tit for tat

A little side project showed up last week.
A neat old Ford (1973?) F100 truck.
The poor thing cannot hold in oil.

1929 and 1973 ford trucks

This is similar to my first car,
a 1972 F250 camper special that I tore up.
I think it got 6 or 8 miles to the gallon.

1973 FORD F100

This is a survivor work truck from Texas.
Now it's in retirement as a surf truck in Encinitas.

(Hugh) Wolfe Nursery - Stephenville Texas

Hauled some kind of plants or flowers to the market,

for the Wolfe Nursery in Stephenville.

A blatantly funny money grubbing mascot!

wolfe nursery wolf - texas

This thing has a big 360,
so let's hope there are no surprises in that engine bay...

1973 Ford F100 dash

This big hulk had to slide into the back spot in the alley.
The kids were enlisted for the move,
they're used to this now.

perich brothers and sister - 2013

Man this thing is so close to being a driver!

1940 ford moonshiner coupe

The brick strips made it so easy to wedge the 40 in the side spot.
We're hoping the next time it leaves it will be under it's own power.

1940 ford coupe

Just so you know I'm not temporarily abandoning the project,
here's a couple little things that were done.

ford brake pushrods

The newer master cylinder needed that thick adapter,
and the pivot was different then the original 1940 pedals.

modified brake pushrod

A little cut and paste blended old and new.
This was tig welded and passed the hammer test!
While I was laying on the creeper,
I noticed a huge money saver.
My plan was to weld up a temporary exhaust,
using some simple bends and straight pipes,
or baby it to an exhaust shop and charge it up.
(yeah right...!)
After all this time I had never compared the original SBF exhaust
to the existing exhaust that was on there.
Come to find out,
the original tubing is a perfect slip fit to the Lincoln pieces I had kept.
That means I could have made the exhaust months ago.
Great.
No matter it's a relief to have a plan.

brake assembly

Next was one of the most important pieces to this puzzle,
the driveshaft.
The original Lincoln will need to be shortened to fit.

drive shaft disassembly

All the u-joints were removed,
and the input shaft installed with the correct spacing.

measuring driveshaft length

This is one of the rare instances I'll farm out work.
It's worth it to have a straight and balanced driveshaft,
and one of the reasons I brought on that truck side project!
Tit for tat...

TP