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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: sw colorado
Posts: 2,720
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this build is going to hopefully happen relatively quick. i picked this truck up not quite a year ago. its ugly and nasty but i am a sucker. i used the front clip for my other 72 and set the 67 clip on it as a repacement. not one thing was done to it until recently.
in may i was talking to my brother in law and he decided to buy my DD (a 97 f250) to use for a when i need a truck type of thing. they live on a small acreage and he drives a Hyundai. they need a truck now and again and i had been considering selling the ford anyhow. they had just bought a new car for my sister so he wanted to wait until october to buy the ford. a few weeks ago i snagged a 78 K30 and a plan hatched. it has a decent 350 and a good set of axles. the 72 has a tired greasy 350 that has who knows how many miles. axles are questionable at best. they work, but need a total overhaul. as opposed to replacing my f250 with something i decided to attempt getting the yellow truck (i call it the pee bucket in a slightly less PC way) running by merging the two, and cruising in super hillrod fashion. my cul de sac neighbors love me! the 78 is a 4 speed truck and i decided i wanted an auto. the transmission and t case are really nasty in the 72 so out they come too. anyway, here is a few pics. ![]() this came in the mail today. went all out and ordered the "race kit" with kolene steels and red alto frictions. not sure that was neccesary but it was only a few bucks more. also got a Hughes truck convertor for it. ![]() so far the front clip is help on by few bolts and i pulled the 205 as well as the some other stuff. i have also started striping the 78 and will hopefully make some progress this weekend! ![]() |
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