68 f100 restoration.

[hfdco4]

Adam, great work! You have a real good truck there and your attention to detail is amazing.

[Fordkid68]

Adam, great work! You have a real good truck there and your attention to detail is amazing.

Thanks for the kind words Paul!

[Fordkid68]

I was able to spend all of today in the garage, and I got quite a bit done. A previous owner had punched a hole through the bottom of the firewall in the middle. Apparently he just used a hammer and a punch do git it done. So the first thing to do today was patch it up.
Instead of just hammering the rough flanges back in I decided to do it a little nicer than that , so I welded it.

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A previous owner also decided to go crazy on the firewall with a hole saw. I don't know why anyone would cut a big hole like that. And what for?

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[Fordkid68]

I got the big one welded.

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Now their both patched, and puttied.

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I also painted the steering box.

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[Fordkid68]

Now the steering box is done!! It has been set aside until the firewall is painted.

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I got the firewall primed too!

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You can hardly even tell where the holes were!
Now the firewall is officially ready to be sprayed.

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Stay tuned!!

[Bullitt74]

Looking good!

[Fordkid68]

Well after a few weeks of working on it, The firewall is finally painted! While I did it I put another coat on the frame too, just to thicken it up a bit.

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[cumminskiller]

Kinda funny, I've got a "punched" hole in mine as well in almost the same spot! Keep up the good work!

[Fordkid68]

I made a little progress today. Got the steering box on. It is officially the first part to be put on the truck!!

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Also started stripping the rear of the frame. Flap discs work soooo much better than wire wheels!

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[jimmy828]

Those flap disc do work well. At least you want be looking like a pin cushion from using the wire wheels.

[Fordkid68]

Those flap disc do work well. At least you want be looking like a pin cushion from using the wire wheels.

Haha, Ain't that the truth!

[Fordkid68]

Kinda funny, I've got a "punched" hole in mine as well in almost the same spot! Keep up the good work!

Wow, that is ironic. Maybe there was some sort of popular accessory back in the day that required a wire run through. Like maybe a CB Antenna?

[Fordkid68]

Got the back of the cleaned up and primered.

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Also painted the windshield sprayers, and E-brake cable bracket.

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[Fordkid68]

now the frame is completely painted! It makes it look so much more complete now that it matches.

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Now I can get to work on the brakes!

[jimmy828]

Nice At the speed you're going, you will driving that truck pretty soon.