1971 f250 DESERT truck- 10/24 race prep

[1971ford]

oh yeah, i should grab the axles...

[RedneckTexan]

Did you keep the axles?

[1971ford]

sure did! we will mount one to the truck as a spare when the cage is in

thanks for telling me to save them, good idear

[RedneckTexan]

No problemo Senor! Happy to help!

[aramil]

the d60 should offset the weight balance from the engine alittle, isnt it heavier than a 9 inch?

[rjewkes]

oh yeah if i put a full floater d60 with a five lug setup on my f100 i would.

[OldRedFord]

my dad loved the nice ruts my bump left when i decided to hook it up to some old rail road tie fence posts, who knew they wouldnt just pop out of the ground like i thought it would...

nice progress, cant wait to see the finished project.
keep up the good work.

Healthy lawns need aeration anyway.

Looking good!

[1971ford]

yeah when you make ruts in the lawn, your just helping out by turning the soil for airation

[RedneckTexan]

I'm having a hard time convincing my parents of that little known fact.

[aramil]

i got another little "airation" project waiting on the bump to get fixed, this time its clothes line posts that we just buried and cemented about two months ago, god i hate moving...

[flyboy2610]

god i hate moving...

Me, too. That's why we bought a house six months ago.
Now, I don't need a landlords permission to build my garage.
(Just the money! )

[aramil]

thats good news flyboy, we are moving on to a plot of land that has been in our family since 1950-60 or somthin like that, and will most likely be buying the plot and the back half is a field that pays the land taxes so its a good deal.

[1971ford]

UPDATEEEEEEE

-got the 360 and tranny completely disconnected from the 71, ready to pull.
-scraped tons and tons of grease off of the tranny.
-cleaned all the grease off of the 429
-removed/painted brackets from 429
-cleaned and masked the 429 for paint
-painted 429
-other stuff.

BEFORE

NOW. the air filter is just for the picture. im going to get a 5 in. tall filter for it. the edelbrock 750 4-barrel is under the filter


spent tons of time stripping the 429 donor truck for the scrap yard. got $400 which i split with my boss since he towed it down there and threw some things on.


bought engine stands. there prettty rediculous to me. im taking them to the welding shop i work at to give them a nice gusset for strength.

not that i care but check out these sweet runs



shiny makes you go faster.... right?






before the tranny looked like a big block of grease. then i carved the block of grease down into a tranny.


engine/tranny will be pulled next weekend. we will also rebuild the tranny that weekend. and hopefully get the 429/tranny into the 71 that weekend as well. we have one weekend to get the truck running WELL and driveable to norther nevada for a desert race.
things to do before its ready, which we will have to do next weekend. i dont know if we will make it

-pull 360/tranny
-mount the new motor mounts. going to have to drill holes somehow
-drill out the broken exhaust manifold bolts
-bend the exhaust pipes to fit the 429 manifolds. dont know if this will work
-swap torque converters, they might not even swap... should though
-mount the rearview mirror
-put the 429/tranny in
-connect everything
-tune stuff
-flush engine
-get ready for trip
-OH, and cant forget about rebuilding the tranny.
thats all i can think of. im sure there will be surprises though


if it does get done, its going to be verrrrry close

[TheEskimo]

Nice work, hope you get it done in time. You just keep plugging away at it and it should be done in no time knowing how fast you work.

[truckguy]

Looking good Ryan, hope you can get it done in time.
Kyle