What To Do With It ??
Ah like the title states... what do I do with it.
This old '68 D100 Adventurer has been in my family my whole life... I even learned to drive on it... ya... real strongarm steering !
The truck just sits and rots now and I hate that. Something happend in the steering gear... has a BIG empty spot when steering which gets a little scary.
And since sitting I think the master cylinder has gone kaput cuz the brake pedal is all wonkey. I thought it would be a fun truck to restore and use it to pull my Duster around on a trailer with... dunno... and parts for these trucks are not exactly a re-pop item. It does have rust in the floor and also in the inner door steps.... its heavy metal though so it can be cut.
Here is the plus side of things....
has a '71 440ci motor... which has some cam, but stock other then that. plenty of oomph though for the old brake shoes !!
Has a 8 3/4 rear with 3:55 sure grip
Has 727 Loadflight trans.
I dunno... here is the pics..... keep in mind she sits and is old and dirty.
ya its got a later year hood on it after a mishap
old red
we keep the dash covered at least.. not one crack in the passeger dash pad
tell me these shifters werent made for banging gears... this one has... :)
looks like the rear end seeping a bit o' fluid
'71 440....seen better days but still runs good.
ok so... do I work on this pig ? Do i jerk the powertrain and stab it into a short bed 72 and later with IFS ? Do I .....do i..... Scrap it and sell the stuff ?
inputs, ideas, and offers all considered !
-RPM
Ah like the title states... what do I do with it.
This old '68 D100 Adventurer has been in my family my whole life... I even learned to drive on it... ya... real strongarm steering !
The truck just sits and rots now and I hate that. Something happend in the steering gear... has a BIG empty spot when steering which gets a little scary.
And since sitting I think the master cylinder has gone kaput cuz the brake pedal is all wonkey. I thought it would be a fun truck to restore and use it to pull my Duster around on a trailer with... dunno... and parts for these trucks are not exactly a re-pop item. It does have rust in the floor and also in the inner door steps.... its heavy metal though so it can be cut.
Here is the plus side of things....
has a '71 440ci motor... which has some cam, but stock other then that. plenty of oomph though for the old brake shoes !!
Has a 8 3/4 rear with 3:55 sure grip
Has 727 Loadflight trans.
I dunno... here is the pics..... keep in mind she sits and is old and dirty.
ya its got a later year hood on it after a mishap
old red
we keep the dash covered at least.. not one crack in the passeger dash pad
tell me these shifters werent made for banging gears... this one has... :)
looks like the rear end seeping a bit o' fluid
'71 440....seen better days but still runs good.
ok so... do I work on this pig ? Do i jerk the powertrain and stab it into a short bed 72 and later with IFS ? Do I .....do i..... Scrap it and sell the stuff ?
inputs, ideas, and offers all considered !
-RPM