Sheesh! Another F-1 build...

[hotrod preacher]

good thread, great build, awesome truck.....

keep up the good work--and posting it

 

[TheTruant]

Thanks everybody! It's back outside for right now while I wait to get the parts I need. Doing some work on my Dad's '52 Caddy trying to get it on the road.

 

[Psycho Kustoms]

Awesome build and great thread!!!

 

[Glxy500]

Nice project. It looks like its gonna turn out very good. I have been wanting one of those for a very long time. I hope you enjoy every minute of it. Nice build.

 

[TheTruant]

Went to the junkyard and got a radiator for it. Capped the inlet and outlets off with a piece of inner tube and a hose clamp, filled it up with water and put a little air pressure in it. Didn't see any leaks so I put it in and got everything hooked back up. Fixed the leaky temp. sender as well.

And I finally got a decent outside picture of it...I think it's looking pretty good...

 

[TheTruant]

After getting that stuff done I tweaked the timing a little bit and fixed a leaky fuel line so I could run it up to temp. and burp the air out of the radiator...so here's the much awaited run video of that ever so rare Boss 283ci


I overfilled the rad. a little bit so don't mind the water works

 

[BigShem]

looks good.....

doing a great job.....wanto see more....

 

[FlatBroke]

Very smooth ......

I like the whole project....

 

[joker65]

Awesome build! You did a great job!

 

[Gastrick]

I really like the stance. It looks real nice. Sounds good. A throttle return sping is in order

 

[Glxy500]

you can send those wide steels down here to me, i will use em.

 

[Corsair]

I just viewed your build from start to finish - I enjoyed it immensely, you are a real details guy with lots of patience. Awesome job.

+++++++
1950 F47

 

[TheTruant]

Thanks so much everyone! It was nice to see it outside in one piece finally... even if it was raining a little

 

[custom cabby]

Man!!! You don't have a project there... that's just plain ART!

 

[TheTruant]

Got a driveshaft made for it today so it's one step closer to a test run

Need to bleed the brakes and it should be ready for a test run

 

[TheTruant]

I got my new pinion seal in, driveshaft in, and rear brakes figured out [S and put together. Another solid day or so of work and it should be ready for a test run [cl

 

[Gastrick]

Did you do the teast run yet? You've had a whole extra day

 

[TheTruant]

Did you do the teast run yet? You've had a whole extra day

But I spent that day at a car show [P

 

[TheTruant]

To my neighbors: I did NOT just make the maiden voyage in the '48, I did NOT blast up and down the street with open manifolds and no exhaust.




To the rest of ya: The '48 is ALLLLLIVE! [ddd The hydraulic clutch setup seems to work great, as do the power brakes and steering. The trans. shifted great and nothing fell off or blew up. Still got a list of things to do but it went down the road under it's own power so I'm happy with it [cl

 

[Gastrick]

CONGRATS! Your truck really has a nice look to it.