Any ford enthusiasts that know a lot about older trucks?
I swapped my old 40" Ground Hawgs with my Uncle and he welded in a new floor board and corner for me, along with some gussets on the axles. I was driving down the road once and I happened to catch a black thing bouncing down the road behind me in the mirror. Turned out the mount and body lift spacer fell right down through the cross member. So the frame is where most of the rust had become a problem, but the body itself was in pretty good shape.
Right now the body is all primered and ready for a new coat of metallic brown with a white roof (original colors) and the 77 frame has been sandblasted and "Herculined". I also have Skyjacker 6 inch coils for the front and Pro Comp 6-inch leaves in the back. I'm still trying to find the company that makes the long-travel radius arm kits for the older fords, instead of just lowering the originals with a bracket. I also have replaced the rear axles with Superior shafts, and run a detroit locker and 4.11s. The front dana 44 has stronger Moser inner and outer shafts, but with a TrueTrac and 4.11s. I just need to swap to the Warn "fusible link" hups and get some new tires (probably 37's) that'll be good for the street and in the woods.
The Off-Road mags don't seem to like the FE (they say its heavy and underpowered), but I like mine. I was running it with just a ring job, Edelbrock performer intake, 750 carb, headers, and a RV cam from Napa, and I was impressed with the power. It sure could wear the lugs off of the Hawgs!! So far I bored it .030 over and am going to get a different cam along with a Holley Truck Avenger carb. I also picked up a set of 390 GT heads at a swap meet in Mass, so it'll have some more oomph than before. I also have a 6-pack intake I picked up, but the carb kits are around a grand, so I'm gonna keep my Edelbrock.
Lucky for me, I just found out my neighbors old truck he has out back is a 85 body on a 79 frame, so I'm gonna scope it all out once the snow melts.....Latah...
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