Hello Everyone,
I've actually been a long time Chevy guy and bought my first F-100 not too long ago. Always had Nova's for the longest time, but after watching Gas Monkey Garage-No flaming please
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, I liked the way the 67-72 F-100's looked. I can't believe how affordable these trucks still are compared to C-10's. I mentioned to a friend how I wanted to buy one and he just happened to know of a "barn find" '68 F100 not far from my house that was 99% rust free, with a Fatman MII already in it, and pretty much everything else done except bodywork and paint. The previous owner owned it for 35 years and needed to sell it after a divorce. Funny thing was he is a Chevy guy and got the truck in teh divorce because his wife didn't like cars. The catch was the previous owner parked it 5 years ago because of a bad engine-it had too much endplay. It wasn't running when I got it, so I had the tank cleaned, put in a new electric fuel pump since it was bad, gas line and it fired right up. BUT he was right the thrust bearing is probably gone, because the crank moves quit a but, too bad because it runs really well! Now I just need to get an engine in before spring comes. It has a 302/C4 combo in it, so at least finding a rebuilt 302 shouldn't be too hard. If anyone knows of a good place to get one let me know. One builder close buy quoted me $2000 to rebuild a engine. Not sure if I want to spend that much right now, but I may have to.
Here are a few pictures:
When I first saw it:
After getting it cleaned up and running:
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