Slick 60's

This is my '65 F350 build up thread. Bought the truck Feb 10, 2012. 85,000 miles. Engine had a rebuild tag on it, will have to try and track the company down and see when it was done. Have it stripped down, to a rolling chasis. Engine painted. Hope to have frame painted in next couple days. Not going for perfect, but a pretty decent driver. Something to have fun with. Came w/ 36" Humvee tires and custom wheels the previous buyer had made to replace the split rim tubed dually tires. Took 2,650 lbs off between the lift gate (1,150 lbs); flat bed w/ 2 layers of wood & diamond plate (1,200 lbs) stakesides (300 lbs). Took the flatbed and lift gate to the scrap yard today (a project in of itself).

painted frame today



Tried to call Hesco Parts Corporation to find out about the tag on the engine, seems like it might be a dead end, "all circuits are busy" - all day long. Wondering if it is a replacement 300 instead of the 240 that it decodes as. Google comes up very short on info on this company. Their website only lists the non-working phone number...

yea - i'm politically incorrect and playing on both. Being a newb I'm trying to get as much info as possible There is a couple over there with a high and mighty tude, though.

wow, there are some serious meats on that rig...

look like rock crawlin tires !

Miltary Humvee wrangler 2's. 36" tires on 16.5 rims. They were brand new. Think the previous guy got them military surplus somewhere. They even say military on the side of them

Damn, that was a sweet bed!

I couldn't get any takers for it locally & the bed itself was in pretty bad shape, had the original bed boards all rotted out, diamond plate on top of that with a bunch of rust holes and other holes cut in it and then a layer of 2x8 that were screwed through the whole mess. Wasn't the look I was looking for...

Have the stake sides available for $100

progress update... Bought bed, mounted cab & bed, painted matte black & maroon.

centerline of axle was five feet from the cab compared to 4' on a 100/250. Extended wheel well & cut wheel opening larger, matched lines from front fender.

I used a 2x4 on each frame rail to raise the bed the right height but I think the back of the bed is too high and I need to chop the 2x4 before the mount at the rear and shim it less. Thoughts?

Looking good . Maybe find another set of front fenders and cut them up and blensd them into the bedsides .


Rick