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1969 F100 5.0 liter V8, 3 speed gearbox.(I trailered this pickup home and discovered the only thing wrong with it was a bearing out of the 9-inch rearend. I fixed it and drove the pickup around and it runs great. I think I'll drive this one a while. It is painted exactly like the old 69 F100 that I used to drive only this one looks better. My brother has already christened this one "Old Green II" because we always called the first one "Old Green". "Old Green" was really rusty (you could see though the rear fender)but it was really fast. It had 390cid, aluminum police interceptor intake manifold, headers, racing cam, ported heads, high volume oil pump, oil passages were drilled, C-6 auto transmission, and a 9-inch Detroit Locker differential with a 411 ratio. "Old Green was a perfect sleeper. I had a lot of fun stomping unsuspecting kids in Camaros and Mustangs. The little 302 in "Old Green II" will not compare in speed and power but I'll bet it will get better gas milage than "Old Green". I think I will change the 3-speed gearbox to a 4-speed but that is the only planned change for now.) I now have old green II in the shop for the planned gearbox transplant. I think while I have it in the shop I will also change the passenger side front coil spring, which is weak. Replace a seal in the nine inch rearend, which is leaking. I may also upgrade the sound system. The current am / fm / cassette stereo does not work at all so anything would be an improvement. I also had thought about replacing the 302 with a 351 winsor for a while, just for grins, but I think I will hold off on that ( with the high price of gas I would hate to kill my gas mileage.
I am really happy with the 4 speed! It just improves old green so much. With the old gearbox it was so hard to get moving when pulling a trailer. It was almost impossible to keep from shaking your teeth out of your head at startup and now it is so smooth. Just put it into 1st gear, release the clutch and away you go.
Now old green II has had every tranny offered in '69 since it was originally a 240 I-6 3-speed(that explains the extremely low rear end).
Last weekend I went to an auto salvage auction. I bought two Mavericks, a 1970 Grabber tudor and a 1974 4-door with a 250 cid inline six. I pulled them home with Ol Green and my tilt-bed trailer and it worked slick.
1971 F250 Camper Special, 2 tanks, came from California, wrecked in Iowa. I bought this F250 from Allstate Insurance Company after it's original owner was involved in an accident. Since it is so clean, rust free and it was a one owner unit, we have decided to repair the Camper Special. We now have the entire front clip removed and are preparing to straighten the frame. I will have updates on our progress.
I am always aquiring different components
Vehicles for Sale
1958 International Harvester one ton truck. When I bought this
truck I planned on putting a Chevy engine in it and using it for a vehicle hauler. I don't have the time to devote to this project so I am offering it for sale. It has a 6 cylinder IH engine(stuck), 4-speed transmision, and the rearend looks like a super heavy duty job, no title. It looks like an easy restoration to me. $600.00 Party
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Alone and Lonely 1956 Ford
Saturday I went to an auction and I bought a tilt flat bed automobile trailer and a dump pickup trailer. My brother, Roger bought a 1949 F-1 shortbox pickup with a flathead V8. I guess the old pickup had been sitting in a shed for many years with the box off of it. The heirs sat the box back on it for the auction but they left the chains on it for ease of removal. We got the old flathead to fire but we have not been successful at getting it to run yet. It is in pretty good shape for a 50 year old truck. The radiator hoses look new, the tail-pipe looks new, even the spark plugs shine like they were just installed yesterday! The 49 even came with a spare bumper. He thinks this old truck is a good candidate for a body off restoration.
1949 Update.
The other day Roger and I finally had a little time to mess around with the 49. That old flathead is a smooth runner and it seems to be in good shape. The only thing it needed was a new fuel pump.
My Brother knew I had been looking for a decent spare component vehicle since my 1956 Ford had been vandalized a couple of years ago while it was waiting for a long overdue engine transplant. He knew how heartbroken I had been when the 56 was battered by three unthinking kids. My Dad (died Dec 21 1987) had bought the 56 new before I was even a sparkle in his eye. I remember standing up in the back seat of the Ford yelling "Go faster Daddy", as the speedometer hit 120 miles per hour(the only option on this car was the "BIG" engine). On my 14th birthday Dad gave me the 56 Ford and a lecture of how he knew I would be wanting to race and how he wanted me to make the 56 into a dragster. He thought I would be far safer racing at a sanctioned track instead of on the street. The 56 did see some racing action but not on a track.
It was suggested after the terrible assault on my 56 that I should use the pieces off of my 1955 Customline 4-door that I have sitting in the shed. I did not think that would be the right thing to do because how many 1955 Fords can there be with 61,000 actual miles.
I have not seen the 1955 spare component car yet so I but I guess the windshield only has one small rock chip in it. It has a 272 Y-block. I don't know what transmission is in it, or whether it is a Mainline, Customline or a Fairlane.
I think I will go with a 390 FE-block in the 56 this time coupled to a C6 auto transmission. This combination will look fairly stock to the casual observer and will have good power. My brother wanted me to go with a 460 and a manual transmission but I like the 390 idea. I wish I could find a 427 for this but they are getting pretty hard to find.
Well I just had to try out my tilt-bed auto trailer so the other day I hooked it to my Allis Chalmers WD45 farm tractor and went over to my mother’s house and loaded up my 1970 Maverick Grabber. It really worked great! I got the Maverick home with hardly any trouble at all. I intend to install a 351 Windsor V8 in this Grabber. It had a 200 cid 6 in it when I bought it from my sister,
I drove it for a year until the 6 developed a hole about the size of a quarter in the top of one of the pistons. I pulled a 289 special out of a 1963 Fairlane and installed it in my Maverick Grabber. This made for a significant increase in horsepower and torque! I had a lot of fun driving the Maverick after that. With a big cam in the 289 it had that mean lope at an idle that made it fun to just idle around town. With the stripes and mag wheels it looked fast just sitting still.
One day I was just idling down the main street in a small town and it was a good thing that no one backed out in front of that cop because he surely would have hit them! He turned clear around in his seat to stare at me as he drove down the street in the opposite direction.
One time at a family dinner my cousin was bragging about the 500 cubic inch engine in his newly aquired Cadillac Eldorodo convertible. I told him that we should go out and race for the pink slips because that hot 500cid Caddy would probably beat my meager 289cid Maverick with ease. He declined and I no longer had to listen to his big-engine brags. My Maverick would have stomped that Caddy without even trying hard.
As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end, I gave the 289 to my brother because he needed an engine in his vehicle to drive to work. At that time I had a Buick Electra and a Pinto wagon to drive and thought I should upgrade the engine in the Maverick anyway. Since then my Maverick has done nothing but sit out back behind Mom’s barn. I see several other parts have mysteriously disappeared during the Maverick’s rest and the one that amazed me the most is that someone stole the gas pedal, yes the gas pedal is gone. It is a good thing I have a 6-cylinder spare component vehicle. I am looking for a V8 spare component car but I don’t really need one. Well my trailer worked fantastic so it was well worth the money I paid for it. I still need to put new wheels and tires on it but it worked fine to pull it slow with a farm tractor
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Skylark Update
I have now put about 7000 miles on this Skylark.
Well the Skylark is dead! After putting well over 10,000 miles on the little Buick the tranny has began to slip a little. I have parked it for good.
I have sold the Skylark to a lifelong friend. He has a blazer with a 2.8 in it and decided to buy the little Buick for the V-6. So far he has had a good time pulling wagons around his farm with it.
I just got done putting a helicoil in a 90 Lumina 3.1. This makes the first time I have ever installed a helicoil and the installation went real smooth. The piloted tap worked almost effortlessly in the aluminum head.
Just a sample of a few of the vehicles I am parting out
1989 Taurus LX sedan, 3.8 liter V6 
1975 Toyota Corolla 2-door. All this Toyota is missing so far is the battery. Interior is a little shabby. 4 cylinder 4-speed transmission.
1973 Oldsmobile 98 4-door hardtop