My truck turns into a pretty long story but it has been really fun.
First Things first:
1972 Ford F250 4X4
NP435
Dana 24
Not Sure 360 or 390
Basically I bought the truck last October for $1,000 in Port Orchard WA and from the get go its been a small but enjoyable nightmare. Had to get towed from the place I bought to the nearest parts store put a starter in the truck, solenoid, and throttle springs (pinky toe and it was on the floor
) I drove it back to ellensburg where I reside and managed to drop the intermediate shaft on the side of I-90 and by the time I stopped had a glorious half mile hike to find the driveshaft. From there when I got home realized even more issues, Cracked exhaust manifolds, corroded alternator, bad waterpump, radiator that finally sealed with an entire tube of jb weld. Found new manifolds on ebay replaced them only broke one bolt. The last bolt.... Replaced the aforementioned parts good to go except the exhaust I had on there was just destroyed. Someone had used the aluminum putty stuff instead of exhaust donuts so that went to scrap.
Fast forward to January got brand new exhaust, Dynomax VT mufflers (awesome mufflers btw) and started to drive the truck finally.
Month later bent a pushrod....
... Pulled the rocker arm and had two other destroyed pushrods with missing ball ends. Got new rods threw it back together drove it to get the carb tuned at my buddys place and ran like complete garbage, just terrible. Wiped the cam. At least two lobes I havent pulled the motor apart yet. Truck has sat for the last two months.
Well two weeks ago I picked up a 72 F100 (360, Comfort Package, no ac, Cruise-O-Matic trans) that runs amazing has all the original documentation (the window sticker, owners manual, and warranty card) One family truck 108k miles. Just amazing vehicle.
SO I started stripping down the entire F-250 and Im almost done with it to do a Body swap from the F100. Im taking literally everything from the f100 except the frame and front spindles for my F-250. (well not the axle buddy needed that)
And thats where I sit right now on my truck. I have a bunch of pictures of the Current f250 and where Im at on it. Basically I need to take the parking brake assembly out and the drivers vent and the wiring harness and its stripped minus glass, doors, and trim.
Heres the photobucket album: http://s860.photobucket.com/user/Witchy ... 50%20Build
Thanks for looking!
from Georgia!
