Slick 60's

Ok just so i can show my progress and maybe help with some guidance here are some pictures of the rig so far. keeping in mind i just bought it on 7-1-09
Nick
when i first brought it home.




Took the bed off to POR 15 the frame

Front brakes are frozen, any links to convert it to power disc brakes?

Any 70' Ford truck will bolt on to your twin I's. Or just take the whole I beams.

Alright quick question, i have a 352 and i really can find aftermarket parts for this engine, are there other parts that are interchangeable? ive been browsing through the summit racing magazine.
Thanks
Nick

ok here is more work i did, took off the front end, bumper, fenders, ect...
going to replace alot of stuff.

Cumminsturbo22 wrote:Alright quick question, i have a 352 and i really can find aftermarket parts for this engine, are there other parts that are interchangeable?
Thanks
Nick

FE series engine. 352, 360, 390
kenny

progress is good and a nice truck to start with good luck with the build

This is a fast start , good luck ...

Roc wrote:This is a fast start , good luck ...

I have no patience, it must be done,
Wife has even been helping me strip bolts and wants to be in charge of the "interior design"

Cumminsturbo22 wrote: Wife wants to be in charge of the "interior design"

... be careful anyway

Just saw a 390 motor for $300 bucks on craigslist. Search "f100" in the for sale area on Chicago site. It says it's locked up, but has an Edelbrock performer manifold on it. Who knows, it may have some other usable performance or dress-up parts too. It was in Merriville In., so it's not too far away.

Jerry D

ok thanks guys, but the cummins conversion is looking better on my part

Heres more pics of progress, just waiting on my buddys cherry picker so i can mount this motor on the engine stand. 2 bolts left and thats the motor mounts.

I have a question on this butterfly valve thing

what does this do? help warm up the truck during the winter? is this part needed?
Nick

You go it right it's too speed engine warmup. You can get rid of it if you want, performance engines didn't use them.

lmc sells those for around 85$. lol. chuck it.

Well pictures will be up soon, but I ripped out the driveline today, sat back down and thought about what's going to be put on this motor. Since I decided to keep it, and put a newer manual trans behind it. But this 352 is really not a performance motor huh? I really can't find upgraded parts for this yet. Maybe I'm just looking in all the wrong places. Can someone point me to the right direction?
Thanks
Nick

If you are willing to do machine work, you can punch the 352 out to a 390 and then use all the bolt on goodies for that motor. The 352 was a blue-collar motor without much in the way of performance additives. If you aren't into the whole "boring" thing, Edlebrock does make a Performer RPM aluminum intake for it, it should be worth a lil horsepower and response, not to mention weight savings. That stock cast iron intake is a boat anchor. A set of headers and a Pertronics ignition would atleast give her a lil oomph, but you'ld probably be better served finding a good used 390 and go from there.

Just my 2 cents.

Greg

Ok I looked into getting it bored and a shop told me he couldn't bore it to a 390. Idk. So I'm going to just restore this motor with some fresh goodies and paint and call it a day. Ill leave the next project for a hot rod.

heres some pictures
Call me a hill billy but the tree worked out perfect!