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64 F-100 SWB Retro-Patina Build
Posted: June 11, 2015, 9:05 pm
by TurnAroundTrucks
Re: 64 F-100 SWB Retro-Patina Build
Posted: June 12, 2015, 7:22 am
by bruceandersson
That took some force to bend that link. Great looking truck to start with.
Re: 64 F-100 SWB Retro-Patina Build
Posted: June 12, 2015, 1:44 pm
by TurnAroundTrucks
Thanks Bruce... I have two more 64 F-100s standing in-line after this one.....
Re: 64 F-100 SWB Retro-Patina Build
Posted: June 12, 2015, 3:14 pm
by foodstick
Off to a good start ! gonna be fun watching you go thru it...
Re: 64 F-100 SWB Retro-Patina Build
Posted: June 12, 2015, 5:10 pm
by SteveCanup
Watching....this should be really good...
Re: 64 F-100 SWB Retro-Patina Build
Posted: June 13, 2015, 8:25 am
by SteveCanup
I watched Taken 3 last night....saw your truck....that was pretty cool...
Re: 64 F-100 SWB Retro-Patina Build
Posted: June 13, 2015, 9:28 am
by TurnAroundTrucks
Steve it is pretty cool to see it there.... When I start the teardown I will document the "as is" status. They had welded 12 inch steel pipe/tubes to raise it to look like a 4x4 along with the white spoked wheels. It is a 289 V8 with a C4 automatic tranny. There was no way it was ever going to roll the way they did it - it was in a static position for the scenes that shot with it. Cool owning it but I am not going to leave that look for the final appearance. The pictures can tell the story.
Thanks for the update.
Re: 64 F-100 SWB Retro-Patina Build
Posted: June 23, 2015, 4:33 pm
by TurnAroundTrucks
Re: 64 F-100 SWB Retro-Patina Build
Posted: June 25, 2015, 11:32 am
by TurnAroundTrucks
Sid Drapal called me yesterday and said my Dropped Axle is ready to ship to me....
I also received my Disc Brake Conversion Kit from Speedway.....
Re: 64 F-100 SWB Retro-Patina Build
Posted: July 1, 2015, 6:15 am
by TurnAroundTrucks
I have been looking for a shop to reverse re-arch my leaf springs so I can flip the bushing eyes over to help with additional lowering - as per Sid Drapal (
http://droppedaxles.com/index.html) and finally found one here in Atlanta. They come highly recommended so we shall give them a try this week with my '64 Ford F-100 Front Leaf Springs as I prepare to install my 3 inch dropped front axle that Sid is finishing up this week. Pictures to follow....
http://drivelineserviceofnorthatlanta.com/index.html
Re: 64 F-100 SWB Retro-Patina Build
Posted: July 6, 2015, 8:43 pm
by TurnAroundTrucks
Well my front leaf springs have been reverse re-arched and I picked them up today from the Spring Shop. What my "new" reversed and re-arched front leaf springs look like for my '64 F100 is pretty cool. I will install these with a Sid Drapal 3 inch Dropped Axle attached. As you can see by my picture below I removed the number 2 leaf out of the spring stack to give me a little more drop. Based on conversations with Sid I expect to lose a total of 5+ inches with this easy modification and retain my original ride and use factory original parts which is what I wanted to do. I will be doing some similar things to the rear. Stay tuned for install pictures when I get that all completed in the near future. Thanks Sid Drapal!!!
Re: 64 F-100 SWB Retro-Patina Build
Posted: July 8, 2015, 4:34 pm
by TurnAroundTrucks
Re: 64 F-100 SWB Retro-Patina Build
Posted: July 8, 2015, 5:40 pm
by orangeRcode
Nice progress!
Re: 64 F-100 SWB Retro-Patina Build
Posted: July 8, 2015, 9:17 pm
by SteveCanup
Moving along! Can't wait to see the drop axle in place...it'll be sweet!
Re: 64 F-100 SWB Retro-Patina Build
Posted: July 10, 2015, 3:30 pm
by TurnAroundTrucks
As I talked about in the last '64 Ford F100 Build Post here are some close-ups of the mock-up of flipping the rear front Leaf springs mount to get more drop in the rear to help with the modifications to the leaf springs themselves that is a reverse arch and removal of several of the existing leafs. Expected drop is 5-6 inches in the rear to match the drop that will occur in the front with the Sid Drapal 3 inch dropped axle and the front reverse arched and removed leaf springs he advised me to do.... Stay tuned....
Re: 64 F-100 SWB Retro-Patina Build
Posted: July 10, 2015, 3:32 pm
by TurnAroundTrucks
Got the frame ready to spray tomorrow morning with POR 15 Semi-Gloss Black.... looking forward to getting this done so I can start putting the suspension, rear-end, and disc brake conversion back on.....
Re: 64 F-100 SWB Retro-Patina Build
Posted: July 10, 2015, 5:30 pm
by SteveCanup
Looking great! Did you have to drill a hole through the frame for the bolt to go through the front rear hangers? From the picture it looks like the bolt hole was below the top of the frame. Can't wait to see the progress on your truck.
Re: 64 F-100 SWB Retro-Patina Build
Posted: July 10, 2015, 8:47 pm
by TurnAroundTrucks
Steve I used two of the original rivet holes (diagonal) and had to drill two new ones. I used Grade 8 7/16 bolts to reinstall the mount. I went back and looked at your method of doing the modification and see that you only used three of the existing holes? I think the same effect is achieved just two different paths of getting to the objective...
I also saw where you left your rear leaf springs original as to where I am removing springs as well as reverse arching the main spring in order to flip the bushing eyelets over. I did the same on my front leaf springs as well (only one leaf removed) along with a 3 inch dropped axle. How does your front mono leaf spring work? Do you get much frame bump out of it or mushy feel to the ride?
Re: 64 F-100 SWB Retro-Patina Build
Posted: July 11, 2015, 8:37 am
by SteveCanup
Yes....I wanted to keep my full spring pack in the rear for hauling stuff. My wife and I are 'hobby farmers" so I have to have a truck, but I wanted something that I could also cruise around in. I occasionally haul lumber and gravel and so forth so I needed the full spring pack. I was going to do the same method you did with the front rear hanger and redrill 2 new holes (I knew that 2 of the original holes lined up), but when I flipped the hanger I found that 3 of the holes lined up. So I just used the 3 existing holes and was going to either put a weld on the hanger or drill for the 4th hole. With the shackles I was expecting about 4 inches, or so, of drop, but was surprised when I measured that I ended up with a full 5 inches of drop. The mid-60's Fords came from the factory with about 2 inches of 'rake.' From what I have read the front was always set 2 inches lower than the rear. So with 4 1/2 in the front and 5 in the rear it was 'just right' for me. I would still like to have my axle dropped by Sid. I've communicated with him a few times about my axle. I bought the front mono-springs off of ebay from POL (Performance On Line?) and they are a little bouncy. The sway bar helped a little with that (and I highly recommend the addition of a sway bar.) If I can get the money together, later on I will have my axle dropped and was thinking about adding 2-3 of my original springs to the mono spring to see if that tightens up the ride. I did remove one spring from the front to see what would happen and it was a lot of work (at least for me it was) for the amount of drop. I think that a lot of this is trial and error and seeing what everyone else has done and reading their feedback.
Re: 64 F-100 SWB Retro-Patina Build
Posted: July 11, 2015, 1:33 pm
by TurnAroundTrucks