Thank you. I really do love this truck. I've had it for 35 years.oldsmiley wrote:I enjoy the quality of work you do, and I'm just thrilled that you're really going to drive it. That's what they are made for......
My 63 Unibody
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That looks great!
The months may change, but I am always APRIL
'63 F100 Custom Cab 223inline 6, 3speed manual- mostly stock
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Truck has been home in CA,OR,WA,NJ,VA since it's birth in San Jose Jan63
'63 F100 Custom Cab 223inline 6, 3speed manual- mostly stock
https://www.youtube.com/coastiereid
Truck has been home in CA,OR,WA,NJ,VA since it's birth in San Jose Jan63
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Those lines look pretty nice. Nice work.
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Thank you!shipwrecked wrote:That looks great!
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Thank you!grump wrote:Those lines look pretty nice. Nice work.
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Bummer to have to tear out a 55 year old factory rubber floormat but that's what I did. It was pretty brittle and there wasn't any way to get to the steering column plate on the floor without damaging it. I forgot about the floor in this truck, getting the mat out reminded me of many years ago when I fixed the floor under the pedals. When I bought this truck in 1984 the original windshield weatherstrip had shrunk so much that there was a 1" gap in the rubber, dead center at the bottom of the windshield where the weatherstrip split. Rain leaked in under the floormat and rusted the floor under the pedals. I was in my early twenties when I cut the rusted section of the floor out, riveted in and seam sealed thick, hardened stainless steel in place of the old rotted mild steel.
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Would you show what you’re using to bend those brake lines...
Thanks
Thanks
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WHISKEY HAULED,LIES TOLD AND WIDOWS WOO'ED......
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I have two benders but this is the one used on the brake lines:Mr. Jones wrote:Would you show what you’re using to bend those brake lines...
Thanks
https://imperial-tools.com/products/470 ... ng-handle/
The circular loops were hand bent around the handle of my floor jack.
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There’s not really anything available to seal the booster assembly to the firewall so I’m making something out of a piece of 16 gauge mild steel plate.
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I'm going to pull the steering box back apart. The aftermarket bearings I used were Chinese. I was able to find some NOS 1962 bearings online, still waiting for the bearing races to get here. If anyone is interested, the preload on these bearings is 3-6 inch lbs.(unloaded column), the sector mesh adjustment is 8-13 inch lbs. Worm bearing preload adjustment must be performed first.
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I’m going to install a later model plunger type electric brake light switch. The old pressure operated switch was on the old master cylinder. The new switch will be on the pedal assembly. So I made a bracket to hold the switch to the pedal bracket and another bracket that mounts to the pedal arm and actuates the switch.
It’s a PITA to have to make so many items. It eats up a lot of time.
It’s a PITA to have to make so many items. It eats up a lot of time.
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Looks good, I am at same point on brakelines, yours look great. Overall excellent quality of work. I have 390/c6 with what i think is original radiator that ran with the straight 6. I am concerened about cooling ... will see , may have to swap that out.
Jeff in Mooresville
63 Flareside and 65 Styleside projects underway
63 Flareside and 65 Styleside projects underway
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Thanks, Jeff.JeffinMooresville wrote:Looks good, I am at same point on brakelines, yours look great. Overall excellent quality of work. I have 390/c6 with what i think is original radiator that ran with the straight 6. I am concerened about cooling ... will see , may have to swap that out.
I too was running a stock radiator. The problem is that, with the Trans-Dapt engine swap crossmember, the fan position is down low on the radiator and there is no way to run a stock fan shroud. My stock radiator was very clean inside but wouldn’t adequately cool this truck, especially in traffic and during hot California summers.