- Mar 18, 2005
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I was kind of in the market for a classic truck over the last few years and checked craigslist every so often for a deal. Nothing much came along until last weekend when someone had a 1971 Ford F100 in decent shape and wanted to trade for a Subaru, which I happened to have sitting in my barn that I was preparing to sell
I'm not too familiar with old cars and trucks so I took a friend with me to check it out. We met the guy and traded vehicles for a test drive, long story short I came home in a new project truck
So the details are:
-1971 Ford F100 LWB
-Original Light Green/Mint
-1989 Mustang GT 5.0L Engine with edelbrock carb
-C4 transmission (I think)
-Refinished interior
-All the original aluminum trim
The owner before last started to turn it into a "rat rod" and painted part of the bed flat black, puke! Luckily they didn't get far, so I hoping I can get that ugly flat black off of there.
Issues I've addressed so far:
-Changed oil and filter
-Adjusted idle on carb, was idling way too high
-Added 1.5 quarts of transmission fluid, doofus said it shifted funny, now it shifts great...
-Topped off power steering fluid
-Changed wipers
-Regrounded headlights, much brighter
-Lightly polished the oxidation out of the paint and waxed it
-Swapped west coast mirror rusted hardware for stainless
Issues to address:
-Waterpump gasket
-Sloppy steering box
-Bump steer
-Get flat black paint off
-Very slow transmission leak
-Want a 15" steering wheel
-???
So, what else should I look for before trying to drive this thing regularly? Any of you guys have older cars or trucks? If so I'd love to see them. :thumbsup:
I'm not too familiar with old cars and trucks so I took a friend with me to check it out. We met the guy and traded vehicles for a test drive, long story short I came home in a new project truck
So the details are:
-1971 Ford F100 LWB
-Original Light Green/Mint
-1989 Mustang GT 5.0L Engine with edelbrock carb
-C4 transmission (I think)
-Refinished interior
-All the original aluminum trim
The owner before last started to turn it into a "rat rod" and painted part of the bed flat black, puke! Luckily they didn't get far, so I hoping I can get that ugly flat black off of there.
Issues I've addressed so far:
-Changed oil and filter
-Adjusted idle on carb, was idling way too high
-Added 1.5 quarts of transmission fluid, doofus said it shifted funny, now it shifts great...
-Topped off power steering fluid
-Changed wipers
-Regrounded headlights, much brighter
-Lightly polished the oxidation out of the paint and waxed it
-Swapped west coast mirror rusted hardware for stainless
Issues to address:
-Waterpump gasket
-Sloppy steering box
-Bump steer
-Get flat black paint off
-Very slow transmission leak
-Want a 15" steering wheel
-???
So, what else should I look for before trying to drive this thing regularly? Any of you guys have older cars or trucks? If so I'd love to see them. :thumbsup: