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Better pic with the drive shaft in and the back brake line ran.

Jake

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Tight stuff!

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Thank you.

Jake

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So I have put in some hours on the truck I am really close to start the rewire.

Jake

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Nother pic

Jake

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Made a bracket to mount the VW billet coil mount to the head.

Jake

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I too miss my UNI ... a 1962 (Sold to HAMB member WhiteyFord). Although it had a dropped front axle & flip in the rear I always wanted to go to the next level as you have.

Outstanding job so far. If I can ask ... why the square tube vs. round with the frame X member & rear bracing? I understand the bed tube but the others??

Appears that you are on the home stretch & have inspired me to start looking for another F100.

R46

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Looks awesome man. I will be following this one. An early 60s ford is on my short list of must have trucks.

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Thanks ,I used the square tube to do something a bit different and I wanted to use 3/16 thick metal.Im going to start a full custom frame after I get it on the road and I will use regular round tube for the k member and cross members on it.I guess different is not always better lol.

Its great your gona look for and save another ole Ford.

Jake

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Thank you the more 60s Fords the better.

Jake

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Hey Jake wasn't challenging you just have done lots of tube work with round stock ... seems to be EZ to work with vs. square.
No disrespect ... to the quality or workmanship - it just, as you mentioned, looked different than what's "typically" used. Don't make is better or worse.

Love the truck so far. As I mentioned - got me looking for another early ford p/u. It's in the driveway as soon as my outlaw 10.5 '64 2dr post Fairlane hits the bricks & is in a new owners garage!

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I did not take it in a negative way at all.I already have a list of stuff I want to do different on the frame I am going to build.I think most guys that build a project learn along the way and think you know I should have done this or I wish I would have done it this way and I hope to do all the I wish I would haves on the frame project I will start.But on the other hand I really want to put some miles on the truck.

Things the frame will have different is a parallel 4 link with watts link in the rear a mustang 8.8 with centered diff.The front will have side top a arm mounts and room for 2600 bags or shock wave style bags if I can let go of the cash they cost.ect ect I would love to put a coyote motor in it also.

Maybe I just need another one to start on lol

Jake

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I did end up full welding the exhaust and putting in a H pipe.Lots of room with the motor and trans sitting up as high as it is.

Jake

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Super. I'm glad you read it as I meant it.

I'd finish it & drive it. Redoing stuff already done, IMHO, is like going backwards. Truck is very nicely done as is. Finish it up & drive the bag out of it. It's also been a good learning tool for the next one!!

Plenty of good F100 donors out there ...

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Just a pic I like lol.

Jake

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"Just a pic I like lol." - JakeDW

That's exactly why you just need to finish it & drive the wheels off it!!!

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Thanks for the nice compliments.My friends tell me the same thing get it finished and drive it lol.

Jake

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Time to start the wiring.

Jake

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Made a mount for my MSD box.

Jake

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Mounted up.

Jake

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Nicely executed ... very subdued but highly functional. Nothing wrong with that ...

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Thank you

Jake

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Got her wired up

Jake

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The rear

Jake

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The Dakota digital gauge it is teal to match the truck for whatever reason the pic sucks but supper bright and very teal in real life lol.

Jake

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Even the head lights .yeah I know not really exciting pics to look at but a huge step for me getting closer to driving it.I used a rebel 9+3 kit nice kit and really good customer service.

Jake

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I put in a new ignition switch vintage style like what was in it so I could use the original key.New light switch the repop like the original it was even labeled so that was nice to know where to hook everything up.New high beam floor switch.and used the original Ford wiper switch and heater switch and they both still worked so that was good.

Jake

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Nicely done on the dash. Fits to a T.

Every time I see your progress I kind of regret sell my '62 UNI.

Again - nicely executed so far.

R46

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Thanks Man.I want to keep it as vintage looking as I can but just could not do a off white needle gauge I felt I might as well have kept the original gauge at that point and all though it's a bit street rodish I just really like the digital gauges.My buddy building the 77 square said he was glad he went with digital on his rather than the carbon look(I talked him in to the digital style).

Think I have a line on a 96 cheby short bed so I can use the bed floor out of it and ordered 60s cheby rear wheel tubs because they are cheaper and way better looking than the 70s Ford rear tubs I can get aftermarket.

Jake

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Mine was rather "stockish" with the original driveline, dropped axle & flip. Interior was original bar the 20" flat speedway steering wheel to muscle the larger tires.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x...f.jpg~original

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Really clean uni you don't find them that clean around here.Would have been a good one to do up.

Jake

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Jake - you are correct ... that's why I'm a bit jello over what you've done so far & why I stated earlier ... finish it up & drive the wheels off it.

Keep us posted on the progress.

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Picked up the doner bed floor today it was a high of like 12 today good day to skip work and pick up the bed.

Jake

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That looks like it's in very good shape. R U going to utilize the tubs also? How does that measure out in the UNI bed?

Good luck with the fitment.

It only went down in the high 20's here today ... colder tomorrow. Hey - this is the south!! OUCH.

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It's in super shape think it had a plastic liner in it.it is about 1in too long so I will cut a section out so it still has the slanted ends.i am only using the center between the wheel tubs and it will have flat metal in front and rear of the tub like I was originally.

All though the tubs are just about perfect in the doner bed I am going to use 60-66 Chevy tubs as they are rounded and closer resemble the 60s ford tubs.

Jake

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Project for next winter maybe one of these fuel injection systems.

Jake

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Or something along these lines.

Jake

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With what you've done with the rest of the truck the direct port injection would b the obvious choice. Anyone can run the Endelbrock unit ... The Inglese system is a bit more coin though ...

Start saving those dollars now ...

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Yeah the stack is way cooler and more vintage looking for sure that unit is about 1200 and then all the stuff o make it work.The ram style injection is about 4200 for everything to make it work,but it does look to belong on a LS motor.

Jake

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Doesn't always boil down to cubic money for the kewl stuff???

Keep us posted on the progress.