I got a little bored today now that my '67 F250 is pretty much done so I built a hood caddie for the shop using scrap stuff I had laying around. It works in conjunction with the one man hood removal/installation fixture I have for my cherry picker. I should have built this a long time ago.

Very nicely done, Jay! When I saw the "accessory" Steve found in the car it reminded me of when I bought my 66 F100 on auction from the Ford County Sherriff's Dept.. They told me they got it as a drug seizure. When I was cleaning it out I found an small test tube with a bulb on the end in unused condition. Since it was unused I didn't classify it as a crack pipe but I destroyed it none the less. Had it been used I would have called the Sherriff's dept.   

Funny I was just on Jegs looking at a 140 amp alternator 1 wire from tuff stuff. What is the benefit of the G3 conversion and what does it entail

I made the switch because I run a couple of drag-n-drive events and with an aftermarket 1 wire alternator I felt the need to carry a spare one with me since most parts stores do not carry them.  When I wrote "parts houses" I meant the local O'reilly's, Auto Zone etc...

Better be careful Alan, if you keep rubbin that truck it will soon be too pretty to haul the grass clippings to the compost heap.

When I started this I was hoping I could get the paint/clearcoat on smooth enough that all I would need to do was buff and polish it. However, I got too much orange peel so I had to color sand it. Since I don't know if there is a threshold when color sanding where you can still leave some orange peel and still come out good enough I had no choice but to sand it smooth. So it was done more by necessity than choice, LOL!

I finally got the truck all painted. It's been a long row to hoe(as my dear grandmother used to say) but I am almost there. Being a rank amateur I have yet to figure out how to spray clearcoat smoothly so as a consequence the vertical surfaces have a lot of orange peel I get to spend the next week wet sanding to smooth it out. But it's getting there. Also, I am happy to announce that the 428PI motor (w/cj heads) I've owned for around 40 years will be swapped in for extra towing performance.

I had a 428CJ head (swap meet item) that had a dented spot between two combustion chamber. It either got it from riding in a trailer pushed against the corner of another head or maybe something was dropped on it. Anyway, it ran clear across the two combustion chambers at the narrowest point . I stippled the area with a pin punch then brazed it. It has held just fine. 

Nice score, Jay. On a side note, you probably saved it from an LS swap too.

Nice. But is that a weak spot on all similar Ford trucks? Odd area to rust so badly yet the rest is o.k.

Yes and no. I have seen other trucks rusted there, possibly due to the type of seam sealer used at the time. I think in my case(it has been painted before) it was exacerbated by the painter putting the seam sealer in really thick, about 3/8" thick and over time it pulled away a little and allowed moisture to get in behind it and rust.