This time, I decided I will put it all in one place. Here is the 72 as it sits now, and unfortunately, this is as nice as it will ever be again:
The 72 has now become the donor truck to my 69 Crew and CNM67's (Caleb's) 67 F100 (since he will be helping me a ton with my 69). Every body panel on the 72 will be swapping places with the body panels on the 69. The only body parts of the 69 that I will be keeping will be the cab and the rear doors. The 72's body is perfectly straight without dent or rust. I will also be swapping over all of the other good parts that the 69 doesn't have (trans cooler, fan shroud, larger radiator) and all of the other work I have put into the 72 will also be transferred over to the 69 (seat, radio, F600 dash with autometer gauges, shoulder belts, new wiring with relays, additional power outlets, etc...).
The good parts of the 72 that I dont need will be swapped into CNM67's truck (power steering, power brakes, etc..). He will also score the chrome bumper off of the 69, the seat out of the 69, and other nicer components than what he has in his 67. All of his old stuff will be put into the 72 before the 72 is sold when done as a donor. Hooking up CNM67 with what he needs is the least I can do since I have no metalworking skills and he will be helping me out by cutting out some rust in the Crew and replacing the metal. Without him, I would be lost in that catagory. So this is the least I can do!!
Anyway, here is the 69 F350 Crew that I just purchased for $2400. It has a rebuilt 460 with about 20K miles on it and a C6 tranny. It has been sitting for the past 13 years but has been started regularly and moved occasionally. I talked the seller into helping me remove the service bed and allowed him to keep it for scrap or to sell as I dont want it and have no where to put it. The truck is currently white, but will be green soon enough.
Here are some pics of how it started out in my purchase:Passenger side, front door is dented and surface metal is very weak:
Driver side, front door is dented and rusted through at bottom:
The monster service bed that is solid steel:
Beautiful 69 front grill, but I will be giving it to CNM67 and running my 72 front with billet inserts:
The 460 is a beast and runs amazing for sitting 13 years:
Another front shot with hood down:
Now for the only real problem area. Passenger side above the drip rail has some rust that has eaten through. The black crap on top of it was tape that was put over the rust to try and prevent it from spreading??? Oh well, its all going to be cut out and the metal will be replaced thanks to CNM67.
This is the front passenger side corner:
A few more holes along the passenger side above the doors:
And a shot a little futher out to give a better perspective.. Doesnt look too bad I guess:
The interior is missing the back seat, but the front is very nice and so is the rest of the interior. The dash pad (under that brown cloth) is absolutely PERFECT. Not a single crack or blemish on it. Its been covered the whole 42 years.
And now for the adventure of today. Went down there and paid the man. Did the paperwork, and then spent 4 hours cutting the bed off (it was welded on) and then lifting it off. Thank god he had a forklift!! Here they are as we went:
And what it looked like shortly before I drove it home 20 miles! Still had to rig up the brake lights and put the license plate on the bumper.
It drove home great as long as I did not hit over 50. There were flat spots on the tires and without the bed on the back, I began bouncing down the road at about 50. Took surface streets and it drove like a champ. Going to spend the next week going through the whole engine and drivetrain to make sure it is up to par and then hopefully this weekend we will be cutting away rust and welding in new metal!!
No im just playing but really I'm looking forward to working this beast and the ol' 67 is next to come and if I haven't posted this yet here's my photobucket 
