As usual banjo is dead on...theres a couple other choices of trans/rear ends to consider depenidn on your truck use.am goin by what you say which is you are using your 240 no matter what.Good for you.a late modle zf 5 speed what mentioned, good choice but might be pricey compared to my suggestions ...

It has a nice vintage floor hurst indy shifter that i pulled from a van at a salvage yard. no column shift anymore. i think i have too much into the 240 to yank it right now. besides, she has been good to me and i would hate to put her on a stand and never run her again.

After 3 years of my '65 being restomodded and put back on the road. I have decided that it is time for some changes. First things first. I have been wanting delay wipers ever since the first day it drizzled and i flipped the switch back and fourth for a 6 hour round trip. Not fun. So while the truck...

recently i had the urge to take a bunch of my leftover slick parts and use them to make a rat rod. just for fun. i have a late 80's ford crown vic frame and running gear that i plan to set it on. at a swap meet i picked up a set of 16inch steel rims that are off a nissan and share the same lug spaci...

you guys rock!

thanks for all the help. the under/overdrive borrection box is interesting to me. i have access to a cnc lathe and mill... i wonder if i could make one. im thinking of one like the variable speed setup on old belt driven combines. then it could be dialed in to the nats ass.....

ICEMAN6166 wrote:i like this guy, maybe on the tailgate.

HA! oh god i hope my girlfriend doesnt see that.....

and yes everyone already calles it barney. the name is gonna stick. i can see it now.....

[quote=""Whitey Ford""]Nice. Not a bad little area to do the work in either. Looks nice and quiet. I like the camper in the back in the lkast pic as well. So why purple? Not that its bad but why the color choice? Are you going with a hot rod theme or what?[/quote] Well, im colorb...

Hi to all and thanks for all the help. Heres an update on my truck. D-Day is next week! I hope...... Oh and i still havent figured out how to make the pics show up yet. computers arent my things. the shake-down run: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=32643258&l=096de&id=48007419 http://ww...

original 3 speed manual.

thanks for all the info guys. i can use the tach for now, but it would be nice to have a speedo. plus the odometer was the gas gauge. lol. what was the highest gearing that the trucks came with? if it was something like 3.23's that wouldnt help me either. would a lincoln gear fit on the cable? is it...

Hi guys, long time no update on my part. (ill add pics later, im almost done) anyway i was wondering if someone out there was experienced enough to tell me how to do this: original my truck had 4:11 gears in the rear. i have driven enough tractors in my life so i switched them for a set of lincoln 2...

Ahhhh... 240 + 390 = Good combo. Well mine would have touched the frame if I wouldn't have left the sawsall out in the open when I took a dump. My helpers made a "nice" (ie big) cutout in the frame that one day I will have to fix. Replacing the starter is a PITA. Intake has to come off as...

MadMaxetc: the 390 holley does just fine. for now anyway. i had the truck up to 70 with no lack of power or fuel. the 2.50 gears really help to stay in the lower rpm power range though. at 60 im cruising at about two grand. so it never starves for fuel. mine is a 240. had i had a 300 i would have go...

seems that my complete lack of computer skills has left my link to the albums only showing one picture. thanks to the whoever pointed that out to me. this seems to be the best way i guess. enjoy (for real this time) http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30928496&l=c9018&id=48007419 http://ww...

here is the pictures of the build so far. enjoy. any criticisms or suggestions are welcome. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30928496&l=c9018&id=48007419 http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31541101&l=f0509&id=48007419 and for those of you allergic to bondo... its not nearly a...

i have thought about fames. in fact im still thinking about it. only problem is this truck is going to have to earn its keep working. im leaning towards something clean and simple that i can easly retouch if something happens. ( i work construction so it will have a toolbox in the back and be on the...

First off thanks to everyone for their input. especially the link to the hinge repair. sounds like the way to go. i would use mine without the springs but at about 65 mph the back of the hood starts lifting. it looks like crap. im going to try to answer all the questions so far (forgive me im new to...

some pics..... maybe

now.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3 ... d=48007419

motor
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3 ... d=48007419

before
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Hi all, just a little background. bought my 65' f100 shortbed fleetside about a year and a half ago. paid $300 for it and drug it (literally) home with a tractor. little gas in the carb and a fresh battery and she fired right up. Since then ive torn it all the way down to the frame. new brakes, shoc...