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BillyRay59

Re: BillyRay's 1981 F100 Restification

No problem. Here is my attempt to recreate using Excel. It's tedious, but fun.

BuildSheet-remake.pdf

1981 F100 300/3-on-tree

Gary Lewis

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That is going to be very tedious. Good luck!

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
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

BillyRay59

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Completed, but have some question marks where I couldn't read it.

BuildSheet-remake.pdf

1981 F100 300/3-on-tree

Gary Lewis

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Looks good. Wish we fully understood the build sheets.

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BillyRay59

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Starting to clean up the extra white paint. Using a 3M Scotch Brite pad and water. It's all original paint under there. Labor intensive, but worth it!

Also, took the trashy stickers off the back window and put a vintage DAV decal on to honor my Dad who was a WWII vet.

BEFORE and AFTER

1981 F100 300/3-on-tree

Rembrant

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BillyRay59 wrote

Completed, but have some question marks where I couldn't read it.

BuildSheet-remake.pdf

That's cool, did you recreate that sheet?

1994 F150 4x2 Flareside. 5.0 w/MAF, 4R70W, stock.
1984 F150 4X2 Flareside. Mild 302 w/ 5spd. Sold.
1980 F150 4X4 Flareside. 300i6 w/ 5spd. Sold in 2021.
1980 F100 4X2 Flareside. 351w/2bbl w/NP435. Sold in 1995

BillyRay59

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Rembrant wrote

That's cool, did you recreate that sheet?

Yes, cell by cell in Excel. Took a long time, but I'm really happy with the results. I need to look at another 1981 Buildsheet with a date of Nov 80 to see if it will help fill in the question marks, but that might prove hard to find.

1981 F100 300/3-on-tree

Gary Lewis

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That's looking good! And the sticker is a big improvement as well.

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grumpin

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That’s cool! I like the DAV sticker!

Dane
1986 F250HD SC XLT Lariat 4x4 460 C6-Sold
1992 Bronco XLT 4x4 351W E4OD
1998 GMC Sierra SLE K1500 350 4L60E
Arizona

BillyRay59

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I can't get enough of this truck!

I took off all of the goofy mudflaps. Tried to chemical strip the hubcaps from their multiple coats of paint (black, white, green, blue), but to no avail. I didn't want to blast them and paint them to look too new, so I bought a cheap set off of eBay that look like they match the wear/mileage of the truck. Now I'm trying to clean the white paint off of the tires. I started with the front one. Another labor intensive operation.

1981 F100 300/3-on-tree

Gary Lewis

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Are those the hub cabs you tried stripping? Yes, they need some help. Glad you got some better ones.

As for the tires, I recently cleaned some grease off of galvanized wheels with O'Reilly's brake cleaner. It ran down on the tire in one spot and really did a good job of cleaning it.

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BillyRay59

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Gary Lewis wrote

Are those the hub cabs you tried stripping? Yes, they need some help. Glad you got some better ones.

There was like 5 coats of house paint on them.

Gary Lewis wrote

As for the tires, I recently cleaned some grease off of galvanized wheels with O'Reilly's brake cleaner. It ran down on the tire in one spot and really did a good job of cleaning it.

I'll give the brake cleaner a try. I'll try carb cleaner too.

1981 F100 300/3-on-tree

Gary Lewis

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My experience is that the O'Reilly's house brand brake cleaner is serious stuff, but some other brands just don't "cut" it.

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BillyRay59

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Did my window sticker, not finished. Hard to do the middle part. The truck stickers I've seen usually didn't have pricing, but I put it on there because I could and I like the way it looks.

mysticker.JPG

1981 F100 300/3-on-tree

ArdWrknTrk

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I'm not sure why you're having trouble posting photos, but this looks great!
Cool to add all the showroom details.

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.

BillyRay59

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I thought I was posting a PDF. I saved it as a photo LOL. Thanks for the kind words, very tedious. Not sure if I'll be able to finish the middle part.

1981 F100 300/3-on-tree

BillyRay59

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Got my license plate bracket from eBay today.

1981 F100 300/3-on-tree

snakebite8

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Nice!!!

Joe from NJ. 1985 F150 shortbed with 4.9 and its a stick. Put some Black FR500's on it. 17X9 upfront and 17X10.5 in the back.

grumpin

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That’s cool!

Dane
1986 F250HD SC XLT Lariat 4x4 460 C6-Sold
1992 Bronco XLT 4x4 351W E4OD
1998 GMC Sierra SLE K1500 350 4L60E
Arizona

FuzzFace2

Re: BillyRay's 1981 F100 Restification

That window sticker looks good

The guys over on the AMC car forum have been doing that for a while now.
Some even add in options with price if they "up graded" something.

Just a thought you said you cant fill in the center what if someone had a dealer pricing guide to get the price from as I think that is why you cant fill it out right?
Some one must have a guide somewhere.

I think I would still fill out the center as it would be with out the price so it was at least listed so either you can see what options the truck has or when you do get the prices you just have to add them.

Dave ----

Dave G.
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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