1969 F250 4x4 Highboy 7/9 rubicon

[1971fordsdad]

"the back FORD thing only took about 1 HOUR! and i broke two of my dads drill bits"

WHAT???? I gotta read his posts more often. Luckily I have a huge drawer full of crappy old drill bits. I know Ryan is smart enough to not use the brand new ones I just got. RIGHT???

[1971ford]

"i also cleaned alot of the garage "

Liar

MY GARAGE not yours i cleaned all the parts away so mugwump and his wife could come in safely

and they were you new drill bits

[AustinTom]

Good job man. I wish I had all those cool tools like air compressors, ratchets, and drills when I took mine apart. Took a long time with just wrenches. Just kidding, you're makin amazing promise and are gonna have a couple of awsome trucks soon.

[RedneckTexan]

"i also cleaned alot of the garage "

Liar

MY GARAGE not yours i cleaned all the parts away so mugwump and his wife could come in safely

Yeah, your only suppose to clean the house/garage/shop/etc... when company comes over

and they were you new drill bits

Someones in trou-ble

[1971ford]

UPDATE:
well, not much of one though.
the weather this weekend was horrible. i would work on the truck in the shelter with the rain, but not all the wind.

but i did get:
-the carb pulled
-distributor pulled
-all pulleys/brackets pulled
-valve covers pulled
- my garage cleaned up alot
-prepared garage and tools for starting sanding, got an idea of what im in for.

before i pulled the above-listed things off (dont have any very recent pictures, my hands were pure grease and didnt want the camera to be that way)

i am going to start with this region, and find out whats going on under that bondo.

seems nice and straight here:

DENT:

another view of the dent:

seems straight:

DENT:

there is also a dent on the cowl, and a dent where the CHEVY bumper smacked the bed. ill check them all out soon.

THE PLAN:
im going to take the exhaust manifolds, intake manifold off and then wheelbarrow the block out . my dad and i are going to clean it (under the valve covers is a nice layer of grease on everything) and im going to repaint everything all original colors. and were going to install a 4 barrel intake and carb, and some headers . hopefully the engine and exhaust will be gone next weekend.
then im going to get the truck down to my work and have some stuff welded/cut off(bed brackets for example). THEN im goign to sand the whole truck to bare metal then bondo...
also just got a sliding rear window..
its going to get exciting

[67mann]

Good progress Ryan--did you get your window from josh? Thats if ya did. Pick mine up today from the jnkyrd

[1971ford]

yeah, im waiting for my checks to clear in the bank so i can get the money order out to joshpow

[Joshpow]

Lookin good man. I'll be glad to see the old slider go in a truck like yours. Hopefully it will make you as happy when you get it as you are now.

[1971ford]

i just looked at your truck joshpow, what a beauty the interior is a good reference of what mine will look like.
did you get that seat cover custom made or did you get it anywhere where maybe i could get my hands on one ?

[67mann]

I know this is ryans thread Hey josh is that the truck your puttin the bezal in?--------that's gonna look SORRY ryan back to your thread

[1971ford]

update:
mostly just worked on the engine
-but i did get alot of wiring harness removed,
-cut out a bunch of bogus wiring under the frame,
-marked all holes needed to be welded up,
-got a new hood from Green70 (he came by )

pics are worth 1 million words so here you go:

my dad and i got the passenger exhaust manifold off, and the cylinder head. the drivers side has a stripped bolt, so we are going to have to cherry pick the engine out, drill the bolt and get the exhaust manifold and cylinder head off the passenger side.


almost nothing left in the interior


i got all the tailgate trim removed:

look at my mess

look at how well i cleaned it up
well, you can only really see the side of the garage that i also cleaned. but i also cleaned the whole garage


my new hood:

hey look the bottoms clean unlike my other hood:

im going to practice sanding/filling/painting on my metal camper shell that im "rebuilding"



check out my new paint booth
this thing was FULL of spiders and webs, so i got the hose and spent 15 min. just flushing this place out
a fan will fit nicely in that window spot




next weekend my dad and i will pull the rest of the engine out, hopefully the truck will get towed down to the welding shop. and hopefully the camper shell will come off this weekend too. next weekend should be EXCITING!!!!

[TheEskimo]

WOW, you are really getting that thing down there. This is such a cool thread, I love seeing the updates and progress. Keep up the amazing work Ryan.

[Chaseman]

I just got a good look at your truck and I love the color , I think evantaully I'll paint my truck that color

[1971ford]

yeah its a pretty nice blue. but its not going to be blue for long
orange and white

[Joshpow]

Nice color blue man. Believe me when I say orange paint makes an old truck like this rather flashy. My orange 72 has gotten more attention than you would believe. Outside cop attention, no negative. Young people like us may not need the attention of the blue lights. But, its yours and make sure you make it suit you. Do you know what color blue is on it or the 71 you have? They look alot like the color I would like to use on my 72 when I rework it.