my 67 F100 build on a budget

[derbydad276]

I bought this truck in 2010 for $1500 for my son to drive to school kinda as a father son project

when we first brought it home we started looking at it and said .....
It needs to be lower so we chopped a coil and a half out of the front and flipped the spring hangers in the back and dropped it 3 inches all around . cost me $2 bucks for nuts and bolts

he then said ....
it needs to be hotrod black!
so after a little research he and I sprayed it with rusteoleum satin black with a harbor freight spray gun
cost me $75 bucks !

he graduated 2 years ago went off to college and left it behind for me to toy around in its a blast to drive
my mother in law made me a blanket seat cover for the 93 F150 seat I grabbed at the local pic a part for $50 bucks
and I even treated it to parking in the garage this winter
I have been slowly picking up parts for its next stage
I scored a low mile 1971 400 engine and c6 trans for $250 bucks
and I got a 3.73 gear posi 8.8 rear for it cheap too
today I picked up a 2004 Lincoln Towncar front suspension for $200 so I can do a Fast n Loud style
suspension upgrade I think Im holding up to the $5000 challenge

[DanStokes]

Looks like fun. Can I drop off one of mine for you to mess with while I'm otherwise engaged!

Glad you guys are having fun with it.

Dan

[BBR]

Yeeeeesssssss. Bump and dent sides are my favorites!

[Beagle]

Smooth looking ride! I look every now and then and never see an affordable Panther front end. I really want to do that to my truck... It would be really nice to not have to "herd" the thing.

Your truck is really straight looking. Pampered life?

[Huskinhano]

I'd love to build up an early 70's F100 like that. Great project you have. I can' t wait to see more. Oh yeah, did I tell you I hate you?

[milner351]

Love it

[JOES66FURY]

cool rig!

[derbydad276]

finally tore into it 300 six on the floor
mile long exhaust system on the floor
front sheet metal unbolted ready to lift off now I need a couple helpers to lift it off

[derbydad276]

[68scott385]

That IS a good looking truck.

[derbydad276]

G

[derbydad276]

I'm thinking of adding a aftermarket EFI to my new engine I'm seriously looking at this system

http://www.affordable-fuel-injection.com/ixxocart/products/Ford_Complete_TBI_System_w_Distributor-13-13.html

what have the rest of you on here done?

[hauen]

It's almost like what I did with the old 292 in Ernie, if I were going to do it over again I'd probably get a microsquirt instead of a microsquirt module. That setup is cool, but not $1200 bucks worth of cool, especially considering the fact that you've still got to plumb it and wire it anyway.

http://www.bangshift.com/forum/forum/bangshift/project-cars-update/29405-ernie-the-61-unibody

The Silver Buick also did the same basic thing to his '67 T-Bird.

http://www.bangshift.com/forum/forum/bangshift/project-cars-update/4534-thesilverbuick-s-1967-thunderbird

I think any hot rodder/shadetree mechanic of average ability should be able to do a TBI conversion with a little planning for under a grand and over a weekend.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions about how I did it.

[derbydad276]

log in problems have kept me from updating progress but I think they are solved for now

got my front clip off which came undone surprisingly easy and the more I look I'm finding the whole thing has been apart before ( big surprise )
went at it with a couple cans of good old fashioned GUNK degreaser and went at it with a power washer amazing how clean my frame is
gonna do the big push memorial weekend and go to the point of no return once I cut the original cross member out there's no going back !

[derbydad276]

attacked it over the weekend
only took 4 hours to remove the i beams & steering box
took another 6 to get it in place for the first time