1949 Ford F2

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Its 2wd for now. strpot
Its a 1949 Ford F-2 3/4 ton. The running gear is going back to the P.O.
Yall know whats next. hacck

 

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have to

 

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make 5 posts...

 

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before i can share awesomeness!

 

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Its 2wd for now. strpot
Its a 1949 Ford F-2 3/4 ton. The running gear is going back to the P.O.
Yall know whats next. hacck

 

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Little bit of progress in the last few days.

 

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Lots of **** done today! Thanks Omar and a good friend of mine Nathan! Beefy front hanger and 3/8 gusset that runs up the frame about 10 inches. Pushed the front out as far as possible. Sex! Got new set of Ubolt for the rear and i forgot the measure the wheel base but its around 120- 126ish.

 

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New grips! And bed is just on for pic!

 

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Ordered my 383 stroker kit from Eagle today at lunch. It will be in this friday. Comes with crank/rods/pistons/rings/bearings ect. Will be 10.7:1 comp ratio with dual valve relief flat tops. Gotta put cam bearings in it haha (see pic below). Going to order some goodies soon, windage tray, 7/16 rocker arm studs, beefy push rods, new cam, ect. Bottom end will be together next weekend.

 

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Worked on getting rid of the remaining factory stuff that i do no need. Removed the trans cross member and running board supports that were all riveted on. Pulled the steering columb, parking break lever, seat, fuel tank, and most of the remaining broken glass out of the truck. I cleaned up the fire wall of all un-needed brackets and linkage. I hope to have the engine and trans somewhat in it tomorrow.
That is a 1948 Willys Jeep that im working on for a friend.
And the last two pics are the pimp *** A/C!

More done this evening. Cut alot out of the cab and fire wall in order to get the trans high enough to flat belly the rig. I do realize flat belly is not really what i need since it is so high and that ****** my center of gravity but i do intend on linking it some day so i shall thank myself down the road. Tomorrow after work i will have the cross members built for the engine and trans. Im going to have to run the engine at a slight angle in order to be able to fit dual 3 inch exhaust around the t-case but its not very much. Sorry for the crappy cell pics.
And the trans is getting a full overhaul after the engine is finished. Dont want a soft spot on this thing.

 

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Should have flex pics in a day or two. Pic of front hanger is with no weight at all. And the engine mounts still have alot of gussets yet to be put in place. I really need to get this thing rolling again so i can get ready to head back to school.

Got it finally sitting on its own weight. Rides high but nothing i can do about it with leaf springs. Frame twists alot but the cage will fix that. Engine and trans are in in the pics.

 

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12 hours of work and its all together minus rocker arms, oil pickup and a few small things. But the important parts are good. Checked everything known to man in the clearence department. Everything checked out good. Tired as hell but here are some pics.

 

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Also picked up a set of 14" travel pro comp shocks.

Awww yeahhh!

Picked up a set of seats my buddie bought. They didnt fit him well so i got them for the Ford. Dirty room is room mates side.

Cant wait to play with this stuff!

 

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Was in town this weekend and stopped by the shop for a few hours. Had time to make it look purdy
Before

After

 

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That was alot of copy/paste haha. Anyways this is my rig and its current standings. Ive had it for like 8 months now. I attend Texas Tech University so i dont get much time to work on it, away from summer/winter break. Hope yall like it!

 

[British Slave]

Lookin' good! Know where there are any more old trucks that might be bought?

 

[Brian_D]

whoa! nice! My grandpa restored one of these to mint condition. very nice trucks.

 

[chulisohombre]

Looks awesome. Love that old iron.

 

[bigred88]

That's a lot of rust! I've never seen glass coated with rust before, how does that even happen?

I like what you're doing with it. Looks good!