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'76 F100 Build
« on: August 27, 2014, 10:40:43 PM »
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.   :o

Since we're already into it, I figured we'd better get going.

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 (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.



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Re: '76 F100 Build
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2014, 11:09:23 PM »
Damn I wish I could find a 2x short bed in that great of shape.
This should be fun. :)
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Re: '76 F100 Build
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2014, 05:22:38 AM »
That truck is in nice shape. My first truck was a 76 F100 with a 300 I6 in 1986 and it never looked that good. What other plans do you have in store for it?
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Re: '76 F100 Build
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2014, 05:23:08 AM »
nice, I also like the 53 of your brothers. does he know the hood emblems are off a 56?

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Re: '76 F100 Build
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2014, 10:59:32 AM »
My favorite two body styles right there... I wish mine was that clean... Wisconsin has taken it's toll on my 76.... Good luck with the project... Glad to see another f100 like mine being built...


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Re: '76 F100 Build
« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2014, 09:44:43 PM »
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What other plans do you have in store for it?
Have the C6 re-done; Hughes 3000 RPM T/Q; Hoosier 31x12.50's on Cragar S/S's - I really like the way they look against the black paint; we're re-doing the interior - trying to find power seats from a late'ish F150 or Expedition; fresh paint, of course, maybe ghost flames.  If funds permit, the aforementioned aluminum FE will end up in there.

I'm trying to get it done in time for Great-Niece #1's last day of school (her senior year) next spring.  :)  She absolutely loves it, and it will be her truck at some point in the future, as long as she doesn't marry a liberal.   

We did a quick fix-up on it this spring - stuck in a Comp 268H for a little rumpity, and put the Cragars on it, for her to take on the last day of her junior year.  You'da thought she and Great-Niece #2 were in a Bentley or something, if you'd seen them cruising down the road - long hair flying out the windows, smiling ear to ear!!  ;D ;D  They said all the kids at school were just agog over the thing!!

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does he know the hood emblems are off a 56?
Hmm, I doubt it.  He just got it a month or so ago - he liked my truck so much, he dug around on the 'net and found one of his own to play with.  It was put together by some guy in Philly, who decided he'd rather go sprint car racing, so he sold it to my bro for a song.  Stuff like that happens to him all the time..  It's currently getting disc brakes on all four corners - he got a kit from Speedway, and one of the guys who works with us just put the same kit on his '56, so he's helping out.  The garage is really busy, right now.   ;D


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Re: '76 F100 Build
« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2014, 09:52:13 PM »
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D'oh!!  Just hit a snag - the fairly new compressor we were using to sandblast the frame just up and quit..  >:( 
That puts a crimp in our plans to have it done/POR15'd by the end of the week.  We were hoping to have it to the paint shop by the end of next week, so we'll have to wait and see.

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Re: '76 F100 Build
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2014, 11:08:01 PM »
Sometimes you just have to scratch your head..  :P

We got the new 10 HP I/R 100 gallon compressor hooked up/ready to go yesterday - turns out the original one was getting worked too hard and crapped out.  Naturally, some other issues popped up - turns out my brother's garage, where we're doing the work, was originally wired with a Federal Pacific entrance panel, so he decided he'd better change it. 

Yes, we're all set!!  ;)

Wrong..  :(

The guy doing the sandblasting, Joel, worked in a custom shop some years ago doing just this sort of thing, and he's doing it for me gratis, but, then he went and broke his foot today.  BUT, it's actually a prosthetic foot - he lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident any years ago.  Seems you don't just go to WalMart and get another one of those..  Talk about custom work - they cost about $4K!!  I offered to carve a new one for him out of a chunk of wood, but he said no..   ::)   He promised to hobble out and show my brother and I what to do, so, we'll see.. 

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Re: '76 F100 Build
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2014, 11:59:45 AM »
Geez, that sounds like my kind of luck LOL!  Nice of him to come out and show you the ropes, though...
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Re: '76 F100 Build
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2014, 10:39:53 PM »
Glad to make you feel like you're not alone, Jay.  :D

When I got home from work this afternoon, I heard the blaster running so I went up and looked, and there Joel was, blasting away.  He went and got a 'loaner' foot, while they whip up a new one.  :o  The top of the frame is all done, so we flipped it over and wrapped it up overnite - hopefully it'll be nice tomorrow and we can finish it up.  Forecast is for a chance of t'storms..   :(

Saw something neat that I never knew about - the VIN is stamped on the top of the passenger side frame rail.  At least it matches the one on the dash tag and door pillar. 

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Re: '76 F100 Build
« Reply #10 on: September 06, 2014, 12:59:02 AM »
Cool truck! I hope you keep it black.

That VIN number is in 2 places on the frame . . . One to view while looking under hood and the other ya just have to know where it is . .

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Re: '76 F100 Build
« Reply #11 on: September 06, 2014, 09:31:31 PM »
Yep, black it shall be.  Like that one you had in your earlier post!!

Here's Joel sandblasting the frame today, before the storm came.  It worked out okay, actually, we ran out of sand about the same time the storm got here.



His 'loaner' foot..



They only had an 8-1/2; his "regular" foot is 10-1/2, so his shoe doesn't fit too well.   :( 

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Re: '76 F100 Build
« Reply #12 on: September 07, 2014, 01:01:56 AM »
:(
D'oh!!  Just hit a snag - the fairly new compressor we were using to sandblast the frame just up and quit..  >:( 
That puts a crimp in our plans to have it done/POR15'd by the end of the week.  We were hoping to have it to the paint shop by the end of next week, so we'll have to wait and see.

As long as you are going through all the trouble to sandblast the frame nice I would do anything but POR15.

Powdercoat done right would be best. Then a good bonding primer for bare metal like DP90 (black) then a good paint like PPG DCC Concept 9000. If you want it satin~semi gloss just add a bit of flattening agent.

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Re: '76 F100 Build
« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2014, 09:46:19 AM »
Why not POR 15?  I thought it was the cat's whiskers for frames. 

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Re: '76 F100 Build
« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2014, 01:29:15 PM »
People use the POR15 to go direct over rust. The "cheap" route to just cover over the slop.

Since you seem to be doing it correct by blasting first it will not cost much more to have it powdercoated.

I paid 200.00 to have my frame powdercoated and could not be happier with the result. Most areas it may cost more but well worth it.

To me the POR15 is used for one reason. Trying to cut a corner and do it on the cheap.

If you are going to spray vs brush, roll its different but it will simply not look as nice when done.

I tried POR15 once for just that. Taking a short cut and never again. Maybe for covering mud puddles or  . . .

If I was doing a chassis and POR came and said here is free materials and 1000.00 in cash I still would not use it!

Just look up photo's for end result using "poor15" then make your own decision
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