Well, I've been bumped...err...dented!

Slick Fan · Post by **Slick Fan** » February 17, 2007, 10:43 am

But at least it didn't hurt & it was a cheap bump...I mean DENT (I'll get this lingo yet, you watch)!

With two dead slicks & no other truck, I was Jonesin' for a truck. My Kid's Blazer just wasn't cuttin' it either, so I decided I just need a cheap truck that drives!
For the price, I would have been an idiot to let it get away...

$450 & it runs great! It's a little rusty & has the worst leaking brake booster I've ever heard, but for the money, you can't beat it.
It's a '76 F250 390, 4-speed camper special. Get this...the door on the bed tool box even works!

It's got dual tanks that work too

, but it's gonna need a new driver's door panel, seat recovered & a few odds-n-ends.
The cool thing is that I've still got the parts truck my son bought for disc brakes, p/s & stuff for his '65, so I don't have to go very far for some stuff.

ABA · Post by **ABA** » February 17, 2007, 10:56 am

Hate to disappoint ya but that's not a bumpside, it's a dent side.

Looks pretty good but I hate all the plastic interior parts they put in them after '73.

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » February 17, 2007, 10:58 am

looks like it may have a tiny little oil leak

Slick Fan · Post by **Slick Fan** » February 17, 2007, 11:02 am

ABA wrote:Hate to disappoint ya but that's not a bumpside, it's a dent side.

Oh crap you're right, I sure screwed that up, didn't I?

I got too excited to show pics.
The trim sorta makes a bump...

...

...anyone?...

...*crickets*...

...crap. Ok, I'll go back in my hole now.

Slick Fan · Post by **Slick Fan** » February 17, 2007, 11:05 am

Johnny Canuck wrote:looks like it may have a tiny little oil leak

That's a piece of plywood I've had from my two previous oil leakers.

Just a feeble effort to save the driveway.
It does leak a little, but only a small one not a gusher, which I'm glad for.

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » February 17, 2007, 12:55 pm

looks like a workhorse. i had a 76 xlt ranger with a 460 c6. went down the road great.
the good thing is that parts are cheap and plentiful for them too. have fun with it!

mikecarson · Post by **mikecarson** » February 17, 2007, 1:06 pm

Good grab!

I just shook hands on 2 66 Custom Cabs, one long, 352/auto, all the interior trim pieces, factory radio, runs but smokes. Floors have a few holes, but still paint covered, no other rust that I saw. Nice truck. Might clean this one up for Joshua.

The other one is short, factory toolbox, no engine, good bed (which is all I really looked at). It's mostly primer. $500 each.

Now I need to clear some room.

ripsnorter · Post by **ripsnorter** » February 17, 2007, 1:23 pm

just before I bought my '62, in fact the very day I bought it, I went and looked at a mid 70s F250 camper special that was almost EXACTLY like that one. it was brown, but it had a 390, both tanks worked, bed box worked, 4 on the floor, etc.

the guy wanted $500 for it, but oinklette insisted that it looked at her car funny and was a mean truck. so, off we went to go look at the '62, and the rest is history.

several months later I noticed it was still for sale out there, heck for all I know it might still be.

Hoofbeat Racer · Post by **Hoofbeat Racer** » February 17, 2007, 1:49 pm

Slick fan, those look like some cool mirrors on your parts truck. Put them on a slick for good luck

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » February 17, 2007, 3:16 pm

ripsnorter wrote: the guy wanted $500 for it, but oinklette insisted that it looked at her car funny and was a mean truck. so, off we went to go look at the '62, and the rest is history.

was my wife who steered me toward the first slick too.

ripsnorter wrote:several months later I noticed it was still for sale out there, heck for all I know it might still be.

meanwhile you are now collecting slicks like me.

adrianspeeder · Post by **adrianspeeder** » February 17, 2007, 8:01 pm

Dana 60 that front end!

F-Zilla · Post by **F-Zilla** » February 18, 2007, 2:37 am

My first truck was a 75 supercab! Had a 300 auto, I used to brake jack it in the school parking lot back in 78 and 79! They used to call it the "Rail Dragster".

Nice truck!

ripsnorter · Post by **ripsnorter** » February 18, 2007, 2:52 am

Ice, I'm trying real hard to talk myself out of bringing home two MORE of them, thats not counting the one alongside the road

Slick Fan · Post by **Slick Fan** » February 18, 2007, 12:05 pm

ripsnorter wrote:just before I bought my '62, in fact the very day I bought it, I went and looked at a mid 70s F250 camper special that was almost EXACTLY like that one. it was brown, but it had a 390, both tanks worked, bed box worked, 4 on the floor, etc.

the guy wanted $500 for it, but oinklette insisted that it looked at her car funny and was a mean truck. so, off we went to go look at the '62, and the rest is history.

That's funny!

And just think, if youhad bought that first truck, you probably wouldn't have met us fine folks! hehe

Hoofbeat Racer wrote:Slick fan, those look like some cool mirrors on your parts truck. Put them on a slick for good luck

Ummm...no thanks.

adrianspeeder wrote:Dana 60 that front end!

That would be cool!

If I didn't already have so many projects in my way, I might just be tempted.

I've had a couple Dana 44 front ends in the past...

...bought each of those trucks with dead engines. The red '77 Highboy had a 460/C6 with a rod through the block. I snagged a beat up Grand Marquis with a decent 460, freshened up the engine & ran it for a couple years.

The silver '77 on the trailer has a slipped timing chain & weak oil pump. I got it for $200 & flipped it a week later for $1200 to some Mexicans who drove ot to California.

The brown '77 Hiboy was the nicest of the three...not a squeak or rattle on it, bought it from the original owner for $800.
It had a small indegestion problem

...

...but it ran much better after I threw some money at it.

I sold all three of those trucks, a motorcycle & a left nut to be able to buy our house. I miss those Highboys.

Slick Fan · Post by **Slick Fan** » February 18, 2007, 12:20 pm

The year after we bought the house, money got real tight & I sold my '78 Bronco Ranger XLT 4-speed to make two stinkin' house payments.

This was the day I brought it home, check out how clean that body is!

I bought it for $600, with a running, yet very tired engine. A fresh set of bearings, oil pump & valve job later, it ran great! I also recovered the seat, it was nasty.

I miss that one the most, even if it was brown.

The thing that sucks the most is that I saw it a couple years later. The guy had swapped an automatic into it & the body was getting beat up...AN AUTOMATIC???

Geez.

Ok, enough of memory lane, I'm depressing myself. On the bright side however, I do still have the house & I'm not homeless.

Post by **Greg D** » February 19, 2007, 10:29 am

Congrats! That looks like a pretty decent truck! I have had 2 74s, I liked those trucks. One was a dark metalic blue F100 2wd 390 lwb 3 on the tree. The other one was a Green (mostly primer though, lol) F 150 lwb 4x4 400m auto with a 4" lift and 33s. I wish I still had the 2wd it was a nice truck, it had a fresh rebuild on the engine when I bought it. I know where there is a nice bump here in Bellevue but I am stuck on another Slick for my truck.

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » February 19, 2007, 11:24 am

Dents for me are a bittersweet thing. on the scale of my best and worst vehicles you will find a dent on both extreme ends

<Worst----------------------------------------------------------------------Best>
'79 shorty 4x4.............................................................78 f100 Custom
351M gas hog ............................................................plain jane 302 C4
2bbl carb gutless pig............................................20 Mpg hwy consitently
ate brakes like M&M's...............................................ran it for 12 years
sold it after less than a year.........................................cost me a battery
cost me over $2000.................................................... and front brake
to own for that time..................................................... pads

I guess if you can avoid 360's or 351M's in them they are good dependable vehicles. Comfortable to drive, too. Never too stylish tho.

Slick Fan · Post by **Slick Fan** » February 19, 2007, 12:05 pm

I prefer the style of Slicks over bumps-n-dents too...however, I prefer bumps-n-dents styling over 90% of the Chebby's & Dodges of the era. I like the highboys bestest.

The two main things I dislike about dents is (agreeing with ABA's thought earlier), the plastic interior (mainly the door panels) & the rear wheel well braces/sand traps that always rust out the wheel wells. My truck's got it bad. I'm thinkin' of trying my hand at some patch panels there this summer.

Yesterday, I unbolted the master cylinder & brake booster. The PO had put big gobs of silicone where the m.c. bolted to the booster...that told me it was probably a leaker & that was his bandage. No wonder the booster was bad, there was at least a PINT of brake fluid in there!

So I swiped the one from the parts truck...removed the check valve, flipped it over...and about 1/2 pint drained from that one.

So much for my grand plan of a freebie brake booster.

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » February 19, 2007, 12:47 pm

Johnny Canuck wrote:Dents for me are a bittersweet thing. on the scale of my best and worst vehicles you will find a dent on both extreme ends

<Worst----------------------------------------------------------------------Best>
'79 shorty 4x4.............................................................78 f100 Custom
351M gas hog ............................................................plain jane 302 C4
2bbl carb gutless pig............................................20 Mpg hwy consitently
ate brakes like M&M's...............................................ran it for 12 years
sold it after less than a year.........................................cost me a battery
cost me over $2000.................................................... and front brake
to own for that time..................................................... pads

I guess if you can avoid 360's or 351M's in them they are good dependable vehicles. Comfortable to drive, too. Never too stylish tho.

wow, im on that too
had 2 dents a, 79 f150 swb 4x4 with boat anchor 351M must be the same POS you had, but was better after i put in a 429, at least i got my money back out of it.
and a 73 f100, had a 302,3 on tree,i rebuilt heads twice after valves were square, @ 200K and 375K, bought it back after selling and drove until clutch exploded, sold to a friend who fixed and got another 100K out of it.
this is the truck we took on a trip to Canada and passed thru the stinky town of Marathon.

would never own another 351M/400 but never had any 360 issues at all.

BigTim · Post by **BigTim** » February 19, 2007, 2:19 pm

JC, I had a 78 with the 351 M gutless pig is being nice.

A friend had a nearly identical PU with the 400CI version in 79, night and day difference. both of them 2 barrels.

I put a 4 barrel intake and manifold on a 351 M several years ago, really made a difference.