Drewski
Well-known member
This build started a long time ago, unfortunately it has been slid to the back burner too many times since I first got it.
In the mid 80's I saw an ad for a 55 F100 in a local paper, so I took a ride over to look at it. The guy took a fancy to my daily driver and we wound up doing some trading.
This is the truck I traded for....I fondly remember these old F1's and F100's from my childhood days living on a farm.
It had a 302 with a C4 behind it, a sub-frame from who knows what, and badly butchered front sheet metal, the rest of the truck appeared basically sound.
The car I traded was a 75 Vega sedan delivery, powered by a sbc 350 with a 350 turbo, a great running dependable daily driver. Wish I had it back now.
Being a chevy guy, the 302 and C4 came out and was sold. After looking at the sub-frame install, it scared me to know that I had actually driven it home.
Realizing that I had some major work to do before I would be able to drive it, the F100 got shoved to the back of the garage.
Over the next few years, I would work on it as time allowed. I cut out the sub and installed a 1970 chevelle frame clip and chopped the top 6", and a few other custom touches. The unfortunate part of this build is that there were very few pictures made of the modifications that I did. Before digital cameras you know. Gore hadn't invented the internet yet and I was still playing with Commodore 64 computers.(remember them?) We did make a video of the top chop but that tape is still missing in action.
I stripped all the paint off the truck and it was basically sound with exception of normal rusted out places like cab corners. The front fenders were still questionable.
I had a .030 over 400 sbc, with 350 turbo that I had built for another project, so I decided to use it in this truck instead.
I'll post more photos and info until I get it up to present date over the next few days.
Drewski
In the mid 80's I saw an ad for a 55 F100 in a local paper, so I took a ride over to look at it. The guy took a fancy to my daily driver and we wound up doing some trading.
This is the truck I traded for....I fondly remember these old F1's and F100's from my childhood days living on a farm.
It had a 302 with a C4 behind it, a sub-frame from who knows what, and badly butchered front sheet metal, the rest of the truck appeared basically sound.
The car I traded was a 75 Vega sedan delivery, powered by a sbc 350 with a 350 turbo, a great running dependable daily driver. Wish I had it back now.
Being a chevy guy, the 302 and C4 came out and was sold. After looking at the sub-frame install, it scared me to know that I had actually driven it home.
Realizing that I had some major work to do before I would be able to drive it, the F100 got shoved to the back of the garage.
Over the next few years, I would work on it as time allowed. I cut out the sub and installed a 1970 chevelle frame clip and chopped the top 6", and a few other custom touches. The unfortunate part of this build is that there were very few pictures made of the modifications that I did. Before digital cameras you know. Gore hadn't invented the internet yet and I was still playing with Commodore 64 computers.(remember them?) We did make a video of the top chop but that tape is still missing in action.
I stripped all the paint off the truck and it was basically sound with exception of normal rusted out places like cab corners. The front fenders were still questionable.
I had a .030 over 400 sbc, with 350 turbo that I had built for another project, so I decided to use it in this truck instead.
I'll post more photos and info until I get it up to present date over the next few days.
Drewski