1972 Ford F100 Project.

[DuckRyder]

Looking good!

[North56]

Painted the rear axle black.

[North56]

Have been busy installing a back up water line to the house the last few days, but, I found time to pull the engine out of the truck today. Next will be to wire wheel and paint the front rails, pull the I-beam, see if the king pins are ok, and wire wheel and paint also. Also ordered Energy Suspension axle and radius arm bushings for the I-beam. If you think I have overlooked something, let me know.

[North56]

Tomorrow I will start removing the I-beam. The King Pins have about 1/16" of play. I think they are fine, but I have never worked with king pins before. What do you think, should I leave them alone?

[popeyes71]

Wow, your making some good progress! She's going to look great when your done! As for the king pins, I don't have much experience with them either but I would say replace them. It's easier to do it now while the truck is apart, rather than later. I'm sure someone else here will have a little more to add. Keep up the great work!

[hfdco4]

I would do the King Pins as well. You might want to look into disc brakes for the front too.

[North56]

I would do the King Pins as well. You might want to look into disc brakes for the front too.

I have the disc brakes from a 1978 F150 donor truck, the problem is the 1972 is a manual shift, three on the tree. To much hassle to shorten the 1972 steering column.

[hfdco4]

Convert it to a floor shift. In my opinion, brakes and steering are the two places to over build your project!

[North56]

Pulled the king pins, one slid out easy, the other one took an hour. They must of been changed before, plastic bushings. I then pulled the I-beam out.





Today I wire wheeled the front frame and gave it coat of acid.

[North56]

Front frame with primer.

[DuckRyder]

Looking good!

[North56]

Wired wheeled and brushed acid on the drivers side I-beam.

[North56]

Painted front frame semi-gloss black.

[hfdco4]

Nice progress!

[North56]

Nice progress!

Thanks