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hi everyone i have a 1969 f100 long bed, i bought it 6 years a go as a daily driver it was stone stock 240 6 with 3 on the tree even down to the stock rims did a little work on it as i drove it to work, but now have it all tore down it has a 74 jag front end and a flipped axle in the back working on putting the 6 back in-it for now, plans for down the road is a 302 with a 5 speed stick, and some body mod's as well , i have found this site to be one of the best for these's kind of truck, found a lot of info over the years on here as i surf the web for what i was looking for, you have a great web site here and hope i will feel right at home here, thank you and happy truckin
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:wel: from SoCal. Glad you've joined us!
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welcome from Victoria b.c. Canada! I surfed this site for years as well scooping up information and decided it was the best site out there.
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Welcome aboard from Northern Ca. Look forward to seeing pics of your ride.
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:wel: from choo-choo town. Love the username! :lol:
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:wel: from sw ga. :fr:
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Welcome fom Washingon State. Love to see pics of the front end conversion.
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:wel: from Texas! :fr:
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Welcome!
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thanks everyone for the warm welcome, i do have pics of what i'm working on just haven't had time to post any yet, hope to get some time this week to post them so you can see how that jag frontend turned out, i know some of you would like to see it, i think it came out great and droped it in the weed big time, will up date soon. well got some pics up of my truck in the photo galleries if you care to look. :fr:
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Howdy!
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:wel: From VA :fr:
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