my rusty ass 1960 f100 project. (lots of photos)

growing up my father always had old trucks. he would buy one it would stop running for one reason or another, then he would sell it. then regret it. a year or so would go by then he would do it all over again. i thought it would be a nice idea to buy a fixer upper, fix it up then give it to my father. i picked this truck up a couple months ago here in rusty *** connecticut. i sold one of my vespas and a vintage eddie merckx bicycle. now i had 1400 in my pocket, i paid 1500 for the truck. so this is the story of my 1960 f100 buck truck




now for some of the floors

 

Good luck with your new project, Dave! I was gonna post a pic of my old '60, and then I noticed it was you, you've already seen the photos.

 

Looks like a good start. How bad is the rust?

 

frame is solid lots of lower sheet metal rust.
driver side rear cab mount/floor

 

I saw that one on craigslist. Has a 302, right? Pretty good deal.

 

a little cross member patch

 

a little cowl patch job under way

 

great job on all the patch work! i had the same holes in my 60. lookin good keep on with it.

 

Keep it up. Subscribing to this one, hopefully going to get started on my '59 soon.

 

a 12 pack of new castle goes a long way when you are asking for drops at the local sheet metal supply house. walked out with about 50 lbs of drops for the price of a 12 pack.

 

Looks like a fun project. Got to love those 57-60 f100s. I had a 58 then a 64. Good trucks.

 

How'd you manage to have such rusty floors and good cab mounts? My 61 has nice floors but both cab mounts are GONE

 

it may be rusty but i still dig an old pick up , my first ride in a hopped up vehicle was a 65 ford pick up my cousin built , other cousin had a 39 ford flat bed with a 327 man i wish i had that truck , i found out years later the next owner ran it into a tree an destroyed ,

 

drivers rear was gone. drivers front was so so. i was able to reinforce and save the drivers front mount. the front still had plenty of solid metal to weld to.

 

looks good Dave.

where you buying/bartering the sheet metal from?

I am in oxford. / work in NH

 

kenmar in north branford. off rt 80

 

cool.
will check them out.

Logan in Meriden also has surplus steel..
I have bought square tubing from them in the past.

http://www.logansteelinc.com

 

logan steel is a buck a pound

 

their surplus steel page is down...
but I have got some decent deals on various stuff..
occ***ionally

 

Neat idea, my dad died before I completely restored his old truck.

Here's a cool old Ford truck commercial:



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thanks to zephyr for hooking me up with a new spring hanger. the shackle bolts were a *****.

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got some more done on the rear cab mount channel. my low buck harbor freight brake was giving me big balls trying to make this. i ended up using my angle grinder to score the sheet metal. the brake almost pulled it off after that. took a few wacks with the hammer and edge of the bench to make the 90. should be able to finish it on saturday.

 

hello dave hope you get it going if you any other parts let me know

 

drivers side rear mount done.

 

i got some work done on the bed mounts this weekend. the two center mounts were in good shape. cant say the same for the front and rear.

 

just about done with the bed for now. i am sure i will revisit the bed sometime in the future.

 

next will be the p***enger side floor

 

after a couple of weeks of trying to sell my condo to buy a house i had a couple of spare hours. i took a different approach to the p***engers side floor.

 

nice work!

 

Dave, that's a super nice gesture. Your dad did a good job. Can't wait to hear about him getting the keys... perhaps you should tell him to give you a ring before he calls the Bargain News, should this one ever give him any fits.