1968 F100 SWB Project (update 10/08/09 more stripes)

[03rangerxlt]

Hey, now I am even more excited! About 0330 this morning, my Sargeant followed me up the road so I could put air in one of the tires. It was a roughly 2 mile round trip. The truck stalled once, and blew a lot of white smoke out once I restarted her, but otherwise ran great. I got it up to 45MPH. I am pretty damn happy right now

good job getting it going again. curious on why it had white smoke though?

I don't kow for sure if it was white. It was 4am, and the smoke was being illuminated by overhead lights. It smelled like it was rich with fuel when it started up again.

[03rangerxlt]

oh yeah, what was the stock tire size and width for these trucks? I am gonna at least do the front tires on my truck.

[03rangerxlt]

hey guys, i reallly do need help with this. I don't know what width wheel or what size ire will fit this truck right. can anybody chime in?

[rjewkes]

i haven't seen you rims to tell if they are the stock steel type, but mostly they seem to be 235 75 R15's.

[03rangerxlt]

Thanks, i appreciate the help with the info. I am gonna go with new wheels and tires up front first. I wanna get something safer on my steering wheels.

[03rangerxlt]

Just finished this up:
I was kinda bored tonight and finished off a project I started almost a year ago. My project truck, a 1968 Ford F100, has a C6 automatic with a column shifter. It didn't have a knob for the end of the shifter, so I ordered two replacement knobs from LMC Truck Parts. The photos should speak for what i crafted up. Tonight I just used the dremel to clean up the epoxy that overflowed into the cavity. I can't wait to get this on my truck.

[03rangerxlt]

[marvin2]

That's pretty awesome man....good job!

[03rangerxlt]

I know I update on just the littlest things, but i hit a milestone last night. I drove the truck from my precinct to my apartment, 30 miles. The longest trip that truck has seen prior was 15 miles in 2004. The motor chugged along fine. Now the brakes are another story. SCARY! I am gonna redo the whole brake system, but I am keeping it manual to keep the cost low. But my truck is home, for the first time ever.

[FormerMarine1981]

Awesome work on getting it home. Power brakes are not that expensive of an upgrade and well worth it in my opinion. Keep up the good work.

[03rangerxlt]

Pics of my cleaned up interior. $6 worth of Mexican blankets worked well. Damn there was a lot of nasty garbage under the seat when I took it out. I started taking out the seat and cleaning up the interior around 2am, and had it back together like in teh pictures below by 4:30am. Still has a long way to go inside and out. I have been driving it on really short trips around my apartment, and it is so nice to cruise on a nice day with my arm out the window of my ol' pick-up. Now if I could only get the brakes to work!

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AFTER:

[03rangerxlt]

did the brakes today and put the missing hardware on the front end. I am going to have to find a hardware kit for the rear brakes, as I am missing pieces off those too it turns out. But the truck has more peddle feel and stops a hell of a lot better with the front brakes done with new wheel cylinders, shoes, and self adjusting hardware. gotta find a source for some parts off the back end now!

[rjewkes]

should be able to get most at napa 'oriely or autozone. would be a brake hardware kit. Made by Brakeworks usualy.

[03rangerxlt]

A buddy and I did a little work on the truck today. A little work went a long way, as we pulled the front springs, cut them, and put 'em back for about 2" of drop. We were going to flip the rear, but its gonna need a notch, plus shackles. Here are pics of how it went down today, plus some extra Ford eye candy...

[03rangerxlt]

was bored last night, cleaned and painted my ugly white wheels to make them slightly less ugly black wheels.