My gas saver!

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

1966 F-100 Custom Cab pickup

Has:

Big block FE V-8 ( not sure if 352 or 390)

Holly 4BBL carburator with electric choke

Edelbrock Air Cleaner

4-speed manual with a granny low

Ford 9" rearend ( i believe 4:10 gearing)

New Parts:

Brand new COMPLETE brake system, less than 200 miles on it including:

New master cylinder, new drums, shoes, wheel cylinders, soft lines, hardware etc. The only thing that wasnt changed out was the hard-lines because they were fine.

New Kingpins

New I-Beam bushings

New Thermostat

New upper Radiator Hose

New Belt(s)

Distributor Cap and Rotor

Rear end suspension was gone through, and all hardware was replaced with grade 8 bolts.

Tires are new to me, and still in great shape!

What it needs:

Mostly body work, has some rot in floors and bed, and passenger fender needs to be replaced (previous owner hit something)

Exhaust, it is currently running straight pipes, very freakin' loud, but it sound meaner than hell!

Motor runs ok, has never left me stranded. Carb needs to be adjusted. still runs fine. It leaks oil from the intake manifold gasket, $14 dollar part, i just havent gotten to it yet.

Electrical is a bit funky from years of being "fixed" i started to go through it, but ran out of time. Everything works as it should, with the exception of the Oil P.S.I. gauge, and the Temperature gauge.

Paint is in a very "Abstract" state. Drivers side needs to be sanded, and passenger side cab needs to be finished.

Above is a copy of the craigslist add so you can get an idea of what the truck has. I got tired of hitching rides while my cop car is at my buddies shop so i decided to buy something to roll and came across this. and for only $800 i couldnt pass it up. drove it from about 50 miles yesterday kinda sucks with the 4:10 gears and only a 4 speed but hey it runs fine and i dont have to smog it! Later on i want this thing bagged and chopped! going to do some work on it this weekend. dual flowmaster eshaust fix the intake gasket tinker with the carb a little and try and find a for 9" rear end with some different gears.

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[Fusion_FREAK 10+ year member]

Nice, love them trucks. I have a '72 F100

 

[Ali1 10+ year member]

cute

 

[jdc753 10+ year member]

**** you cali boys, something like that around here would bring $2,000 at least probably just due to not being rotted out. Your lucky to find early 90's vehicles that don't need floors, fenders and cab corners around here //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

For $800 I would buy that thing in a heartbeat, always wanted nearly that exact truck. Only thing I would rather have would be that in a F250 or so but I am weird and like the heavy trucks lol.

Future of your new ride???

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

**** you cali boys, something like that around here would bring $2,000 at least probably just due to not being rotted out. Your lucky to find early 90's vehicles that don't need floors, fenders and cab corners around here //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif
For $800 I would buy that thing in a heartbeat, always wanted nearly that exact truck. Only thing I would rather have would be that in a F250 or so but I am weird and like the heavy trucks lol.

Future of your new ride???

ya kinda but more like this

 

[jdc753 10+ year member]

truck will look sweet for sure if ya ever get the vic done and have time to work on the truck. I would love an old big block FE 4-speed combo in a nice regular cab truck.

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

truck will look sweet for sure if ya ever get the vic done and have time to work on the truck. I would love an old big block FE 4-speed combo in a nice regular cab truck.

i think im just gunna trade off. work on the vic and drive the 66 then when the vic is running again ill drive it and work on the 66.

 

[bones22 5,000+ posts]

man i miss mine it was a 64 uni-body

300-6

3 on the tree

great looking truck

 

[ampjunkielikeme 10+ year member]

i like it man......old school all the way....!

im not much of a ford guy.....here is my gas saver....

i will have to say 4.10 gears do ****.....

 

[Tehgregzor 10+ year member]

i hope gas savers is sarcastic, haha. at first i was thinking...if that HIS gas saver, what they hell does he normally drive!

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

What sorta mpg does it get?

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

i like it man......old school all the way....!
im not much of a ford guy.....here is my gas saver....

i will have to say 4.10 gears do ****.....

ya wanna hear something funny im acatually a chevy guy! but just so happened i got some killer deals on some fords now had the majority of cop cars been chevys i would have bought one and the truck was just to good a deal to pass up lol. Also im hoping a hot rod guy will trade me my 4:10s for a posi ford 9" with a more tolerable gear ratio

I hope gas savers is sarcastic, haha. at first i was thinking...if that HIS gas saver, what they hell does he normally drive!

yup very sarcastic its a big block i can watch my fuel gauge drop as i step on the gas.

What sorta mpg does it get?

im guessing 12 but i dont know what size tank it has. ill have to actually fill it up one day and see how many miles i can go on a tank to know for sure.