6.0f100

I love that green truck . The one I am talking about is one that looks exactly like hacksters when he first got his, same white and everything.

hackster

Stopped by Aarons after a round trip to eastern oregon for work today....that was fun

He has made some damn good progress the last few weeks. Cab and doors got body work all finished up, primed, sealed and painted. Cab and doors still need the color sanding and the entire truck needs buffing.







Hood, inner door panels, front fenders and all the little stuff will get worked on next.

I also got the wing windows totally rebuilt and all new window and door gaskets, felts and track rubbers. Aaron started putting that stuff together as he has done it hundreds of times and is more comfortable working around the fresh paint than I am.





Him and Chris are doing great work, and I am super stoked to get the truck back in a few weeks.

Sean

Jimbo1367

VEry nice looking.

6.0f100

Damn the truck looks sharp. Good touch with the window seals makes that white pop.

ahawks9er

Great update! Looks sharp.

1SMKN99

sweet build! currently doing a similar setup in a 56' f100 with my old man but using a lincoln mark viii IRS

hackster

Thanks guys, busy week at work this week, doing some traveling over to Eastern Oregon the next three days so not a lot of progress on my end. Hoping that its all painted and going back together this week.

Next week should be finishing up all the loose ends, installing bumpers, door handles, tailgate handle grille, hood and all that stuff. Should be back at my house by the end of next week if all goes well.

Cant wait for it to come back home and get it running.

Sean

hackster

No big updates, truck is in paint still. I did manage to drop off the last remaining bits at the powdercoater last weekend and picked up some awesome 7" hella headlights.

Ordered up all the remaining hardware for the powdercoated headlight buckets as well as all new stainless (I believe) hardware for the grille and headlight surrounds.

Still at a standstill on the wheels and tires....

hackster

Ordered wheels on Wednesday of last week. Decided after all to go with the Rushforth Rated X. 20x8.5 up front and 20x10.5 out back. Thinking of running 265 up front and 315 out back.

Truck is coming along good, really good actually. Made it out there with a truck load of parts today to get installed. Aaron was there and he gave me a hand for a few hours and we shot the **** a bunch too.

Truck is pretty much all assembled after today minus a hood, hood latch, spray in bedliner, windshield and passenger door seal.

Got the rear bumper, front bumper, grille and headlights installed today. Front sheetmetal is on, still needs more alignment but looks awesome. All the stainless fasteners, powdercoated bits and pieces and fresh paint.

One thing I have noticed is that I may need to relocate the rear mount for the lower control arm and pull the frontend back a little, might have put that mount a little far forward and could not really notice it without the front fenders on it.

Here is a few of the not greatest photos....













Now the rear bumper.....this will not stay on as it looks terrible in my opinion. Ill need to build something or get a bumper that fits like it should, heck even a roll pan would look better.



Plan is to get the truck on the road in a couple weeks.

Sean

slowcpe

Man I'm really digging this truck. I'm currently building a '67 C10, but being a Mustang guy I love the F100s too. Love the whit with the "dull chrome" powder coating.

EastTnZ28

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Roll pan for sure.

hackster

Well,

Its not quite done at the painter, but done enough that Aaron let me have it back for a week to get some work on it.

Still needs the front sheetmetal aligned and a few other odds and ends like the hood but they got the bedliner done today and it turned out awesome.

So I have a lot left to do but hope that I can get a good chunk of if done this week.

Here are some pics of the old girl back in my garage, did a little cleanining after they dropped it off.

Sean













Very happy with the work Aaron and Chris are doing on the truck. I cannot wait until it all comes together. Wheels should be here before GoodGuys.

Sean

ahawks9er

Welcome home, F100! Yeah that bed-liner is sharp.

1slo5ohh

Truck is looking killer man! Can't wait to see it finished

H20cooled

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wow very nice build. Look forward to see it completed.

89LS1FOXER

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Amazing build man! My wife's dad has one of these sitting in the driveway that id love to do something like this too!

hackster

Thanks guys....I see one of you is in Portland? Crazy small world I guess. I am a local PDXer as well.

Making a little bit of progress this week. Managed to get the bed bolted down with all new stainless carriage bolts. I turned the heads so they have a nice brushed finish on them and replace the tailgate handle hardware as well. Brushed the main on off switch as well as got it installed and a few other odds and ends with the rear.

I guess I didnt snap a pic of that though.....oops

Finally got an air filter that will work with this crazy setup and threw on the Made in the USA turbo blanket. I like how the turbo setting is turning out.





Spent today working in the cab. Cleaned a lot, I did not repaint the interior, I like that it was so clean and original looking so I went to it with some purple power and some polishing compound. Then turned to the floors. There was some light surface rust so I hit it with Rust Mort two times and began to lay down 40 sq. Ft. of Hush mat. Also made a patch panel for the old shifter hole and got that all sealed up.







So, I got the shifter out of its box and began looking at mocking it up, and my dad and I both realized that the beautiful black mustang buckets he brought all the way down from seattle might not be the best fit right now......So I we got to work tearing apart the pretty sad and beat up stock bench seat. A few repairs here and there, some new paint and burlap and put on my new seat cover.

Considering the local upholstery guy could not get to it for a week and a half and wanted $325.00 just to fix the springs put down new foam and install the covers. I am pretty happy, it cost me an afternoon, $9.00 in burlap and a dinner for the wife and my dad.

I am hoping that the lines in the covers from shipping go away in time, I will probably let it sit out in the sun for a few days and see what happens.



I was having a little bit of a tough time with direction on Monday when I got the truck back and just started working back to front. It seems to be a pretty good way at this point of maintaining momentum and looking a few steps ahead. I still have two days of vacation, then the weekend.

Probably be close to buttoned up in the interior tomorrow aside from door panels, then I will start on running the rest of the wiring up front and firewall work.

Sean

Hart_Rod

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Not trying to hijack, but do you have a thread or link to the frontend install that you did? We're planning on doing the same thing to a 71 long bed and are looking for a good guide to go by. Thanks and keep up the great work!

hackster

I only have the photos that I put up here, its really a pretty simple job though, google crown vic frontend swap and you will get lots of build threads.


Been working pretty steady the last few days of my time off. Yesterday was almost a total bust out for physical therapy, an interview (work related) and chasing down parts.

Got the carpet all installed, cut out and fit. It fits very well, I am surprised, these repop carpet kits rarely fit well. Seat Cover fit very nice also.

Shifter got all mounted up on the floor as well. Turned out well and I really like the shifter too.





Since I neglected to post this up earlier, here is how the inside of the bed turned out with the brushed stainless hardware and the master kill switch brushed as well.



Manged to finally pick up all the t bolt clamps I wanted to use for the radiator hoses and got those installed along with the powdercoated upper and lower radiator hoses. I love T bolt clamps a lot.




So today was fun filled, pulled the grille and headlights back off and tucked the entire front harness up under the inner fenders. Spent most of the day soldering and heat shrinking, running wires all neat and clean and the best part of it, is that you cannot see any of it.....

All I have to show is the turn signal buckets and lenses. But now they are all wired up and should work once I turn on the power.



Got the fan mounted up to the radiator. Have a much smaller fan on the 5.3 in my volvo and it stays plenty cool. If I run into problems down the road, Ill get a shroud on it.



I have some wiring stuff that is frustrating me right now, need to get that sorted out hopefully tomorrow, then its back to work on Monday.

Getting close to needing fluids in this girl

Sean

EastTnZ28

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Love it. Is that 69 grill in your truck?