I bought a 1976 F150, the first year of the beefier half tons, brand new. I love the body style. I've put 450,000 miles on it with very few repairs. It's never let me down.
I have an 86 Ram-50, 360 4 bbl 4wd with 375,000 miles. Had the heads done at 325,000, other than that just exhaust and maint. Nothing like keeping up an older truck, you have some room to work under the hood!
You know Im a big ford truck guy, Born in 79 so its my favorite year of the truck, that being said ive seen hundreds of ford truck videos searching the web and youtube, and Ive got to say this is by far the baddest truck ive ever seen, props to you my friend.
I finished my 74 crew cab a year ago its the 97 motor and harness,the turbo ,intake runners, oil pan,timing cover,exhaust manifolds are all 2000 7.3 got a 4.56 gears zf5speed with a gear vender .it was a ton of work
I've had a 72 F-100 for 32 years that is original Ford yellow. Naturally...I refer to it as "Ol' Yeller." It's seen better days, but, all totaled it has around 550,000 miles. Of course, I've worked on the 360 2 bbl. throughout the years. Great old truck!
Now (bought two years ago) I have a '70 F-250 with mildly modified 460. I bought it restored and will be adding stuff to it later. Your truck is tastefully done...one of the best here on YT.
Sad part is i can remember using 70s model trucks for hauling hay firewood and a shit ton of other crap and hell I'm not that old.... boy id love to have them trucks now lol wouldn't be haulin no more wood or see anymore snow covered roads. any way nice ride man. My dad had a 76 f250 with a 390 dual carb headers strait piped... she'd pull.
i used to have a 77 f250 2wd 460 imy dad and I built when I was about 17 years old. wasnt much on the street that could keep up with it stop light to stop light drags. I miss that ole thing. nice truck btw...lol.
Nice truck. 79 is my favorite yr. Sounds like a nice lumpy bump stick in it too. 1 thing I hate is that the door is squeaking as it opens. A little lube does wonders. The nicest machines are not complete unless you can open the door w/out noisy hinges or dry bushings. .. still a nice rig.
Man that looks alot like what mine USED to look like LOL, Close to the same color as well, now its a chopped down version for racing. Sure miss driving it on the street though, nice work!!
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. REMINDS ME OF ME AND MY DADS LIFTED 79 IN HAWAII WEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY. WE WOULD GO TO THE BEACH AND LOOK FOR CERTAIN BREAKS AND CURRENTS TO GO FISHING AND DIVING. BIGG LIFTED TRUCK SUPER CLEAN WITH THE UNDERCARRIAGE SPRAYED WITH RUST PROTECTION FROM THE SALT WATER AND AIR. MAN I MISS THAT TRUCK. I GOT 2 CHEVY'S NOW..BOOOOO.
when you decide on a set of heads and intake then would be the time to call your cam dealer and figure out a cam spec for the engine..the scj aluminum heads are a great choice along with the intake.it all depends what you intend to do with the truck..
Where did you get your lift? Im in the process of restoring my 79 f250 429ci and I am running the military tires works out to just shy of 38inch tires and they are rubbing the edge of the fender when turning. Thanks
