Nick02
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Since my Dakota is too ugly/impractical/expensive/hassle to drive on the street I decided that I need a new truck to do truck things with, like tow stuff (dakota, horse trailer) but it had to be cool. My current daily driver, a 1998 montero with 200K is on it's last leg too so I need something that can tote my butt around. I also need something reliable and nice for less hardcore then the dakota for overland trips.
This truck should combine all my passions into one bundle, 4x4 stuff, restoration and vintage cool machines. I've been looking a for this body style/grille ford from four years ago when I pulled the transfer-case out of one similar in order to do a 4wd conversion on my dakota, and my girlfriend has wanted one too, so it will be "hers" until my DD blows up.
Anyways, I hunted for years and found this nice 1959 f100 franken truck.
I found the truck on craigslist and checked it out, and was amazed that the thing had a frame off and all the sheetmetal was like brand new, undented chrome grille…. I had to have it! Soo I took it home and paid too much, but it has a nice title and is all "there".
The truck was being restored with a kid and his dad from a mid 90's restoration, but the kids dad died and he couldn't work on it, so it sat.
This franken truck was originally a 2wd 59 with a 60 grille and other things.
Underneath is a Closed knuckle HD44 with some weird lockouts, a D60 in the rear, a dana24 divorced transfercase, and a Clarke two ton 5 speed transmission out of an f500-f600 platform; kinda retro cool!
It has a 292V8 Y block, way oldschool. My buddy and I got it to run but will never have the power/reliability for what I want.
Plans are
-Replace the 292 Y with a modern 460CI 7.5L big block out of a 1994 F250.
-Replace the vintage dana 44 with the current one in my Dakota, gain disks, HP, better turning radius... etc
-Fix the steering, find a original steering wheel.
-Lower it back to stock, some tall skinny tires would be nice 32-33" tall.
here it is the day I got it home
cool lockouts, anyone know what they are out of?
clarke 5 speed
Interesting slider shackle design.
dana 24
I now own 4 dana 24's!
after a nice cleaning the interior looks sweet.
and the engine runs!
This truck should combine all my passions into one bundle, 4x4 stuff, restoration and vintage cool machines. I've been looking a for this body style/grille ford from four years ago when I pulled the transfer-case out of one similar in order to do a 4wd conversion on my dakota, and my girlfriend has wanted one too, so it will be "hers" until my DD blows up.
Anyways, I hunted for years and found this nice 1959 f100 franken truck.
I found the truck on craigslist and checked it out, and was amazed that the thing had a frame off and all the sheetmetal was like brand new, undented chrome grille…. I had to have it! Soo I took it home and paid too much, but it has a nice title and is all "there".
The truck was being restored with a kid and his dad from a mid 90's restoration, but the kids dad died and he couldn't work on it, so it sat.
This franken truck was originally a 2wd 59 with a 60 grille and other things.
Underneath is a Closed knuckle HD44 with some weird lockouts, a D60 in the rear, a dana24 divorced transfercase, and a Clarke two ton 5 speed transmission out of an f500-f600 platform; kinda retro cool!
It has a 292V8 Y block, way oldschool. My buddy and I got it to run but will never have the power/reliability for what I want.
Plans are
-Replace the 292 Y with a modern 460CI 7.5L big block out of a 1994 F250.
-Replace the vintage dana 44 with the current one in my Dakota, gain disks, HP, better turning radius... etc
-Fix the steering, find a original steering wheel.
-Lower it back to stock, some tall skinny tires would be nice 32-33" tall.
here it is the day I got it home
cool lockouts, anyone know what they are out of?
clarke 5 speed
Interesting slider shackle design.
dana 24
I now own 4 dana 24's!
after a nice cleaning the interior looks sweet.
and the engine runs!
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