My 68 flareside project.

[wickedinhere]

radiator too small?

NOPE, its just a core for a v8, common mod when you use a 73 and up core support on our trucks with a 6 cylinder.
Please try to keep up.LOL

[killakobra]

sorry. been too busy working with the RAD. support sitting off the truck. i'll have to remember that.

[wickedinhere]

Today i finally crawled under my truck and bolted the tranny down and hooked the speedo
cable up and put the drive shaft back on. I had been putting that off till the end but its done now, i got the fuel line finished all the way to the fuel cell and put oil in the motor and put a new oil filter on. I got the coil wire hooked to the switch so all i have to do is get some radiator hose clamps, fill the tranny and radiator and charge the battery and its
go time. I should have it running this weekend.

[wickedinhere]

Well i got it cranked up yesterday but it wasnt firing on all 6 just 4 so a little trouble shooting found that the 2 magnets on the pertronix shaft wheel were put in backwards. I took it apart this morning and put the 2 magnets like they were suppose to be and its running on all 6 now. With the electronics, intake, carb and header this 240 came to life, it was sluggish at best before but now its running strong.

[dablack00]

That is a great feeling when you get it put back together, hit the key and the thing makes noise all on its own!

[FordTruck]

Nice project !! Its cool seeing someone use an inline 6,you don't happen to still have the old 1bbl carb do you?

[wickedinhere]

Yes i have still have it. it needs a rebuild

[FordTruck]

I'm trying to swap a 300 in my F250 and was wondering if you could get a couple measurements for me. I need the ones from each side of the motor to the frame rail and also how tall are your engine perches. If you could get those it would help alot in helping me get a general idea where my engine needs to sit.

[wickedinhere]

I will measure for you this weekend

[wickedinhere]

Well i am finally starting on the body work and decided to start with the floors, the previous owner decided to do some home brew repairs. I figured i would
start with the bad stuff first so i started prying up the patches and its a good thing i did. The previous owner said they wirewheeled the floor the put some rust treatment on before putting the bootleg patch on, well he lied go figure. Its bare metal under the patch, good thing i ordered floor pans i just need to get the rest of this garbage off of the floor oh he also used window caulk to make sure it sealed real good. Here are some pics from today i hope to have this side off tomorrow.

[wickedinhere]

Well i finally got the patch out and the the bad part of the floor pan cut out.
I was looking at the cab mount and its got some surface rust but nothing bad
i will clean it and treat it with rust converter.I start poking at the kick panel and i notice it looks funny so i hit it with the air hammer and guess what i find a fiberglass patch right over the rust hole. I cant for the life of me figure out why they would not cut the rust out before they try to repair it.PICS.

[edselehr]

wickedinhere, any reason you went with the Offy C v. the dual plane? I'm trying to make some final decisions as I get ready to recam and recarg my '77 300.

[wickedinhere]

I choose it cause it will be a little better as far as power in the mid range plus the carb wont sit sideways like it will on the offy dp.

[wickedinhere]

Well i thought i had found all the rust on the drivers side but it went in the door jam as well so i took a break from the project for a while. I got the rest cut out today and started getting the door jam put back together. The previous owner just put filler over the rust didnt even bother to cut the rust out or put any rust killer on it.Here are some pics.

[70shortwide]

looking good!

I like how you always post pics! brings a lot of perspective to your work.