I'm just starting the restoration of my grandfather's 1972 F-100 Sport Custom, that he bought new in 1971.
My dad just gave it to me a couple of months ago, and I'm planning on doing a frame-off resto on it.
It's been neglected for a long time, and is a shadow of its former self, but it's not a total basket case.
The body is fairly straight, with the only real dent being in the passenger door.
There's minimal rust, a small section on the passenger side of the hood, a small spot on the side of the bed, and a few small spots around the drip rail on the cab.
There's also a small hole in the passenger floor pan, but other than that, the interior is in great shape.
I should say, the bottom of the bed is rusted pretty bad, and will need to be replaced. I haven't yet decided which direction to go with that yet.
It's got a 390 big block in it, with a C6 tranny.
So far all I've done is bought some parts to rebuild the engine.
Here's what I've bought so far;
Lunati VooDoo .542/.550 cam and lifter set
Sealed Power .30 over pistons
Fel-Pro complete gasket kit
Clevite Mahle main and rod bearings (.10 under)
Sealed Power Mahle .30 over rings
14"x 3" chrome air cleaner
An original 1972 grille, inserts, and headlight bezels (mine is a little beat up)
I also bought another 390 for parts which had a lot of goodies on it, including;
Holley Street Dominator aluminum intake manifold
Barely used .10 under crank and rods
Cast aluminum valve covers
Not long before the truck was parked I had quite a bit of stuff done to it, which shouldn't need redoing, but I'll have checked out anyway, including;
Shaved heads
Full length headers
Complete valve job
New radiator
Completely gutted and rebuilt tranny
I plan on making some mods to the suspension and frame as well, such as a late model Crown Vic front end swap, and relocating the gas tank to the rear using a 70's Mustang tank and fabricating a fuel door into the bed.
The original color of the truck is a two-tone aqua blue over white with a chrome strip separating the two, with a white roof and aqua blue interior.
I plan on keeping the same colors... But different!
My plan is to do away with the chrome down the center, fill in the holes, run a 3/4" charcoal grey pin strip in its place. The white will remain a basic white, but the blue...... I plan on doing a candy aqua blue, with heavy silver flake, outside and inside!
I've always been a big fan of flaked out paint jobs, and always wanted one of my own.
The interior will get a reupholstered seat, new steering wheel, insulation and charcoal grey carpet.
I plan to top it all off with 18" wheels in front, and 20" in the rear, all wrapped in some nice wide rubber.
This is my first time doing anything of this sort! The plan is to do nearly all of the work myself, with the help of my buddy.
We're both industrial maintenance mechanics, with extensive backgrounds in metal working, so we're not exactly clueless when it comes to that part.
That being said, neither one of us claim to be body workers by any means!
My buddy also builds engines as a hobby, but he's a Chevy guy, and doesn't have much experience with Blue Ovals.
Any tips and/or advice would be greatly appreciated!
Ps. I'll try to post some pics when I can get around to it.
My dad just gave it to me a couple of months ago, and I'm planning on doing a frame-off resto on it.
It's been neglected for a long time, and is a shadow of its former self, but it's not a total basket case.
The body is fairly straight, with the only real dent being in the passenger door.
There's minimal rust, a small section on the passenger side of the hood, a small spot on the side of the bed, and a few small spots around the drip rail on the cab.
There's also a small hole in the passenger floor pan, but other than that, the interior is in great shape.
I should say, the bottom of the bed is rusted pretty bad, and will need to be replaced. I haven't yet decided which direction to go with that yet.
It's got a 390 big block in it, with a C6 tranny.
So far all I've done is bought some parts to rebuild the engine.
Here's what I've bought so far;
Lunati VooDoo .542/.550 cam and lifter set
Sealed Power .30 over pistons
Fel-Pro complete gasket kit
Clevite Mahle main and rod bearings (.10 under)
Sealed Power Mahle .30 over rings
14"x 3" chrome air cleaner
An original 1972 grille, inserts, and headlight bezels (mine is a little beat up)
I also bought another 390 for parts which had a lot of goodies on it, including;
Holley Street Dominator aluminum intake manifold
Barely used .10 under crank and rods
Cast aluminum valve covers
Not long before the truck was parked I had quite a bit of stuff done to it, which shouldn't need redoing, but I'll have checked out anyway, including;
Shaved heads
Full length headers
Complete valve job
New radiator
Completely gutted and rebuilt tranny
I plan on making some mods to the suspension and frame as well, such as a late model Crown Vic front end swap, and relocating the gas tank to the rear using a 70's Mustang tank and fabricating a fuel door into the bed.
The original color of the truck is a two-tone aqua blue over white with a chrome strip separating the two, with a white roof and aqua blue interior.
I plan on keeping the same colors... But different!
My plan is to do away with the chrome down the center, fill in the holes, run a 3/4" charcoal grey pin strip in its place. The white will remain a basic white, but the blue...... I plan on doing a candy aqua blue, with heavy silver flake, outside and inside!
I've always been a big fan of flaked out paint jobs, and always wanted one of my own.
The interior will get a reupholstered seat, new steering wheel, insulation and charcoal grey carpet.
I plan to top it all off with 18" wheels in front, and 20" in the rear, all wrapped in some nice wide rubber.
This is my first time doing anything of this sort! The plan is to do nearly all of the work myself, with the help of my buddy.
We're both industrial maintenance mechanics, with extensive backgrounds in metal working, so we're not exactly clueless when it comes to that part.
That being said, neither one of us claim to be body workers by any means!
My buddy also builds engines as a hobby, but he's a Chevy guy, and doesn't have much experience with Blue Ovals.
Any tips and/or advice would be greatly appreciated!
Ps. I'll try to post some pics when I can get around to it.
