Newby w/ '69 F250 CS in pieces and loving it

[Daffy_'69]

WOW -- Just found this site last night. It was a vague reference from a post I was reading of FTE. I don't know if I'll be back there.

I had some great posts with awesome contributors from FTE, but I think some of the posts were getting clipped. I was seeking advice on my 390 rebuild and it seemed some replys were incomplete. I could just be imagining things, but no matter, I found this site and will be posting questions soon.

I have two '69 CS that were both built in San Jose, not to long between each other. One is a Ranger CS Vin# F25HRD96226 the other is a Custom Cab Vin #F25YRD84426. They both have 390's courtesy of a rebuild on the CC some time before I acquired it.

I'm going to build up one great truck from the two and currently have the Ranger almost completely stripped to frame at my fathers is IL. Made a trip to IL from CO in my CC and got 29 miles into Kansas on I-70 and her C6 said no more... I went another 160 miles in 1st before dad and the trailer showed up in Salina, KS. I'm going to rebuild the stock 390 in the Ranger, (which had only 59k original miles) to a nice strong daily driver. I've got a 600cfm Edel, going to get a Edel Performer Intake, Hedman headers, CraneCam 343901, Cloyes double roller timing set, KB150 Pistons with Molly rings, and I'm seeking options for a dissy. I'll be driving mostly in CO over 5200' so I'm shooting for a 9.6:1 static CR and will be upgrading the C6 with a street shift kit, 3.54 Dana 60 with ~31" tires.

I've been interested in the Performance Distributors DUI replacement, but have had a running post on FTE about using a Duraspark with an after-market Ignition Module. I'll post on Engine Forum with this question next.

Nice to be a part of a free-thinking & free-speaking forum

[Big D's 69]

Welcome aboard and can't wait to see some pics and progress.

[cathynkeith]

Hello and welcome, its a great place!
Sound like you are off to a running start, I use all MSD and never have a problem.
Many people here can help with anything.
See ya on the boards.

[Daffy_'69]

Big D - Is there a guide to posting pics? I'm sure there is somewhere on the site, but haven't found it yet. Still reading all this great info.
I'll post some as soon as I figure out how.

[flyboy2610]

Welcome aboard!
I have a '69 F250CS Ranger that was built in San Jose as well! It has a 360 in it now but will have a 390 in it, next spring probably. I love it!

[CJ,s 67 F100]

Welcome aboard from Texas

[kknip]

Welcome from North Carolina! The picture gallery is down,but you can register with photobucket and put the link in a post.

[flyboy2610]

Photo gallery is back up.
Go here: http://www.fordification.com/galleries/
Click on register to create an account, then upload your photos. After you have uploaded the photo, put your cursor over the photo you wish to post and RIGHT click. Down at the bottom of the message window, left click 'properties.' Highlight the link displayed and copy it into your post. The add [IMG} before the link and [/IMG] after it.
It should look like this, only without any spaces between the brackets and the link:


Without the spaces, the pic shows up.

To get a fullsize pic, do the same with the fullsize pic from your gallery.

[Clarko]

Welcome aboard!
I have a '69 F250CS Ranger that was built in San Jose as well! It has a 360 in it now but will have a 390 in it, next spring probably. I love it!

Ditto!! Except mine now has a 428 in it.

[heep70]

and to the site.

[kknip]

oops,I did not know the gallery was up.sorry for the missinformation.

[71 LONG BED]

You weren't imagining things about post clipping, other people have posted the same observation. You'll be happy with how layed back it is here. See you on the board. Oh-yea, can't wait to see pics.

P.S. I didn't know the galleries were back either, yahoo!!

[Daffy_'69]

OK Guys, I've tried a few times and was unable to get any pitures into my gallery. I get a SQL error, saying my sintax is wrong. Heck I didn't know I had sintax in Colorado

I'll keep trying, casue I have some good ones to show. I also have a picture of my disc brakes, that appear to be stock for a 69 F250. They are twin piston jobs. Does this sound right? I have a great pic to help identify if the are not stock to the 69, maybe someone will be able to help with indentification.

[Clarko]

OK Guys, I've tried a few times and was unable to get any pitures into my gallery. I get a SQL error, saying my sintax is wrong. Heck I didn't know I had sintax in Colorado

I'll keep trying, casue I have some good ones to show. I also have a picture of my disc brakes, that appear to be stock for a 69 F250. They are twin piston jobs. Does this sound right? I have a great pic to help identify if the are not stock to the 69, maybe someone will be able to help with indentification.

Sounds just like my front brakes.

[Jake11]

Welcome aboard from Cali.