My Midlife Crisis
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- cowbay
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My Midlife Crisis
1969 Ford F100 with 390, 3 speed with overdrive
We picked the truck up down in Martinsville Va. and brought it back up to NY since rust free F100's of this area are a rarity. The drivetrain is tight just needs a brake job. Starting to take it apart for a paint job which will be my company colors purple and white. Ultimately down the road I am going to make it a dual fuel vehicle where it also runs on Natural Gas.
We picked the truck up down in Martinsville Va. and brought it back up to NY since rust free F100's of this area are a rarity. The drivetrain is tight just needs a brake job. Starting to take it apart for a paint job which will be my company colors purple and white. Ultimately down the road I am going to make it a dual fuel vehicle where it also runs on Natural Gas.
"If it can't be fixed with a hammer, then it is an electrical problem"
69 Ford F100 Ranger 390 3spd with overdrive
63 Chevy Impala 327 with 4spd. In the family since brand new. Over 280,00 miles
69 Ford F100 Ranger 390 3spd with overdrive
63 Chevy Impala 327 with 4spd. In the family since brand new. Over 280,00 miles
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Re: My Midlife Crisis
Once again Sweet truck!!!
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- cowbay
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Thanks. Overall not in bad condition. It does have some minor rust, but nothing that can't be fixed.
"If it can't be fixed with a hammer, then it is an electrical problem"
69 Ford F100 Ranger 390 3spd with overdrive
63 Chevy Impala 327 with 4spd. In the family since brand new. Over 280,00 miles
69 Ford F100 Ranger 390 3spd with overdrive
63 Chevy Impala 327 with 4spd. In the family since brand new. Over 280,00 miles
- SoCalExile
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Re: My Midlife Crisis
That's in pretty damn fine condition, even for VA.
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It is all relative, When compared to being from NY the fact it does not have a one foot by one foot hole in the floor is good.SoCalExile wrote:That's in pretty damn fine condition, even for VA.
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"If it can't be fixed with a hammer, then it is an electrical problem"
69 Ford F100 Ranger 390 3spd with overdrive
63 Chevy Impala 327 with 4spd. In the family since brand new. Over 280,00 miles
69 Ford F100 Ranger 390 3spd with overdrive
63 Chevy Impala 327 with 4spd. In the family since brand new. Over 280,00 miles
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You aint kidding!!!It is all relative, When compared to being from NY the fact it does not have a one foot by one foot hole in the floor is good.
I'm originally fron the NW PA/SW NY area and my 2001 has no rockerpanels and 10x10 sections ready to fall out of the rear dooe sides and box side panels!!
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Not gonna find much but rust here
And From NY....nice lookin (non NY) truck ya got there ....my old company actually wanted me to work at N.Rose ( up near you..I believe)school a few years back
And From NY....nice lookin (non NY) truck ya got there ....my old company actually wanted me to work at N.Rose ( up near you..I believe)school a few years back
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from Indiana! That truck is really sweet. I cant wait to see the paint job. I will be curious to see the conversion to natural gas.
Jeff Penland
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Well started sanding the truck down this weekend. As I knew there are some small areas of rust nothing craze. Most found where the lower trim was.
"If it can't be fixed with a hammer, then it is an electrical problem"
69 Ford F100 Ranger 390 3spd with overdrive
63 Chevy Impala 327 with 4spd. In the family since brand new. Over 280,00 miles
69 Ford F100 Ranger 390 3spd with overdrive
63 Chevy Impala 327 with 4spd. In the family since brand new. Over 280,00 miles
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That's a nice looking truck! The lower door area is a common place for rust in our bumps.
You might want to pull the inner door panels off and clean all the debris from the "weep holes" at the bottom of the door, (to make sure the doors aren't holding moisture there).
You might want to pull the inner door panels off and clean all the debris from the "weep holes" at the bottom of the door, (to make sure the doors aren't holding moisture there).
Jeff
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Many Ford bumps / one 76' EB / and several dents through the years.
A lot of "oddball" Ford parts collected from working on them for 34 years now!
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Thanks for that. I will definetly investigate to make sure the weep holes are open
"If it can't be fixed with a hammer, then it is an electrical problem"
69 Ford F100 Ranger 390 3spd with overdrive
63 Chevy Impala 327 with 4spd. In the family since brand new. Over 280,00 miles
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63 Chevy Impala 327 with 4spd. In the family since brand new. Over 280,00 miles
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Had some time today to get some primer on. Have to finish the bed and will be ready for final paint
"If it can't be fixed with a hammer, then it is an electrical problem"
69 Ford F100 Ranger 390 3spd with overdrive
63 Chevy Impala 327 with 4spd. In the family since brand new. Over 280,00 miles
69 Ford F100 Ranger 390 3spd with overdrive
63 Chevy Impala 327 with 4spd. In the family since brand new. Over 280,00 miles
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Nice ol truck. Looking good. Wish mine was that close to some nice paint. Great truck. Waiting to see it finished.
Josh
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Finally finished painting the truck over this week end. Time to reassemble.
"If it can't be fixed with a hammer, then it is an electrical problem"
69 Ford F100 Ranger 390 3spd with overdrive
63 Chevy Impala 327 with 4spd. In the family since brand new. Over 280,00 miles
69 Ford F100 Ranger 390 3spd with overdrive
63 Chevy Impala 327 with 4spd. In the family since brand new. Over 280,00 miles
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nice job Are you gonning to run the trim back on the bump or leave the paint transition showing?
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