Ray requested some more info on my F-350, so here's a thread.
I bought it in 2009 for $900. It had a 390 with an Edelbrock Streetmaster intake, 750 edelbrock carb, headers, and 2.5" duals with delta flow 40 flowmaster mufflers. It had tons of vacuum leaks, horrible edelbrock off idle stumble, and the exhaust was loud as fuck. The steering also had 5 miles of play, and the headers leaked more than they sealed.
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So, I started cleaning it up, and repairing all the little things wrong with it. One of the first things I did, was swap the flowmaster mufflers for Raptor Turbo's. That quieted it down a bit.
Then I got a tailgate for it since its was gone.
Then I swapped the edelbrock 750 for a Summit 600 carb. It picked up throttle response and mileage.
I was able to get the original fender badges from the previous owner. They are the ones who painted it John Deere green. It was originally lighter green metallic with a white roof. Same as the custom classic trucks project truck, actually. http://www.customclassictrucks.com/techarticles/1101cct_1973_ford_f350_build/
Then, since it needed tires, and 16.5 size tires are just about obsolete... I decided to get different wheels for it. I couldn't find stock Ford 16" steel wheels for the life of me, but did find a set of the 95-97 factory Ford Alcoa wheels. They got a set of geolander A/T tires.
I was able to score the missing trim off of a junkyard truck, and also got a set of the factory stainless "west coast" mirrors.
The replacement stainless hardware cost three times as much as the mirrors!
I bought it in 2009 for $900. It had a 390 with an Edelbrock Streetmaster intake, 750 edelbrock carb, headers, and 2.5" duals with delta flow 40 flowmaster mufflers. It had tons of vacuum leaks, horrible edelbrock off idle stumble, and the exhaust was loud as fuck. The steering also had 5 miles of play, and the headers leaked more than they sealed.
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So, I started cleaning it up, and repairing all the little things wrong with it. One of the first things I did, was swap the flowmaster mufflers for Raptor Turbo's. That quieted it down a bit.
Then I got a tailgate for it since its was gone.
Then I swapped the edelbrock 750 for a Summit 600 carb. It picked up throttle response and mileage.
I was able to get the original fender badges from the previous owner. They are the ones who painted it John Deere green. It was originally lighter green metallic with a white roof. Same as the custom classic trucks project truck, actually. http://www.customclassictrucks.com/techarticles/1101cct_1973_ford_f350_build/
Then, since it needed tires, and 16.5 size tires are just about obsolete... I decided to get different wheels for it. I couldn't find stock Ford 16" steel wheels for the life of me, but did find a set of the 95-97 factory Ford Alcoa wheels. They got a set of geolander A/T tires.
I was able to score the missing trim off of a junkyard truck, and also got a set of the factory stainless "west coast" mirrors.
The replacement stainless hardware cost three times as much as the mirrors!
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