65 Under Construction. Short Wide

kingranch2006 · Post by **kingranch2006** » February 28, 2012, 5:50 pm

On the way Home the day I bought her

Burnout 5 minutes after getting her off the trailer, (Not bad with the old 305 Chebby engine...

What she looked like after a couple of evenings....

kingranch2006 · Post by **kingranch2006** » February 28, 2012, 5:57 pm

Now to the tear down....

First the box was taken off, Underneath & rear frame painted....

Painted & Drop Shackles installed....

kingranch2006 · Post by **kingranch2006** » February 28, 2012, 6:00 pm

The Engine before Tear Down & Rebuild, A 390 Merc

The Valve Covers before blasting

kingranch2006 · Post by **kingranch2006** » February 28, 2012, 6:08 pm

Front Disassembly...

Old 305 Squatting, Not For Long!

Vin Located

Painted

1965fordf100 · Post by **1965fordf100** » February 28, 2012, 6:25 pm

Awesome project, and excellent start...seems like you are moving right along...much fast than me anyway!

slickmainer · Post by **slickmainer** » February 28, 2012, 8:57 pm

really solid truck, holy cow is that a huge shop! sure beats my driveway

looks really good

Alan 66 · Post by **Alan 66** » February 29, 2012, 10:48 pm

Wow ,i like those valve covers . That's going to look slick.

Santi · Post by **Santi** » March 2, 2012, 7:03 pm

Sweet find and nice work so far. That is a nice size shop you got there like slickmainer said...

kingranch2006 · Post by **kingranch2006** » March 5, 2012, 5:39 pm

Thanks for all the comments guys! :

MeZapU · Post by **MeZapU** » April 15, 2012, 9:52 pm

Fast progress. Faster than me anyways.

kingranch2006 · Post by **kingranch2006** » July 9, 2012, 5:17 pm

Some Progress & First Trophy "Best Truck 70 & Older" at the International Motoring Festival this weekend! & There were some "Cherry" trucks there!

Hunter's 64 · Post by **Hunter's 64** » July 9, 2012, 7:56 pm

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

Danny

kstones63 · Post by **kstones63** » July 9, 2012, 10:04 pm

Congrats, It's always nice to be recognized for your work.

Kevin