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hey guys im matt 17 years old my grandma gave me the keys to her 68 f100 when i turned 15 and since then ive done a few changes...the motor is now a 351W bored .30 w/ headers,edelbrock intake,carb, ford racing wires cap & rotor..rebuilt FMX trans and a stock 9" rear end.../b]

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most recent pic about 6 months ago had a halfass flip kit with saddle mounts with walls that werent high enough, broke the trans yoke and lost the driveshaft with one launch barely got it running this week with a brand new drive shaft...
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Hey Matt, :wel: to the site from Florida! Looks like you havent wasted any time... nice looking project! :fr:
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:wel: from central Texas! :fr:

great project, keep up the good work.
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thanks guys ive really been dreaming about the bagging out the rear and fell in love with the way wickedinhere did his rear end but dont know if its in my budget...
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:wel: from Georgia! Great project! I'm putting the same engine in my bump. Almost exactly the same, except I'm going serpentine. I see you've got shorty headers, like I was thinking. How's the install on those? Everything clear?
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sargentrs wrote::wel: from Georgia! Great project! I'm putting the same engine in my bump. Almost exactly the same, except I'm going serpentine. I see you've got shorty headers, like I was thinking. How's the install on those? Everything clear?
pretty easy no problem but i kinda wanna get rid of them and go long tube
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Welcome from North Carolina. :thup:
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:wel: Matt 8)

Job Well Done :thup:
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Welcome from Montana! Your pretty ambitious for your age!
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Hello and :wel: from Northern Ca
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Matt,
:wel: from choo-choo land. Love the truck also really great to see the ambitious work going into it! :thup:
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thanks a lot guys and yeah im into the racing thing so trying to get it going just need to install my cam
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