48 F1 LinkFord project

[joedoh]

man thats brown as... heck!


looking really good!

 

[blacksheep]

Afew photos of the truck. Added some small punched plate with chrome powder coat over it. The drivers side is on a hinge ,so I can get to my fabricated hood latch.

 

[Old Iron]

Your F1 turned out great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like the punch plate on a hinge idea too!

 

[bob w]

Really nice truck. You had a good vision. You shall be known as brownsheep from now on.

 

[smallfoot]

Yessir, looking good![cl

 

[Skip]

Your F1 turned out great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like the punch plate on a hinge idea too!

What he said.


It took me a coupla tries to figure out the punch plate deal. Clever. [cl

 

[Torchie]

Looks Great![cl [cl [cl
Torchie

 

[blacksheep]

Pulled the truck out and decided it needs some lowering done. Gonna look at my options, and get it down a little . I also got the pintstripe brush out and did the letters on the tail gate.

 

[Old Iron]

I agree [P[P[P

 

[bruno]

That truck keeps looking better and better[cl[cl

 

[blacksheep]

Thanks, I am also looking for a good pinstriper in my area. May have to go to Jacksonville for that though.

 

[joedoh]

looks really great!

You shall be known as brownsheep from now on.

 

[kenny c]

Looks awesome

 

[blacksheep]

looks really great!

hahahahaha!!!

 

[blacksheep]

Got the rear end lowered today

 

[joedoh]

looks great! very clean lines

 

[blacksheep]

So, tried to check out the ol Ford the other day. Cranked her up, and went for a little spin around the block. Then, decided to take her for about a ten mile cruise to check things out. That didn't go so well. Evedently, my aluminum aftermarket fuel tank that was in the truck when I bought it, still had some varnished fuel in it. Once I got it back to the shop, I pulled the tank, and using a pump sprayer, shot aluminum brightener inside the whole tank , along with a couple of big nuts to knock that crap loose. Now, the tank looks like new on the inside. I hooked everything back up, then went around the block a few times to let the thermostat open up. Got back to the shop , shut her down and when I went to crank it back up, she went er...er er..click click. Dangit. Long story short, the 460 Fords are bad about eating starters. They are so big , and so close to the exhaust manifold, it (heat) just eats them right up. I called my my local auto parts and they had a starter for a 96 model F250. The newer starters are gear reduction , and use magnets instead of windings in the field. I installed the new starter on the truck, and now she starts with a half of a turn, even hot. I went through the same thing on the Fairlane. Got my seat belt in, and will be installing them today.

 

[Old Iron]

The hi torque small starters are the only way to go. I use the 4.3 Chevy starter on everything I put Chevy engines in.
The old starters had to have a lot bigger cables on them or they wouldn't work when hot.

 

[blacksheep]

Well, now onto another issue. It seems that I am running a little hot after driving for 20 minutes. Temp goes up to around 205 , and I think it should be cooler than that. One thing is, the truck has a radiator ,what looks to be out of a larger older F series truck. Maybe F2 ? I may need a 4 row radiator. Also going to install a mid 90's Taurus fan. Right now it utilizes twin fans from a diesel Mercedes. That is what was in the truck when I bought it. They blow a lot of air, but they are set up as pusher fans and not pullers. I made an airtight seal, but I still think the radiator is too small. Any thoughts?

 

[rvreddog]

I like the universal fit aluminum radiators from Summit,with the Taurus fan.