72 F100 project, longbed to short conv, CV swap, 20s

JG F100 · Post by **JG F100** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:04 am

AK F100 wrote:Looks great man. Keep it up and you'll have her done in no time.

I hope so, but it has taken me a while to get to this point. Frame chop was done back in March and the bed cut in Aug. I was able to make a nice progress over the holidays.

JG F100 · Post by **JG F100** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:09 am

Yeah, now I've got an extra bed. The old one is up against the wall in my garage and since I need the space will have to sell it. My first thought was to cut it up and use it to repair the other one but decided against doing that. Anyone need a "long" short bed?

1971ford · Post by **1971ford** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:56 am

fordman wrote:no there are two different beds in those pics. the first one is a long bed with the front shortened. the second one is a shortbed that he repaired.

your right, i missed that sentance that said he found one

dablack00 · Post by **dablack00** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:19 pm

Hey,

I've seen that bed and drivers door before.

Work looks great. I'm glad you could use the parts.

JG F100 · Post by **JG F100** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:49 am

dablack00 wrote:Hey,

I've seen that bed and drivers door before.

Work looks great. I'm glad you could use the parts.

Yep, but now that I got it together I'm thinking of taking it apart to work on the suspension.

dablack00 · Post by **dablack00** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:08 am

That is the way it goes on these things. You look at one thing and want to fix it. You fix it and then another thing really sticks out at you. Then you think, "hey, these things are pretty easy to take apart and put back together, I do that too." Next thing you know you have a bare frame sitting in the driveway.

DavidJoe · Post by **DavidJoe** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:01 pm

I may have goofed on mine I cut out 17 inches based on bed dimensions I found here at Fordification.com, I guess I'll be stuck with cutting my long bed down.

JG F100 · Post by **JG F100** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:08 pm

DavidJoe wrote:I may have goofed on mine I cut out 17 inches based on bed dimensions I found here at Fordification.com, I guess I'll be stuck with cutting my long bed down.

You may be able to move the axle back an inch?

JG F100 · Post by **JG F100** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:14 pm

So just add another update, I removed and cut out all the ibeam suspension. Original plan was to go mustang II but I'm most likely going to do a crown vic swap

carcrafter22 · Post by **carcrafter22** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:39 pm

Good idea. You will save alot of money going with the 03-07 cv front suspesnion and its almost a bolt in setup.

drytoast · Post by **drytoast** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:47 pm

The truck looks great. Thanks for all the pics and keep us updated.

JG F100 · Post by **JG F100** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:54 pm

carcrafter22 wrote:Good idea. You will save alot of money going with the 03-07 cv front suspesnion and its almost a bolt in setup.

Yeah, I still remember reading your other thread last year, thinking... That's brilliant!!

JG F100 · Post by **JG F100** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:02 am

I'm hoping to make some more progress soon, brought home an 05 cv crossmember...

gave it good power wash...

tybob81 · Post by **tybob81** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:56 am

Cant wait to see some pic of the instalation. great job

chet · Post by **chet** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:36 pm

looks good! I am looking at doing the CV suspension as well. How do you know where to locate the lower rear mount?

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