I am new here.

[winr]

Hey yall, Richard here.

I live in Friendswood, Texas.

I have a 1965 Ford F-100 short wheel base truck my Uncle bought new.
I bought it from Him over 30 years ago.

It is my daily driver.

I was in Kemah, Texas last year where they have a large vehicle gathering in the warmer weeks.

I was talking to a guy about his car and he pointed to my truck and said " cool rat rod".
He didnt know it belonged to me, lol.

I had never heard that expression, I thought my truck was just a beater, heh.

Regards.


Richard.

 

[hotrodron]

Welcome to the site. Glad you found us

 

[Gastrick]

Welcome to RRR winr. Nice truck with cool personal history.

 

[donsrods]

Welcome to the forum. Whatever you chose to call it, the truck is cool. Looks like you won't be getting rid of it any time soon either.

Don

 

[Bonehead]

Good looking truck, I have always liked that body style. That is actually what is under my hotrod, my donor truck was a 61. But the cab was shot.
Welcome to the site.

 

[BinderRod]

Welcome to the board

 

[Tripper]

Welcome!!!

Richard,
Welcome Texican!!! Love those old Ford trucks & glad u found out u're beater was *really* a rat rod!!! ; - > You said u showed u're car in one of the warmer weeks... when would that be?!?! Really kool that u've owned it for that long. Let us see some more pictures please!!!

BoB

 

[winr]

Thanks for the welcome guys!!!

A few more pics.

Tripper, I cant remember what month I went to Kemah.

It was at a large strip center, there is a Target in the middle of the lot.

It was at 518 and I think 146.



Richard.

 

[dmw56]

Welcome, old trucks are just cool. One's withfamiy history are the coolest. I have my wife's Grandfathers 54 Studebaker 3R truck.

 

[FlatBroke]

Welcome to RRR.
Glad you found us here.
I'm not a Ford fan, but I respect the family history..Very cool.

You got any plans to beef it up any or just beat on it some more?

 

[BruceR&C]

Welcome to the forum. Tho not a Ford fan, I've always liked that body style & the history that goes with it is so cool.

 

[winr]

Upgrades

dmw56, that is neat you have the 54 Studebaker instead of it maybe rusting away somewhere.
Do you have pics ??


FlatBroke, I have a .030 over 390 block, 428 crank and a set of .030 over 390 truck pistons with 1.688 comp. height, I should get the pistons close to .004 deck height, 416 cubes.

I just bought a 1977 F-150 to pull the disk brakes and power steering box off of and I already have a C-6 trans, front(1976 F-150) and rear(1975 F-350) sway bars.

I also found a combo AC/heater box that is around the same size as the units they put in 1965 Mustangs, it doesnt have registers though, just 4 short tubes angled slightly upwards.
I am going to mount it on the passenger side after removing my glove box and run some sort of ducting.

Now I need to start working on it, lol.


Richard.

 

[FlatBroke]

416 cubes is pretty stout motor by any standards...
Very cool.

 

[Mr.Gussett]

Welcome !

Welcome to the site!
Clean truck!