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Well, her she is. This is a 66 f-100 that my dad-n-law, Mike Savka, bought in 1998. It had big block/ C-6 in it already, the old owner said it was a 460, turned out to be a very wore out 1972 429. The old owner had just detailed the engine before selling it, when I removed the engine to rebuild, I found out why he wanted to sell it. I found three oil pump drive shafts in the bottom of the pan, two of which were mangled. I had a local engine guy/friend, Jim Gabreil Sr. (Gabe's Grenade's Inc. ;D) do the machine work and help me put it together. We put in a 460 crank, full Comp roller valve train, I cleaned up the ports in the heads, added a 10" ATI converter to the rebuilt C-6, and put it all back in, among a ton of other repairs and mods I did to the whole truck. That was 1999-2000. Did some drag racing/Shows but, it was decided to paint it in 2002, as the paint was horrible looking, as well as all the weather stripping, etc, was bad. As most of you know, that stuff can eat up a lot of time when you are doing the work after hours and on weekends. It has been a long road but, there is light at the end of the tunnel, not a train, as it has felt for years. Here are some pictures, first one is from when it came into the family.
Fresh drivetrain going back in, 1999
Fresh mill all tuned and ready for battle, sit of the pants dyno says 490+, 3500RPM 10" converter made a HUGE improvement in how quick the truck is. Tested a friends Vericom 1000 G-tech on it, 13.11 at 110 on street rubber
Some before and after of the inside of the cab. Changed to silver from white. I had to make a whole new center dash and weld it in were the radio goes from the years of everyone hacking on it.
The uglyest colored seat you have ever seen, it was in prefect shape, free, and being recovered ;D
Rear of chassis done before the box went back on
I wish I took a before pic of the heater box, it was covered in white spray paint, here's the after shoot, these small pieces and parts are the fun stuff of a big project because you can see your handy work in a finished job in just a days worth of work, a good motivator to keep you working towards the finish line
I moved the gas tank to the box
I used the metal foot pad from a 79 Fseries with an Auto, cut and welded it to the 66 lever
I'll share more as I go.
Fresh drivetrain going back in, 1999
Fresh mill all tuned and ready for battle, sit of the pants dyno says 490+, 3500RPM 10" converter made a HUGE improvement in how quick the truck is. Tested a friends Vericom 1000 G-tech on it, 13.11 at 110 on street rubber
Some before and after of the inside of the cab. Changed to silver from white. I had to make a whole new center dash and weld it in were the radio goes from the years of everyone hacking on it.
The uglyest colored seat you have ever seen, it was in prefect shape, free, and being recovered ;D
Rear of chassis done before the box went back on
I wish I took a before pic of the heater box, it was covered in white spray paint, here's the after shoot, these small pieces and parts are the fun stuff of a big project because you can see your handy work in a finished job in just a days worth of work, a good motivator to keep you working towards the finish line
I moved the gas tank to the box
I used the metal foot pad from a 79 Fseries with an Auto, cut and welded it to the 66 lever
I'll share more as I go.
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