My FE Powered 1966 F100 "Project"

[Heo]

What a beauty   Im envious on your yard to be abel to have
stuff outside without have to dig in the snow to find it

[TimeWarpF100]

What a beauty   Im envious on your yard to be abel to have
stuff outside without have to dig in the snow to find it

Thanks!

Temps have been mid 70's during day and quite low humidity

Now have the bucket seats re-done. It was a all day job yesterday not including blasting and painting frames which I did earlier in week.
Trying to make it all look NEW not so easy . .

[TimeWarpF100]

Undercarriage pretty much done!  Just have E-Brake cables to make.

[TimeWarpF100]

First test drive today! Runs n drives fantastic!

5 min YouTube Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SunGDCYUoME

Having difficulty uploading photo's 

Site seems very slow last few days.

Happy THanksgiving to All!

[Heo]

  8)Fantastic, The wife realy liked it to.
You dont have much lawn to mowe

[TimeWarpF100]

8)Fantastic, The wife realy liked it to.
You dont have much lawn to mowe

Few pics

[Stangman]

Wow really nice you should be proud of yourself. Sounds great. I’m already posting and can’t go back right now but mustang seats.?

[TimeWarpF100]

Wow really nice you should be proud of yourself. Sounds great. I’m already posting and can’t go back right now but mustang seats.?

Thanks! Yes, Ford used Mustang buckets in the 1964-66 Trucks. 1964 they called it a Sport. 1965-66 It was a Ranger option. Done on custom cabs only The Ranger package was just that Bucket Seats. A console (1965 Falcon) was also a added option to the Ranger Package.  I do own both a F100 Ranger (My daily driver) and a F250 Ranger (575 hp 3.5 EcoBoost) but this truck was not originally a Factory Ranger. Just turned it into one as had all the pieces.  (A special bracket was used for use with the Mustang Seats in the trucks)

Later years they had Ranger Package too but could be bench or bucket.

[66FAIRLANE]

That looks fantastic. Very well done indeed!

[cjshaker]

Just a super sweet job on a super sweet truck! One of the few times we actually get to see a "project" through to completion. Thanks for the 'ride along'! Now it's time to enjoy it.

[WConley]

Just fantastic.  The look, the sound, the details - everything.  It doesn't get any better than that.

The only problem with something so nice is that you can see a mosquito turd on the paint from ten feet 

[TimeWarpF100]

That looks fantastic. Very well done indeed!

Thanks Much! still a way to go before the finish line but making progress!

[TimeWarpF100]

Just a super sweet job on a super sweet truck! One of the few times we actually get to see a "project" through to completion. Thanks for the 'ride along'! Now it's time to enjoy it.

Thanks! I have been one of those who has started many projects but never finished. Going on 19yrs since I bought it to "restore" 427 Dual Quad Power. 40+ yrs since I knew what I wanted.  So many times with this project when I thought I saw the light at end of tunnel only to find it was yet another train . .

Sure hoping progress is being made with no "issues" .   It would not be fun to have to pull engine or transmission (My first Auto Trans Rebuild)

[TimeWarpF100]

Just fantastic.  The look, the sound, the details - everything.  It doesn't get any better than that.

The only problem with something so nice is that you can see a mosquito turd on the paint from ten feet 

Thanks a bunch!  I got quite the chuckle from the mosquito turd comment as how true it is! But, I built it to DRIVE still not sure how much yet. Reason for the taller gear and the GV OD.  Will find out soon enough how things go. Hoping by end of day today I can actually take it on a longer than 2 mile trip.  Nice 25 mile loop is usually the next one. Getting close!

Engine bay pretty much done, Interior close needs door panel trim polished and installed, Still gotta wire up the GV switches inside cab, Needs brake and turn signal lights.

Most of exterior trim now on. Still need antenna, LR Tail Bezel and Passenger door lock plus wipers.

[TimeWarpF100]

New YouTube video up!

Full walkaround, inside, underhood with sound.  Engine runs fantastic straight off the engine stand.

Time for a bit of final tuning on the EFI

Any guesstimates on chassis dyno numbers? Making bucket loads of torque

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPX1DeDw7_I

Final weight is 3831 lbs as shown here.