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I was walking by the truck today and noticed a screw sticking out of the grill. In true me fashion, I had to investigate. That led to painting the faded gray headlight bezels and ordering a new chrome grill. After seeing the background color on the grill, I will probably just order matching bezels to make the whole front uniform.
"Dumpy" 1983 F100
1986 Bronco II crawler "Oh Blessed Lady of Acceleration... dont fail me now!" - Elwood Blues |
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That's me exactly. Oh, I need to fix "this". But wait, fixing that I have this other thing off, so why not fix it? Pretty soon you have a new truck.
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Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
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I was WAY OVER budget so I took the best head light doors and grille that needed less fixing and painted all parts an argent silver. The hardest part was tapping up the doors for painting. That is kind of how my whole truck started  If it needs floors & rockers and .......... I might as well pull the whole thing apart and fix it. Other than the used carpet that I did not have at the time the truck was put on the road and did not know of the bad T18, everything was done before it hit the road. Well did forget about getting the AC working Dave ----
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81 F100 flare side 300 six / AA OD / NP435 / 2.75 gear http://cars.grantskingdom1.com/index.php/1980-Ford-F100?page=1 81 F100 style side 300 six/SROD parts truck -RIP http://cars.grantskingdom1.com/index.php/1981-Ford-F100 |
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The truck was missing pretty bad the other day. Found the contact to the rotor was broken and one plug was arcing outside. Tune up fixed her up nicely.
My chrome grill showed up and looks nice with the painted bezels. Just waiting on a new emblem thats on order. 
"Dumpy" 1983 F100
1986 Bronco II crawler "Oh Blessed Lady of Acceleration... dont fail me now!" - Elwood Blues |
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Glad you found those issues and got them fixed. Man, that can really cause it to run badly.
And I do like that grille. 
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Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
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I finally found a set of bumper guards and got them installed. What a royal pita it was to remove the old bumper bolts. Ended up drilling them out.
Now I am not sure if I like them or not. I was going for that 80's look which this definitely does. But they are bulkier than I thought. Next is a hunt for the 96 Alcoa style wheels. I really need to hit the only yard around here and see what they have. 
"Dumpy" 1983 F100
1986 Bronco II crawler "Oh Blessed Lady of Acceleration... dont fail me now!" - Elwood Blues |
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I think they look classy.
Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake. Too much other stuff to mention. |
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Still working away on getting her prettied up. Found a set of my favorite Ford wheels over the weekend. They were rougher that I had hoped and had some damage from the clearcoat failing. I got them cleaned and stripped. Looks like I will have to sand and polish before installing them.
 
"Dumpy" 1983 F100
1986 Bronco II crawler "Oh Blessed Lady of Acceleration... dont fail me now!" - Elwood Blues |
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Those are my favorite wheels as well. They look great!
Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile
Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
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Nice score, and good job!
They look fantastic now, I can't wait to see them mounted.
Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake. Too much other stuff to mention. |
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I wish you patience.
You already have the talent, "luck" is not part of the equation.
Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake. Too much other stuff to mention. |
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Slowly getting there. Took me the better part of the day to get the front two cleaned up and mounted. Hopefully I can get the rears done this week.
"Dumpy" 1983 F100
1986 Bronco II crawler "Oh Blessed Lady of Acceleration... dont fail me now!" - Elwood Blues |
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Those wheels look wonderful! Well done!
Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile
Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
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