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Gary Lewis

Big Blue's Spec Card

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Some of y'all attend car shows where the vehicles have "cards" that proclaim what they are and what's been done to them. I think it is time that I make one for Big Blue and am asking for your input on what I need to change in the document below.

Basically my idea is that I'll print the pages out, laminate them, and put them on a piece of cardboard that I can prop up on/near the truck. So I've increased the font to as large as I can go, 18 point, and still get everything on two pieces of paper. Will that work?

Thoughts, changes, input, deletions, etc please.

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

Gsmblue

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That looks great!

1985.5 F-150 XL Explorer standard cab 5.0 EFI AOD 4x4
Daily Driver. We call her Eunice the Ute.

1982 Bronco XLT Lariat 351W AOD 4x4
Code name Esperanza, or Espy to her friends. Please see my Project thread for the blow by blow.

1984 F-350 XL Centurion crew cab 460 T19 4x4
"Eylza Dual-little"

Cbarnes

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Yes sir

1984 F-250, XLT, SuperCab, 460, C-6, 4X4

grumpin

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I like it! That’s a lot of work!

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

Machspeed

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I like it! Big font on two pages. Easy to take in quickly.....well done

John

"Blackie" - 1986 F150 4x4 - Mildly warmed over 351W HO - Original owner

Gary Lewis

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Thanks, guys. But I'm not looking for kudos, although I do appreciate them. Instead, I'm looking for upgrades. What changes need to be made? Should it be shortened? Am I missing anything?

For instance, I have nothing in there about the medium-duty radio bezel, but might people want to know about it? I've said nothing about instrumentation, but might add these points:

INSTRUMENTATION:

Wide-band air/fuel ratio meter

Rocketman-converted voltmeter

Aftermarket voltmeter, oil pressure, & coolant temp gauges

ICVR replaced with true voltage regulator to ensure accurate readings on factory fuel level, coolant temp, and oil pressure gauges

Altimeter

Is that too much? What needs to change?

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

grumpin

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I think it’s enough. You could save the finer details for questioners and aficionados!

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

Gary Lewis

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Thanks, Dane. That sounds like a good plan.

Still, if anyone has suggestions I'm all eyes.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

Cbarnes

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I know this is off topic, but I have a couple of questions for some of the items you have added. Where did you get the Highliner headliner for a crew cab. LMC has one but it is for standard cab only. I need one for a supercab. And what brand of on-board air system did you install?

1984 F-250, XLT, SuperCab, 460, C-6, 4X4

Gary Lewis

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Big Blue is a regular cab truck.

And the on-board air system is a Harbor Freight Fortress 1.5 HP unit. Yep, it is 110V AC, which is why I have the 3000 watt inverter.

I took the system apart and put the compressor and controls in the toolbox and the tank under the fender in front of the RR wheel.

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Cbarnes

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Thanks Gary,

Don’t know why, but I had it in my mind that Big Blue was a crew cab.

1984 F-250, XLT, SuperCab, 460, C-6, 4X4

Gary Lewis

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Another EFI'd 460 on here, Bill's Darth, is a crewcab. Maybe that's why.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

Rembrant

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Gary,

The Bullnose Geek in me would like to see some historical stuff, like where the truck was built and what month, what the codes and names of the colors are, etc. I'm a bit of a Certification Label geek, I guess...haha.

When I'm at car shows, people always ask where the truck came from, where it spent most of its life, when did I get it, etc.

Just a thought.

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

Gary Lewis

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That's a good idea, Cory! One I'd never have thought of.

I think I can come up with most of that stuff quite easily. I'll work on that in a bit and then let y'all know when I've updated it so you can take a look.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

85lebaront2

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I had a local upholstery shop in Newport News VA do Darth's. It didn't take him too long and wasn't bad on cost. That was over 10 years ago.

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"Getting old is inevitable, growing up is optional" Darth Vader 1986 F350 460 converted to MAF/SEFI, E4OD 12X3 1/2 rear brakes, traction loc 3:55 gear, 160 amp 3G alternator Wife's 2011 Flex Limited Daily Driver 2009 Flex Limited with factory tow package Project car 1986 Chrysler LeBaron convertible 2.2L Turbo II, modified A413

Rembrant

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Gary Lewis wrote

That's a good idea, Cory! One I'd never have thought of.

I think I can come up with most of that stuff quite easily. I'll work on that in a bit and then let y'all know when I've updated it so you can take a look.

Gary,

Don't get me wrong, I love all the mods and gadgets and stuff, and I certainly appreciate all the time and effort you've put into the truck, but now that they're 40 years old, and older, I really like hearing the history of the truck. Maybe it's just me, I dunno haha. Did it spend the majority of its life on a farm in Arkansas, or did a little old lady in Nebraska only drive it on Sundays!!

Maybe it is more of a local thing for me, since so many classics come from away, but still, lots of them are indeed local, including the 70 year old truck I have now.

Based on my own experience at car shows, just as many people want to know the history of a truck as much as what was done to it (Modded, or restored, or not). The ladies (and some men) ask about the color, and if it is original.

Gary Lewis

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Ok guys, please re-read the spec card. I've revised it significantly, so it needs to be looked at very closely - again. Please.

I don't really know much more about the truck's history than what I've added, although I do know that Vernon bought the truck in Georgia and took it to Florida planning to use it to pull a travel trailer all over the US in his retirement. But because of the shoddy work that was done on it, seemingly at every turn, he finally threw in the towel in January of 2017 and I acquired it.

But I don't really want to get into the

thing, so is what I have sufficient? What else on the history would be desired?

FYI, I removed the bit about fuselinks replaces with fuses to gain space for the instrumentation section. And I added the front bumper line as well as the step bars.

Please review!

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Rembrant

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I like it, or as Mrs. Rembrant would say "Hundred Percent!".

Gary Lewis

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Thanks, Cory! You've seen far more of these things than I have, so I appreciate the input.

I'm still going to fiddle with it some, especially re formating as I don't "Suspension" being on the bottom of Page 1 and then the rest of the suspension bits being on Page 2. But there's no room on Page 2 for even one more line, so I'll see what I can move around to get things grouped together.

If anyone has more suggestions please lay them on me! I'm all eyes.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

grumpin

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Looking good! I like the history! Good suggestion Cory!

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