Well the friday before fathers day late afternoon I came across a 1968 crew cab on craigslist, it didnt run but it was a bump crew cab! It was getting late in the evening and the P/O didnt post his phone number so I emailed him via craigslist hoping to hear back. Just when I started to think it was probably sold I got a call back. That friday night was the only night I had available to come look at the truck, I explained my father was in need of a truck and was always fond of mine but could never find one. Eric I bought the truck from was cool enough to come let me look at the truck that same night! but I would'nt be there until midnight, he was really cool about it and said come on down. We settled on a price and I was able to surprise my father on fathers day with a very very cool present. He was very stoked to say the least and kept asking me if I was being serious over and over again!
After a few days of where to go with the truck he decided to restore this truck 100% stock. The inline 6 isnt original but the 300's are great engines and he wont be towing with this truck.
Saturday we brought the truck over to my shop, and we pulled the engine and tore it down completely and sent the block and crank out yesterday. The engine had a nasty what we thought was a rod knock, turned out to be two pistons slapping in the bores.
Towing a crew with a crew!
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slight damage in the rear
my F350 next to his F250
Getting ready to work on his "new" truck!
we started to tear it down right after the engine was pulled
bores are standard and look ok
cyl head looked great!
Found the source of the knocking, also found two cracked piston rings
Ready for machining
hope everybody enjoys this build
Congrats on an excellent find , & good luck with the progress! 
