76' Ford F100 Project

[DonovanPorter]

Quick update.
the starter is Poked, i need to rebuild it, the brushes are fine and have been replaced what looks to be not too long ago.
the soldered connection have melted off and its over all in need of some TLC.

 

[UpNcOmiNg!]

Very nicely done! :thumbs:
Nothing like putting clean parts back :inlove:

 

[gavsadler]

Enjoying reading the updates on this build.

Years ago, my brother had an old F250 which he spent a few hours on bringing up to driveable condition again. Proper old school.

Looking forward to seeing it running again soon.

 

[DonovanPorter]

Very nicely done! :thumbs:
Nothing like putting clean parts back :inlove:

Thanks bud.
it is very rewarding.

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Enjoying reading the updates on this build.

Years ago, my brother had an old F250 which he spent a few hours on bringing up to driveable condition again.  Proper old school.

Looking forward to seeing it running again soon.

i like the F250's especially the High Boys.
but in general just a fan of the old F series Ford Pickups.

So if i have not mentioned before , this is actually my Wife's dream "Car" and i bought it for her.
so slowly the both of us with the help of the kids here and there we are getting it into the condition she wants.

 

[DonovanPorter]

Going through the Electricals, i decided to test on the Glow Plugs.

Having never worked on a diesel before i went to the Internet and friends asking about the testing of Glow plugs and testing the resistance was the way to test them.
I got my Multimeter out and tested on them and i got zero resistance on all six , i found it very odd that all six would be shot. never the less i called them dead.
I called around for prices on new ones and i got the price of R560-00 each . After getting of the phone with the parts store i immediately went to test them again.

After poking and prodding They all tested as open circuit again. i was not happy, while in there i tested a few other things and the readings didn't make sense. i grabbed by other multimeter and done some testing and the numbers came back right, i then decided to re test the Glow plugs.

Low and Behold they all tested Good.

Tested on my Multimeter (the first one i used) and its battery was flatt-ish , resulting in the poor readings.

Note: 

Make sure your testing equipment batteries are charged/have enough power before testing.

 

[DonovanPorter]

Ok updates.

i have been working on and off on the pickup and i have gotten quite a bit done.

Dash is rebuilt.






Roof liner redone.



Brakes cleaned, wire brushed and bled.







Wheels and center caps cleaned.



Front end rebuilt and painted i laser cut some new FORD letter out of stainless steel for the grill.
iam looking at 3D printing clear lenses for the front indicators.

 

[DonovanPorter]

the tail gate had some issues , the hinges were all rusted and seized, so i made new ones.
i had to cut the hinges out with a grinder.





i made new bushes out of vesconite.



new shafts for the hinges.



bushes installed in to the tail gate.



this is where the shaft is attached, through the body from the inside of the load bin.



installed.

view from the inside of the load bed.



you can see the shoulder of the vesconite bush here




Excuse the striped hardware, I will be replacing them with new fasteners.
Also this will all come off again when i do the body work, so this fixture is not permanent

 

[DonovanPorter]

The tailgate was missing the right latch.
so i made a new one.





Gave it a coat of paint and installed.




With the new hinges and the new latch the tail gate is solid, no more rattles.

 

[individj]

very satisfying i would imagine....well done

 

[KPM3_30]

Fantastic work, well done. Definitely a solid accomplishment!

 

[DonovanPorter]

thanks guys, yea it is really satisfying getting these smaller things knocked off the list

 

[GoCart]

Coming together nicely, and, what a pleasure to see that you're actually fabricating parts yourself, just awesome !

 

[DonovanPorter]

So i was making a list of items i need to buy to start tying up loose ends, window winder mechanism, windscreen , shocks , tyres etc, all the big ticket items.

long story short i got in touch with a guy that had an abandon F100 project, so one thing lead to another.

so now i have 2 F100's - Perfect 🤦‍♂️

So enter Ruby.






so turns out 90% of the parts i need are in or on Ruby, plus some extra parts,
light lenses, hubs and discs badges, and then some.
So from here on out i will be taking all Ruby's panels and putting them on to Scarlet as they are nearly perfect, oh and did i mention i will be doing a cab swap too....

i do not have plans as yet for the remainder of the parts and the extra chassis, i am sure something will arise.

 

[///M Individual]

Great move with acquiring Ruby and superb progress with the project thus far!

 

[DonovanPorter]

the current state of the project.
Fenders, inner Fenders, hood and cab stripped off.






next the motor is coming out.

Who said anything about a V8 ??

 

[individj]

wooohooooo! what you going to do with teh nissan motor?

 

[DonovanPorter]

wooohooooo! what you going to do with teh nissan motor?

I am selling the motor and gearbox. 💲💲💲

A little some thing should be showing up today. (well not so little)

 

[individj]

what is the engine going for?

 

[DonovanPorter]

i have the engine and gearbox advertised for 16k

 

[individj]

Ok, the crank is GOLD