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- September 2, 2016, 8:59 pm
- Forum: Truck Talk
- Topic: 64 F100 standard tilt wheel donors? GM style ?
- Replies: 4
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Re: 64 F100 standard tilt wheel donors? GM style ?
Thanks for the info. i may have to do a custom set up as the steering box may be Mercedes Benz as the pump and bracket seem to be OEM stuff from a MB donor truck. The present column is a straight GM set up from an older truck and goes too far into the cab and is too long inside the firewall using th...
- September 2, 2016, 12:13 am
- Forum: Projects & Builds
- Topic: SLEEPING BEAUTY MB DIESEL 64 FORD F100 LONG WIDE BED PROJECT
- Replies: 12
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SLEEPING BEAUTY MB DIESEL 64 FORD F100 LONG WIDE BED PROJECT
Craigslist queen that was not a prank or in Nowhere USA, a 64 F100 long wide bed find with almost perfect body. She was bought by a Ford nut for a donor body on 80's frame swap that never happened. I dealt for her and am in the process of research and getting her to the first vehicles 3 S's Starting...
- September 1, 2016, 11:16 pm
- Forum: Truck Talk
- Topic: Rethinking the 460 I have in my 66
- Replies: 18
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Re: Rethinking the 460 I have in my 66
We had a 1978 F150 with a 6 did pretty good on gas. We had an automatic 76 f150 with 460 and would pass anything on the road except a filling station. Friend reminded me when bemoaning my Chevy 1 ton mpg , "you bought the truck to haul and pull, not for gas mileage" . He had a point. Build...
- September 1, 2016, 11:07 pm
- Forum: Truck Talk
- Topic: GOOD SWAP IN SEAT FOR 64 FORD F100 WITH FLOOR SHIFT?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 553
Re: GOOD SWAP IN SEAT FOR 64 FORD F100 WITH FLOOR SHIFT?
Thanks for the info. I heard of a parts truck dirt cheap and may drag it in for parts. My friend has the truck on his farm 50 mile away so I am doing research so far. Got a MB diesel powered F100.
- September 1, 2016, 2:11 pm
- Forum: Truck Talk
- Topic: GOOD SWAP IN SEAT FOR 64 FORD F100 WITH FLOOR SHIFT?
- Replies: 2
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GOOD SWAP IN SEAT FOR 64 FORD F100 WITH FLOOR SHIFT?
Bought a seatless 1964 F100 with 4 speed floor shift. I have some Ford 1985 van bucket seats with factory bases. QUESTION: WHAT DONOR SEATS GO WELL INTO THE CAB? I do not have even a seat frame to go off of as 60's Fords rare around here. Any suggestions appreciated . Thanks.Mark
- September 1, 2016, 2:03 pm
- Forum: Truck Talk
- Topic: 64 F100 standard tilt wheel donors? GM style ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 952
64 F100 standard tilt wheel donors? GM style ?
I bought a 1964 Ford F100 standard transmission Frankenstein truck with a Mercedes Benz OM314 4 cylinder diesel shoe horned in for a repower. The swappers put in a GM style steering column with a straight tube out to the firewall and u joints on a shaft to a GM? power steering box. The problem is th...