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This will be the one of the oldest Ford's to date I have worked on, the last was a 65 Mustang and that was 20 years ago (yup, that's a disclaimer). Old Limey is gonna get a tear down and build back over the next looooooooooong while. So patience is a virtue and all that! The plan is to go through this old F100 and give it some much needed love, after the life of neglect it's led to date. I know it's not the usual custom to try and restore old pickups, but it's a Ford and a 4x4.... so it goes in here.
A little history... According to the vin Limey began it's life in San Jose at the Ford plant there in Feb. 1974. It came equipped with a 360 FE 2bbl, C6 3 speed auto. an NP205 mated to it and four wheel drive. It was equipped with the typical D44 front axle and a Ford 9" rear with a gear ratio of 3.50. The truck sits with all the original engine, trans and etc. to this day. It did however lead a pretty rough life, despite the lack of miles put on it. It was used as a snow plow for a cool old guy for almost 30 years to scrape his long driveway. It didn't get but a 1000 miles a year (if that) in that service, then it was purchased as a back up plow at my parents place and was parked for the last 8 years.
When I was able to swing a deal on it, it had been sitting and in a state of neglect. I was however able to get the old guy running after a carb rebuild, points and condenser, a coil and some fresh fluids. Drove it home about a week later after I made some room in the garage.
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A little history... According to the vin Limey began it's life in San Jose at the Ford plant there in Feb. 1974. It came equipped with a 360 FE 2bbl, C6 3 speed auto. an NP205 mated to it and four wheel drive. It was equipped with the typical D44 front axle and a Ford 9" rear with a gear ratio of 3.50. The truck sits with all the original engine, trans and etc. to this day. It did however lead a pretty rough life, despite the lack of miles put on it. It was used as a snow plow for a cool old guy for almost 30 years to scrape his long driveway. It didn't get but a 1000 miles a year (if that) in that service, then it was purchased as a back up plow at my parents place and was parked for the last 8 years.
When I was able to swing a deal on it, it had been sitting and in a state of neglect. I was however able to get the old guy running after a carb rebuild, points and condenser, a coil and some fresh fluids. Drove it home about a week later after I made some room in the garage.
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