NOTE: This page is more of a 'dentside' photo reference page than anything else, just for my own personal reference. However, I decided to post these pictures, in case someone else might be able to use them for any reason.

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Fig. 05 - Ray is saving this '78 as a parts truck for his other '79 Supercab...an F350 4x4 (shown farther down on this page). The front sheetmetal is in very good condition, though the cab and box are totally rusted out.

Fig. 06 - Removing the right-side outer fender to get to the inner fender. This was in extremely nice shape...the underside was nice and shiny.

Fig. 07 - Just another quick shot of the truck, after pulling all the inner fender bolts, prior to pulling it out.

Fig. 08 - shows the cable-type accelerator linkage. (I had removed the bolts to salvage this before it dawned on me I should take a picture.)

Fig. 09 - Another  accelerator cable and brackets shot. The silver L-bracket bolted to this is the mounting bracket for the cruise control servo. You can also see the Saginaw PS box prior to removal, but after I removed the steering column.

Fig. 10 - Decal with A/C charging instructions, mounted on the radiator support.

Fig. 11 - Radiator filling instructions, also affixed to the radiator support.

Fig.12 (above) - Fig 13 (below)

Fig. 14 - A close-up of the hood latch and grille shell support bracket. The support bracket won't be used when I attempt to install this latch on my choptop truck.

Fig. 15 - A close-up of the plastic gas pedal pivot bracket. I was never aware that these were changed from pot-metal to plastic in '78.

Fig. 16 - The floorpan grommet for the e-brake cable.

Fig. 17 - A lighter delete dash plug

Fig. 18 - A view of the safety sticker mounted on the lower left dash area.

Fig. 19 - The redesigned transmission tunnel included clearance for big automatic transmissions, so a removable tunnel cover was no longer required for these applications.

Fig. 20 - The stock radio mounting and heater/AC mounts

Fig. 21 - A view of the dash panel with the front bezels removed.

     These are the engine perches in question. Ray swears that he knows the complete history of this truck, that is was special-ordered from the factory with a 300cid I6 and a C4 transmission. He pulled the engine and sold it some time back. However, these are definitely different from the I6/FE perches that we've all seen from the pre-'78 trucks. So...are these a new I6 perch design, going along with many of the other changes made for the '78 model year? I didn't notice this until I came home and was looking at these pictures, but it appears as if the front crossmember isn't as wide (front-to-back) as the pre-'78 trucks. Was the front crossmember redesigned, meaning the perches would also have to be reconfigured? Will these work in pre-'78 trucks? Will these still also work with the FE engines?
     I had to get to the bottom of this, so I grabbed these and brought them home, and I'm going to be doing some close comparison of these with the pre-'78 perches.

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Ray had this '78 front end sitting around, and I was able to get the left-side inner fender, the radiator support and hood hinges from it.

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Here's a couple shots of Ray's heavy-duty hydraulic wood splitter. He was splitting firewood while I was there, and unfortunately some welds in the splitter let go. He had to put in a call to the local welder with the big guns.

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