My 1966 F100 Restoration

kstones63 · Post by **kstones63** » October 25, 2009, 3:35 pm

I thought that I had went overboard on mine when I did the frame. Now I see that I could have done more.
Your project is looking great. Keep the pics coming.

Kevin

tschmitt · Post by **tschmitt** » October 25, 2009, 5:38 pm

kstones63 wrote:I thought that I had went overboard on mine when I did the frame. Now I see that I could have done more.
Your project is looking great. Keep the pics coming.

Kevin

Lol once I cut off one set of rivots I decided to just do them all. It was a LOT of work but I think it will be worth it in the end. Im just glad that part is over with.

jakdad · Post by **jakdad** » October 25, 2009, 6:07 pm

Looks great!! When ya gonna take it muddin'......................... :lol:

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tschmitt · Post by **tschmitt** » October 25, 2009, 6:15 pm

jakdad wrote:Looks great!! When ya gonna take it muddin'......................... :

Haha hopefully never if I can help it

kstones63 · Post by **kstones63** » October 25, 2009, 7:23 pm

tschmitt wrote:
jakdad wrote:Looks great!! When ya gonna take it muddin'......................... :

Haha hopefully never if I can help it

I agree. If it even looks like rain I don't intend on taking mine out of the garage. At least I live in Phoenix so I don't have to worry about rain very often so I can probably drive it over 300 days a year.

Kevin

jammck66 · Post by **jammck66** » October 27, 2009, 11:22 pm

DETAILS DETAILS DETAILS!! that frame looks awesome!! its great to see someone pulling out all the stops on a resto-mod. a great piece of mind that the truck will never rust again. ( at least in your possesion)
cant wait to see the details for the rest of the truck.

tschmitt · Post by **tschmitt** » November 11, 2009, 5:55 pm

jammck66 wrote:DETAILS DETAILS DETAILS!! that frame looks awesome!! its great to see someone pulling out all the stops on a resto-mod. a great piece of mind that the truck will never rust again. ( at least in your possesion)
cant wait to see the details for the rest of the truck.

Thanks alot for the compliments. I hate rust so hopefully with all the extra steps im taking I can insure it never will, atleast not as bad anyways. Plan on having this truck a long time and it wont be driven in the snow so that should help out alot here in the midwest.

tschmitt · Post by **tschmitt** » November 11, 2009, 5:59 pm

Well I finally got the small frame parts painted silver. They turned out great and I couldnt be happier with it. Primed with 2 coats of epoxy then painted with 2 coats of SS Urethane. Very nice finish and feels great to do it all myself. I still have to have my kingpins pressed out and get my 9 inch cleaned up and then I can prime and paint the rear end and I-Beam setup as well. Here are the pics.

tschmitt · Post by **tschmitt** » November 11, 2009, 6:00 pm

tschmitt · Post by **tschmitt** » November 11, 2009, 6:01 pm

tschmitt · Post by **tschmitt** » November 11, 2009, 6:04 pm

tschmitt · Post by **tschmitt** » November 11, 2009, 6:08 pm

Thats all I got for now. I should be buying some parts soon so I can start bolting this frame back together again. Should be alot of fun.

supersmitty · Post by **supersmitty** » November 27, 2009, 11:52 am

Looks good. Are you going to bolt the frame back together or install new rivets?

tschmitt · Post by **tschmitt** » November 27, 2009, 1:11 pm

supersmitty wrote:Looks good. Are you going to bolt the frame back together or install new rivets?

I will be bolting everything back together with stainless and selflocking nuts. Kind of pricey but I will never have to do it again and if I need to change something out I can simply unbolt it. No more hassle for later down the road.

tschmitt · Post by **tschmitt** » December 1, 2009, 6:42 pm

Finally got everything painted for the winter. I got all of the frame parts painted so I am done painting, sandblasting, and priming until I start on the body and that isnt going to happen to till late next year at the earliest. Here are some pics.

tschmitt · Post by **tschmitt** » December 1, 2009, 6:43 pm

tschmitt · Post by **tschmitt** » December 1, 2009, 6:44 pm

Thats it for now. Hoping to have the TruTrac posi installed and the rear end put back together in the next few weeks. Will be going with 3.73 ratio most likely. Its going to be fun putting this stuff back together.

tschmitt · Post by **tschmitt** » December 10, 2009, 6:36 pm

Got some parts in this week. The Bronco II gas tank and my rear leaf spring bushings. Also got some pics of the coil springs and leaf springs painted.

tschmitt · Post by **tschmitt** » January 18, 2010, 4:59 pm

My Eaton Detriot Truetrac arrived in the mail today. Should be dropping it off at the speed shop within the next week to have the gears installed, etc. Only thing left for the rear end will be new drums, axle bearings, and rebuild the brakes.