Looking at TimeWarpF100's build got me to thinking I should post up some of my '76 F100 shortbed, so, here goes.
Current engine is being done by Rhodes Performance in Somerset, PA (0.030 over 390 with Ed heads, Probe 10.5's, Comp 282S, modded Streetmaster, 750 QuickFuel "Slayer", a , "Faron'ized" Duraspark, MSD Streetfire), etc..
Future plan (wishing..
) is for an aluminum (BBM) 482. We'll see.
Anyway - here's how it started. Picked it up in Raleigh, NC last May for $5K.
While I was on vacation a few weeks ago, my brother e-mailed me this pic:
and said "hey, we got started on your truck.
Since we're already into it, I figured we'd better get going.
So:
(that's my brother's '53 in the background - supercharged 351C, flip front-end, etc..).
The bed's gone:
It's in decent shape - needs a bit of work around the wheelwells and tailgate posts.
There's some rust on the floorpans, but we have new ones:
As of 8-27-14:
More to come as we progress.