1959 F100 4x4 Frankentruck

[timzim]

I love old Fords. I bought this 64 F100 last year to mess around with -- but I ended up selling it b/c it was a little impractical/lacked the space at the time.

Cool build. Subscribed.

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[Nick02]

I've been hoarding and found some orignal knob benzels, drivers glass, hydroboost from an astro van, windsheild and cowl trim, Repo steering wheel/column, and a spare 292Y block with accessories I couldn't pass up for $150.


Wanted to get the old 292 Yblock running to see if I would like it, and procrastinate the 460 swap till it's cooler outside and I have the time/funds to do it right.
so onto some bad news
I got the engine running, but it ran badly so I put pertronix on there, new plugs, wires, set timing etc.. but it still ran bad
so I ran a compression test and 5 out of the 8 cylenders had compression:'(
pulled the valve covers and found some bent pushrods and some missing.

Found the missing ones inside, but some already seriously bent one's too.

I find it amazing this engine ran


Some brand new pushrods and I found two stuck intake valves. Some MMO and a soft hammer freed them up; all the valves are closing/opening now, valve lash was stupid tight so some valves were open so I readjusted them to .019, and now all cyls have compression! good to go! she runs good and starts easy just tuning stuff now!



I flipped the shackles over in the rear in order to return them to their natural position.


235/85/16 tires, cant beat the price of free! came off the 1994!


Next step is to take the body lift off and install steering. The steering gear I got off craigslist(boo!) had a shot worm gear so I decided to to with the toyota PS conversion. I found a push pull toyota box in the junkyard, going to go pull it today!

[Revco]

Killer. Those Y-Blocks will flat out run. I've got tons of vintage speed parts for them, but I'm a parts hoarder, so they aren't for sale. If you haven't already found him, John Mummert sells Y-Block speed parts at www.ford-y-block.com, lots of goodies there. Keep up the progress.

[Mark Harley]

Keep posting build pictures. This one is cool!

[02TahoeMD]

Keep posting build pictures. This one is cool!

x2! this project just ooooozes awesomeness!

[Liventre]

*Like*

[Nick02]

More junkyard lady parts! a toyota power 4x4 push pull steering box!


I took the bodylift off, the previous owner used all-thread on everything which made the process interesting.
Brand new body mounts, bolts and bed bolts.

Here is how the giant transmission fit



about 3/8" of gap here


I forgot about the radiator and wound up crushing the bottom tube so I'am going to try and solder it back together tomorrow.

It's looking way better in there!



Picked up an entire y block and spare stuff for $150



The headlight covers I got chromed!

New steering wheel and shaft

[redthies]

This is one of the coolest projects going on ExPo!

[Mark Harley]

All thread for the body lift?
A shear strength of "0" that stuff is junk!

[lstzephyr]

yep this is an awesome thread! If you don't mind can you get an overall shot without the body lift? I'm curious how tall it is.