I have UNOFFICIALLY got my old truck

[DanStokes]

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Pete - don't you think he should go with a 300" six and maybe a turbo or a blower?

Dan

[squirrel]

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Or you could just grease the king pins and get it driving....

[SpiderGearsMan]

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otc makes a hydraulic king pin press that is just fantastic , if you work on ford vans - it pays for itself

[milner351]

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I LOOOOOVE 50's ford trucks, and I'm green with envy!

[RR]

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Very cool trucks, indeed.

As for the front end, don't ignore the 03 up Marauder and Crown Vic suspension. The entire front suspension is mounted on an aluminum cross member that bolts in. You can unbolt it out of the Vic, weld on a few pads to your frame, and there you go- rack and pinion and disk brakes. And since alot of these cars were cop cars, you can get big brakes. And it is light! Check out this thread to see a guy do it with a 67-72 Ford pickup:

http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/716058-buildup-06-crown-vic-front-suspension-into-67-f100.html

I have also seen this done on a mid 80's Chevy truck- I think that the guy is a member here and goes by "Haulin it". Very cool. Plus I think it includes the motor mounts for the engine. If you buy an old cop car (relatively inexpensive), you can pull the entire drivetrain and swap it.

[squirrel]

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measure the width of the front suspension (preferably while it's on the donor car and has wheels/tires on it), make sure it'll fit. The early trucks are not as wide as newer trucks, and it might not fit very well.

King pins work great for me....really....nothing wrong with them. They still use them on bigger trucks. It's a clever design.

[Joe Grippo]

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Damn Charles, you stepped in shit! Nice.

I vote for rebuilding the stock suspension, add some good brakes and doing up a tasty Y-Block.
But that's me. Definitely keep us posted.

[Tazracing]

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I vote, get it running and on road..
check out ford truck boards, I'm sure someones dropped disc on the front i beam without replacing everything

a ford truck inline 6 , with a 5 speed

[squirrel]

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if you go with a wimpy little mod motor, you won't need disc brakes, just get the drums working right.

[Lon_H]

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Sweet! I had a 53 F-100, Meadow green, with Raven black running boards and bumpers. I put a Industrial Chassis crossmember in it, with Dodge Dakota suspension. I never got to drive it though, I miss that truck, and wish I could have finished it.

An inspirational pic. These things look awsome slammed.

[Tazracing]

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sanford and son

[BOOOGHAR]

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I want to run a narrower front suspension on the front to have more of a negative offset on the wheels and still tuck them into the fenders, its gunna be super low like this