1985 Bullnose build series on Youtube

This popped up in my IG feed this morning and I thought some of you might enjoy it if you like following YouTube builds, etc. this guy is going to be hopping up a 1985 Flareside on a bit of a budget for drag racing I guess:). Enjoy:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nF4dg2P9nA8

very cool but i wish he would preserve his "family truck" instead of racing it. third generation means he is more the custodian of it then the owner of it. some things you can't get back!

mat in tn wrote

very cool but i wish he would preserve his "family truck" instead of racing it. third generation means he is more the custodian of it then the owner of it. some things you can't get back!

I know, right? That is a beautiful little truck in really nice original condition. I don't mind some mild engine upgrades and a nice set of wheels and tires, but that would be it for me. However, to each their own I guess, so what can I say;).

Be nice to see the progress though, either way. I enjoy watching when the builds are more budget minded.

i did notice a couple things. he kept calling it an f100 but i was thinking 83 was the last year for that and his fender badge said f150. another pinpoint detail I noticed was that the hood was missing the hood spring and looked as if always had. i just started a build thread on an 83 f100 and one of the things I noticed was that it was missing also. no hardware marks or any sign of having had one. but i would love to have that truck!

I really can't bear to watch a guy cut up a Bully from his grandpa just to race it. Why not just get a Bullnose in a farmer's field and use the body panels from it? Consider the drag racer named Farm Truck ... note how heavily modified it is and how little it has that is still stock.

He should go the Big Blue route, tasteful restomods only.

Yes, I'm not into that either.  Makes me cringe thinking about what my grandkids might do.