Gary Lewis Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Well it's been a long time between drinks. My wife has been pushing me to finish her 1968 Mustang so the F100 has been put on the back burner. Happy to report the 1968 is now finished (photos to follow), I have been made redundant from my employer after almost 30 years of service and lets not forget our incredible 7 week vacation to the US where we were fortunate enough to meet up with some fellow members. A little late but thanks to Dave, Vinnie, Simon, Chris, Ken (from NZ) and special thanks to Gary and Janey for welcoming us into their home. We've been back for 4 weeks already, have found a new job and have settled back into normality and am just starting to getting back into working on the F100 and waiting for my parts to be shipped from California to Sydney, Australia. Here's why the roofs of these trucks rust out from the inside - due to lack of any form of coating. Glad you are home, safely. As David said, it was really good to meet the two of you. Boy, that Mustang looks great! I'll bet Anita loves it. And, glad you found another job. That had to be worrying on that long holiday here. As for the roof, that's ugly looking inside! I didn't look truly inside the one we cut - did you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpin Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Glad you are home, safely. As David said, it was really good to meet the two of you. Boy, that Mustang looks great! I'll bet Anita loves it. And, glad you found another job. That had to be worrying on that long holiday here. As for the roof, that's ugly looking inside! I didn't look truly inside the one we cut - did you? Nice Mustang, good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz EconolineF100 Posted November 17, 2018 Author Share Posted November 17, 2018 Glad you are home, safely. As David said, it was really good to meet the two of you. Boy, that Mustang looks great! I'll bet Anita loves it. And, glad you found another job. That had to be worrying on that long holiday here. As for the roof, that's ugly looking inside! I didn't look truly inside the one we cut - did you? Thanks Guys it was great to catch with all of you at the show in Skiatook. Gary the piece that you gave me is like new and will clean up great once it's cut to size and welded in. Yes the Mustang did turned out pretty good compared to how it was when we brought it home. Attached is a couple of photo's of what it used to look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz EconolineF100 Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share Posted April 13, 2019 Thanks Guys it was great to catch with all of you at the show in Skiatook. Gary the piece that you gave me is like new and will clean up great once it's cut to size and welded in. Yes the Mustang did turned out pretty good compared to how it was when we brought it home. Attached is a couple of photo's of what it used to look like. I've finally had some time to get back to working on the F100. One side of the roof is all cleaned up and tacked back in. Now that my parts have finally turned up from our US trip, the engine has arrived and it's time to pull out the six and put in the V8. It was just going to be an engine transplant but as usual I couldn't help myself once I pulled the engine out. I'm going to clean up the whole engine bay and front suspension before dropping the V8 in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz EconolineF100 Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share Posted April 13, 2019 I've finally had some time to get back to working on the F100. One side of the roof is all cleaned up and tacked back in. Now that my parts have finally turned up from our US trip, the engine has arrived and it's time to pull out the six and put in the V8. It was just going to be an engine transplant but as usual I couldn't help myself once I pulled the engine out. I'm going to clean up the whole engine bay and front suspension before dropping the V8 in. Here's the crate engine in the back of the Econo ready to have the rear sump, pick up and harmonic balancer put on before being dropped into the truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford F834 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 I've finally had some time to get back to working on the F100. One side of the roof is all cleaned up and tacked back in. Now that my parts have finally turned up from our US trip, the engine has arrived and it's time to pull out the six and put in the V8. It was just going to be an engine transplant but as usual I couldn't help myself once I pulled the engine out. I'm going to clean up the whole engine bay and front suspension before dropping the V8 in. That’s really a shame about the roof surgery... wasn’t it a rust free California truck? You are doing nice work though 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz EconolineF100 Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share Posted April 13, 2019 Here's the crate engine in the back of the Econo ready to have the rear sump, pick up and harmonic balancer put on before being dropped into the truck. Taking the 6 out and preparing the engine bay for V8 to go in. I noticed these numbers on the firewall. Can anyone tell me what each of them stand for? I think the 7M is the colour of the truck but don't know what the others are. One was behind the heater box and the other is up next to the passenger side hood hinge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz EconolineF100 Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share Posted April 13, 2019 Taking the 6 out and preparing the engine bay for V8 to go in. I noticed these numbers on the firewall. Can anyone tell me what each of them stand for? I think the 7M is the colour of the truck but don't know what the others are. One was behind the heater box and the other is up next to the passenger side hood hinge. Prepping the engine bay for a coat of paint. Was supposed to be just a quick clean up for the new engine - now it's going to be full front end rebuild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz EconolineF100 Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share Posted April 13, 2019 That’s really a shame about the roof surgery... wasn’t it a rust free California truck? You are doing nice work though 🙂 It was a little bit bubbly when we bought it - I've got some good roof sections off Gary when we were there last year but the truck was bought out of San Diego but it was ordered and lived in Florida for the first part of its life. If I had have known it was going to have two sections of the roof like this, I would have possibly put a full roof on it or changed the cab over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Taking the 6 out and preparing the engine bay for V8 to go in. I noticed these numbers on the firewall. Can anyone tell me what each of them stand for? I think the 7M is the colour of the truck but don't know what the others are. One was behind the heater box and the other is up next to the passenger side hood hinge. Yup, the "7M" is Dark Pine Metallic for 80/81. Can't help on the other number. My Canadian built 84 had the two digit paint code written in the firewall behind the heater box. Truck is looking great so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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