Bought a new project.

rubiranch · Nov 14, 2021

I bought this 1976 Ford F-250 last week from a good friend.
Its ben sitting on his property for 19 years.
He'd start it and drive it a short distance maybe once a year.

I took the brush guard off and had to replace one side of the
grill that was busted.

I bought new tires and cleaned up the old Dodge wheels.

It has a 390 out of a 1966 Mercury Monterey for power. It runs
pretty darn good.

I have a new seat cover, dash pad and a lot of other
miscellaneous parts waiting at home for me.

Not a restoration, I just needed an extra PU. My truck camper is
on my other truck about 9 month out of the year.

tinkerer · Nov 14, 2021

Had the same truck in the 150. 300 - 6 banger. Dumped the 3 on the tree for a 4 speed. Drove it 25 years and 300,000 miles before the second cab mount went out. And most of the body. For a two wheel drive, it would go just about anywhere. And did.

M1Garandy · Nov 14, 2021

Nice to see it has the correct number of pedals.

raljr1 · Nov 14, 2021

Nice looking project

Robert

sigp220.45 · Nov 14, 2021

I love it.

4C is Cassia county. I was the lone FBI guy in Twin Falls for five years, and I covered that county. They had some no-nonsense boys in the SO there.

woodsltc · Nov 14, 2021

Love your truck. That ought to be a real workhorse for you.

Reminds me of S&W's with good honest wear...they make great shooters and you don't have to baby them. Just like your truck.

Don

Justin T · Nov 14, 2021

Awesome truck!!

hittman77 · Nov 14, 2021

We had (bought new) a 1975 F150 that was an absolute brute.

I think it came with either a 360 or 400 motor. It was manual 4 speed trans, AM radio, heater, manual windows, rubber mats …. No carpet. El cheap-o white with a blue vinyl interior. Some called them a “hi-boy” cause they were pretty tall with skinny tires. I remember step dad putting a step on the passenger side for my mom to get in and out.

Congratulation on finding that old war horse. Seeing it and reading your story brought back a lot of good memories.

ACORN · Nov 15, 2021

I had a black 79 F100 short bed style side, 300 with 3 on the tree. Loved that truck. It went anywhere. Unfortunately it was “shot” out from under me, head on by a big 88 Olsmobile.

Ole Joe Clark · Nov 15, 2021

As someone else mentioned, it comes with the anti thief transmission.

Nice looking old truck.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

rubiranch · Nov 15, 2021

M1Garandy said:
Nice to see it has the correct number of pedals.

A huge bonus.

I even put new pads on them.

rubiranch · Nov 15, 2021

Thanks everyone, I am very pleased with my "new" truck.

"highboy" is the name folks gave it, Ford called it a "Factory High Rider" in their literature in 1969. The term applies to 1967- 1977 1/2 4-wds.

I think they are great looking trucks.

AJ · Nov 15, 2021

Gonna put antique tags on it?

snowman · Nov 15, 2021

Looks like a great snow machine with those narrow tires. I have a 96 F250 with 285-75s and the width makes it plow to some degree rather than cutting through -good enough for these parts, though.

Regards,
Andy

arjay · Nov 15, 2021

I had an ‘84 f250 4x4 with a 351,4 on the floor,manual hubs,am radio,heater,ps,pb and that was it. It was a tank.Drove it til the fender wells rusted out the 2nd time ;-)

6518John · Nov 15, 2021

The only thing wrong with that truck is the gun rack is empty.

Llance · Nov 15, 2021

You may be going overboard with that new seat cover, A couple of yards of duck tape and some stuffing from an old pillow should have it right in no time and cheaper too.

Ya just gotta love an old truck that has been there and done that.

SAFireman · Nov 15, 2021

Awesome ride!

Reminds me of one that I had in college....mine was a '79 F-350 short wheel base 4x4 with a 460. It had every option available in 1979 (yes auto tranny

)

I sold it after hurricane Katrina ran gas prices up over $4 a gallon. It got 3-4 miles to the gallon, but was a chick magnet at the beach and out mudding

I called the guy who bought it, and he sold it after about 6 months.....I still kind of want it back

AJ · Nov 15, 2021

Llance said:
You may be going overboard with that new seat cover, A couple of yards of duck tape and some stuffing from an old pillow should have it right in no time and cheaper too.

Ya just gotta love an old truck that has been there and done that.

Old blankets or bedspreads work well as seat covers. Cheaper than duct tape.

rubiranch · Nov 15, 2021

AJ said:
Gonna put antique tags on it?

Nope, I'm kind of partial to these plates like I have on my car and other truck.
I already ordered the license place frames.

$30 of the annual registration goes to the Huntsman Cancer Institute for cancer research.

Besides, I don't consider a '76 an antique.

Bought a new project.

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