1966 Ford F100 build

Thanks and even though Im a Ford guy, I can appreciate how easy the Chevy stuff goes together

 

Definitely all Ford from the firewall back!!!!!

 

Heres the stance after the front clip and step notch, before the links and the bags in the back

 

heres some better pics of what I did with the bottom front bar brackets

 

Heres the initial cut in the bad to clear the notch, had to cut further to clear full suspension

 

and you can see where i was thinking about putting the stock gas tank, but s****ped that idea once I saw what was inside

 

Got the front end mocked up, while I was working on the rear suspension

 

And I forgot about my new shoes in the above pictures

believe it or not but they are radial tires with port-o-walls on 2 stock powdercoated 66 ford wheels and 2 summit powdercoated steelies

 

welding in the bag mounts.....never mind the ugly booger welds.....amazing what a grinder can hide

 

got the bags in and plumbed, extending the bag mount to make room for the rear shocks

 

shocks in but they are pretty short so i'm going to have to think of something else down the road, but they'll work for now

 

Finally started some body work...there was a ton of bondo on this baby, and a ripped out tailight section, got it put back in and a little filler on it

 

Time to do some shaving!!!

 

ready to make some templates

 

Trying to keep the heat down

 

Also shaved the hood emblem, antennae hole, and stake pockets in the bed

 

Im also filling the seam around the top of the cab, smoothing it out, the seam running horizontally down the side of the bed and building a profile like the one on the door, and also filling the seam down the rear corner of the bed

 

my oldest boy throwing the peace sign while doing some garage cruisin'

 

Wow ! Looking good! Like it alot!

 

Also shaved the emblems and trim around the sides of the truck

 

Looks good for you're first time. Just keep learning and if you **** it up it's only metal and can be fixed.

 

Nice work, your really motivating me to start working on my car.

 

Trying to get the dash wrapped up

 

Had to s**** the grenade, couldn't get the Lokar adapter to work right. Has anyone else had this problem?

 

Here's the gauge cluster idea I came up with

I put a 3 3/4 speedo and a 3 3/4 quad gauge into holes that i cut where the stylish circles are in the original 65 dash. I then cut all the guts out of the middle original gauge bracket and replaced the gl*** with dark smoked almost black plexi gl***. I then mounted a tach behind the plexi-gl*** that's visible when you turn the key on and it lights up

 

Done but think im heading a different direction with it