SeventyNEW - New Lease on Life

[SeventyNew]

Hey guys!

This will be one of my next projects ... potential projects that is. I've found a 71 Ford F150, however, before jumping on that and bringing it home I hope to find my grandpa's 70 Ford(pictured below). I have time on my side. In the mean time I'm creating a schedule of all the mods, parts, and respective costs involved with the SeventyNew truck project. I do that with every project I tackle...makes things simpler when you get right down into the the guts of the project.

This is a picture of what the truck looked like in '92. To protect the body, it was rustproofed...which ironically lead to it's demise. The front inner fenders gave way to cancer causing the hood hinge mounts to collapse. The front fender bumps developed serious rust. The front of the roof seam rusted trough....and the list goes on. When I was 12...it was too much to tackle. Looking back now, and with Rhythm under my belt, I regret the truck was sold since those are pretty straightforward repairs

The is was the condition before it was sold.


Here's a quick rendering of what I'm planning for it.


What do you guys think?

[bb429power]

Cool, I was thinking about doing something like that but changed my mind. Where did you get the drawing done?

[SeventyNew]

[quote=Where did you get the drawing done?[/quote]

Thanks!

The drawing...that's some of my work that I completed a while ago. Just one of the things I do to throw some ideas around ... before getting into an actual build. This includes all aspects; chassis, mechanics, body. Once the build starts I focus on fabricating, instead of spending time to figure things out. That said, if a better idea comes around while I'm in the shop the direction of the build will change accordingly.

In this case it's frustrating...since i still don't have the truck to play with...I envy you guys!

[Caseys71]

Nice , You do some really good renderings , I hope you can get your hands on you grandfather's ol' truck, I was hoping to get a hold of my dad's first truck which my grandpa gave to him, but it's not in the family anymore , but I know it's still puttering along somewhere .

[BiggDogg]

Man that drawing awesome

[SeventyNew]

I hope this doesn't create any issues, but I'd like to share a little something I found in my dad's spare '72 Ford parts bin and incorporated into a project I completed a while back.

The idea of having a key in the dash was always a cool concept for me in these trucks...and wanted to bring that into the interior of the vehicle I was creating. The gm steering column I was using already had a key in the column - so the decision was made to shave that since obviously there was no requirement for 2 keys to start the car. Now the trick in that task was to still retain the column lock for security reasons and actuating it from a different location.

Here is a picture of the metal work that would hold the key cylinder. The only items that I started with were the key cylinder and some flat sheet metal. A few hours later this was the result.


The idea of covering up the metalwork with upholstery kinda hurt, but I wanted the interior to have a fluid theme - ie. no item really sticking out as what someone may think was an afterthought.


Finally, installed for the last time. Unless you get into the car, you don't even notice it behind the steering wheel.


And while it may seem corny, I enjoy cranking the key in the car...brings back that old feeling of firing up the Ford trucks when I was a kid...

[hazelnut]

looks nice, i see you have many skills.

[SeventyNew]

looks nice, i see you have many skills.

Thanks very much. Although, I can't take the skills credit for the french stitching. A buddy of mine assisted with that aspect. The only upholstery that I got into was wrapping some of the larger components and binding the leather around the steering wheel once it was stitched. The other 'skills' are things that my dad has taught me while working together. He's a very talented fabricator.

[SeventyNew]

Hi guys,

It's been a while since I've posted...things are just nuts now with all this great weather.

Ahhhh...this post isn't really related to bumps...but I would like to share the idea of LEDs utilized for a build and how we incorporated them with existing lenses. I know that some members on Fordification have discussed, considered and used LEDs giving their trucks a modern feel. I myself have some ideas where LEDs will be used - not only the taillights - when I get my '70 Ford pickup.

LED lights are a really cool touch to any build. They're brighter than the typical bulb style and use much less energy. Here are some shots of LEDs being incorporated with another Ford part on Rhythm. I had initially used white LEDs behind the lenses(pictured below) however, discovered that they were kinda dim. After some thought, we decided to try red LEDs....BINGO! It's all about the length of the light wave...red lens with red LEDs. Soo, they were all changed(94 bulbs per light) to the red type making a huge difference.

The LEDs are set up in two rings. The outer ring indicated running and turn signals while the centre indicates the brakes.



This is what they look like installed(only running lights on) and was taken before the white LEDs were changed to red...so they're not as bight during daylight hours as they are now. At night it's a totally different experience. When I get a moment I need to take a new picture of the new LEDs in action.



As you guys might have figured out by now, these particular taillight lenses came from a '57 Fairlane. I wanted to create a 'turbo' effect on each side of the vehicle - influenced by the SR-71 Blackbird. One night on my way home from work I saw a Fairlane for sale. On a whim I stopped in to ask the owner if he had any left over parts - specifically the taillights. As it turned out, he updated the ones his car and gave me the originals. It was a pretty sweet pinch...since I would be modifying them to work with the new vehicle.

The lights mounted on the sides of the centre section were actually marker lights and converted over to 6 LEDs bulbs each. They sequentially flash when the signal lights are operated - so for instance when the left signal comes on...the Fairlane light starts, then the lights on the deck each come on moving from the right of the picture to the left. The light on the far right is the centre brake light.

Hope you guys like.

[SeventyNew]

Last weekend my grandmother was doing some spring cleaning and came across something that she thought I would find extremely interesting. When she presented it to me...I was blown away. I assumed that this owner's manual was left in the glove box and was sold with the truck.

They don't make manuals like this anymore...with such a plethora of information.



and a shot of the first page



Cheers!

[brandon.k]

Hi guys,

It's been a while since I've posted...things are just nuts now with all this great weather.

Ahhhh...this post isn't really related to bumps...but I would like to share the idea of LEDs utilized for a build and how we incorporated them with existing lenses. I know that some members on Fordification have discussed, considered and used LEDs giving their trucks a modern feel. I myself have some ideas where LEDs will be used - not only the taillights - when I get my '70 Ford pickup.

LED lights are a really cool touch to any build. They're brighter than the typical bulb style and use much less energy. Here are some shots of LEDs being incorporated with another Ford part on Rhythm. I had initially used white LEDs behind the lenses(pictured below) however, discovered that they were kinda dim. After some thought, we decided to try red LEDs....BINGO! It's all about the length of the light wave...red lens with red LEDs. Soo, they were all changed(94 bulbs per light) to the red type making a huge difference.

The LEDs are set up in two rings. The outer ring indicated running and turn signals while the centre indicates the brakes.

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This is what they look like installed(only running lights on) and was taken before the white LEDs were changed to red...so they're not as bight during daylight hours as they are now. At night it's a totally different experience. When I get a moment I need to take a new picture of the new LEDs in action.

[ Image ]

As you guys might have figured out by now, these particular taillight lenses came from a '57 Fairlane. I wanted to create a 'turbo' effect on each side of the vehicle - influenced by the SR-71 Blackbird. One night on my way home from work I saw a Fairlane for sale. On a whim I stopped in to ask the owner if he had any left over parts - specifically the taillights. As it turned out, he updated the ones his car and gave me the originals. It was a pretty sweet pinch...since I would be modifying them to work with the new vehicle.

The lights mounted on the sides of the centre section were actually marker lights and converted over to 6 LEDs bulbs each. They sequentially flash when the signal lights are operated - so for instance when the left signal comes on...the Fairlane light starts, then the lights on the deck each come on moving from the right of the picture to the left. The light on the far right is the centre brake light.

Hope you guys like.

Looks great! I think we need a pic. of the whole car though.

[SeventyNew]

Looks great! I think we need a pic. of the whole car though.

Thank you very much Brandon!

Yeah, the reason why I haven't posted a picture of the whole thing yet is that I didn't want to deviate from the fact that this is a Bump site. Keith has put an incredible amount of work into making this site what it is and I dunno if Keith and the other members would appreciate it too much...so I just kinda created posts about Ford related items that I used on the vehicle.

Saying that, I would love to share my current ride... the one that all the pictures are about. So, I'll post one picture of the car...if anyone has any issues about it...I will remove it and stick with my Pickup truck project as new things come along.

Here she is.



Btw...it's all steel. The only fiberglass pieces are the inner ceiling liner & the centre caps for the wheels.

Cheers.

[SeventyNew]

As for the drivetrain...the vehicle is powered by a mid-engine hotrodded 350SBC producing a tad over 375HP, it came out of a Vette ... yeah yeah.. i know.. I'm a Ford guy and this is a Ford site...but there's a reason behind my madness ... I did have dibs on a 351W and C6, but...stub shaft clearances were an issue.

The engine was mated to a '83 4spd Caddy Seville trans with an adapter plate and to get the weight as far forward as possible the package was turned around 180* so that the pulleys faced the rear. This put just over 85% of the weight ahead of the axles. This however created another problem/challenge. We ended up with 4 speeds in reverse and one forward ..... soo the diff had to be flipped upside down through the use of an adapter plate. By flipping the diff, the engine height dropped close to 2"...which was a good thing...cept for the issue of the stub shaft now going directly through the oil pan... This is where the SBC350 came in...creating adapter plates with particular thicknesses, the stub shaft was spaced with 1/4" clearance on either side of the journals. The oil pan had a thru hole created and then sleeved.

Sitting longitudinally ahead of the axles I'm not doing wheelies and vehicle balance is perfect.


Here's a shot of it mocked up on the table. The black chain cover faces the front of the car.


Here's a shot installed.

[SeventyNew]

Well it was a sad sad weekend!

Found the guy who bought this truck...however I learned that he had scrapped it... He started work on it after the purchase, however after loosing interest, the truck sat for a bit...then got "cleaned up".

I guess I'll need to find another bump that's close enough to bring home. I was just hoping it was the same one that left the family...

Nick

[1971ford]

BUMMER!

Oh well.... Taking another bump that could get scrapped and fixing it up will be almost as good!!