are cut.

If you can, edit and add some details to your pictures in the above post.

Thanks for signing up,
Jamie

[LANCE65]

from SoCal! Thats a pretty cool truck! different than what we have here. Y-block was last available in 63(?) here.

[Andre_Brazil]

Welcome to the sight!!! very nice project and work. Can't wait 2 see more...

Thanks... Texas = Pickup

I'll post new pics ...

[popeyes71]

Andre! Sweet build, I like the direction you are going with the build! It looks like you got to start off with a pretty solid truck, which truely helps. Keep us posted on the build progress.

[Andre_Brazil]

from Georgia! Great work and a really cool project. Looking forward to more. Interesting truck you have. You said it's a 1975 but it has all the lines of a '67-'72 model and the grill is a 1970, here in the states. The '73-'79 generation had a totally different body style here. I know the South American models had some different body styles that what we see over here. I like the fog lights in the grill too. Was a factory/dealer option or did someone add them after the fact? How about the Y-block? Was that original to the truck?

Thants;

I know all models of States, here this model started 1972 when finished in States, and was made for 20 years (1992) with the same lines, only 1986 modified the Grill and the instruments (See photo below). Fog Light, was adapted by the former owner... This Fog Lights are very polemic, because some people loves and the other hand the other hates... I Like but I bought the new plastic Grill, if I change the ideia...

Y Block, its a big problem, we don’t have many spare parts, and this is the original engine F100- 72-79, this model used too engine 4 cil, 6 cil inline, 4 cil MWM diesel... Here engine V8 is very expensive engine, Brazil made 3 types of V8 engine, Ford Y Block (272 e 292), Ford 302 and Chrysler 318... Wellcome to Brazil, the end of the world....

[sargentrs]

Wow! A 1990+ bump side. That's cool!

[Andre_Brazil]

Excellent build. It's very seldom that we get to see the 'details' on the SA trucks. I would love to see better pictures on how the fog lights are mounted to the core support and how the plastic grill openings are cut.

If you can, edit and add some details to your pictures in the above post.

Thanks for signing up,
Jamie

Thanks, You dont know how hard it is to make a project like this, Some Times Ebay save us...

I explained to our friend up, the fog light was adapted by the former owner, but I can take a pictures for you, no problems...

Congratulations for you forum...

[Andre_Brazil]

Andre! Sweet build, I like the direction you are going with the build! It looks like you got to start off with a pretty solid truck, which truely helps. Keep us posted on the build progress.

Thanks Popoye,

I promise to keep them updated....

[Andre_Brazil]

Wow! A 1990+ bump side. That's cool!

Its not cool, unfortunately, this is a country 25 years delayed... This is the reality.

I love USA, because if you need parts to manufacture today ... Not only to Ford, but all brands and years...

[Calfdemon]

from SoCal! I love seeing the South American bumpsides! Thanks for all the pictures of the progress and keep them coming! Great work!!

[SATURN5]

Wow... Nice build.

With it in production until 1992, one has to wonder if it would be profitable to ship sheetmetal north to us saps in the USA, especially those of us that live in the rust belt... Clean sheetmetal isn't easy to find.