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got me a new truck...

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 5:51 pm
by RayThom
wesw wrote:i m pulling the carpet out this week. it just holds moisture right now, and that will cause the floor to rust.
What... no carpeting? Here's something you can use to dress up your sow's ear. Hey, all "classic" restorations cost money.

https://www.weathertech.com/all-vehicle-mats-avm/

Re: got me a new truck...,

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 8:17 pm
by wesw
well ray, thanks for trying to be helpful, in your own backhanded way...., the sins of the father, right"

I have explored weathertech floor liners, but the laser measured good stuff is not available for a 1985 crewcab......

....and the link to the floor mats that you posted are just...., well, floormats, so I ll likely pass....

but thanks to everyone who has been nice...., or funny in this thread.

I am a simple man with simple pleasures and a complicated mind.

i have not much hope for us.

god would have been better off raising hogs, i think.....

if we can manage to kill enough of each other and not destroy all life in the process, perhaps we will do better next time.

probably not tho.

anyway, we should put some bonobos and chimps and gorillas in the amazon and hope that they survive the inevitable apocalypse .....

maybe the gorillas will survive in the congo basin either way.

we can only hope.

so right now my ford seems like a good thing...., a simple thing.

of course one good EMP pulse and we are all screwed.....

except for the hillbillies and the savages......

Re: got me a new truck...,

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 10:54 pm
by RayThom
wesw wrote:... I am a simple man with simple pleasures and a complicated mind...
If you say so.

Re: got me a new truck...,

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 2:44 am
by Bicycle Bill
RayThom wrote:
wesw wrote:... I am a simple man with simple pleasures and a complicated mind...
If you say so.
wesw (paraphrased from god-only-knows how many posts)"Whatever Trump says I believe."
How much more simple than that can you get?
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Re: got me a new truck...,

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 2:32 pm
by wesw
I finally found an image of an 86 truck exactly like mine, except for the paint.

it is rare.

there a re 4x4 s and duallies out there, but a straight 1985 f350 crew cab is a rarity.

mine has had all the grill work bumpers and hood removed blacked out and rei nstalled by me. the rest has a crappy grey primer job that someone else did.

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=ht ... mrc&uact=8

Re: got me a new truck...,

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 4:27 pm
by Burning Petard
But that dual=I=beam front end could be a real bitch to take care of. snailgate.

Re: got me a new truck...,

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 8:32 pm
by wesw
maybe, but I ve driven dual I beam trucks for about 20 yrs and had zero problems with it.

what makes me happy is that the cab supports in front are rust free!!!!!

I have fabricated new cab supports for both of my 75 s......

....no fun, but necessary on most old fords.

Re: got me a new truck...,

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 12:47 am
by wesw

i got me a new pick em up truck...,

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 3:40 am
by RayThom
That's not "ford tough."

This is "Ford Tough."


Re: got me a new truck...,

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 2:09 pm
by wesw

i got me a new pick em up truck...,

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 4:44 pm
by RayThom
Talk about tough... it even fixes its own front end damage.

Mr. Magic Stick wins again.

Re: i got me a new pick em up truck...,

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 12:31 am
by Bicycle Bill
RayThom wrote:Talk about tough... it even fixes its own front end damage.
And it has the quick-changing steering wheel, too! (dark colored, possibly black, at the 4:18 mark, and a completely different style wheel, in blue and with a horn ring, at 7:04)
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Re: got me a new truck...,

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 5:44 pm
by wesw
here s minty fucking ferd for ya!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5-I3aVH1y0

Re: got me a new truck...,

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 2:22 am
by wesw
a branch fell on my truck today, lickilyit was rotten and there was no major damage

Re: got me a new truck...,

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 2:23 am
by wesw
luckily

i got me a new pick em up truck...,

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 2:57 am
by RayThom
wesw wrote:a branch fell on my truck today, lickilyit was rotten and there was no major damage
It's time to take it off of the cinder blocks and move it to the backyard.

Re: got me a new truck...,

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 2:26 am
by wesw
yer fuckin killin me, ray, on my truck...

....no drivetrain failures, but I did almost burn the thing to the ground......

...I ve been changing fuel filters regularly, about once a wek....., and don't buy the cheap ones, they all leak at the junction of the body to the screwy thing.....

any way...., improperly istalled the filter, a good one a nd it leaked badly....

.... a short trp to thestore and back home and all the little nooks and crannies between my valve covers and antake manifold had become little gas ponds.....

a few more minutes and it would haved poured over my exhaust manifold, and I would have just had to park it safely and run away to watch it burn......

but, I got licky!

thank god.

i got me a new pick em up truck...,

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 5:42 am
by RayThom
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Re: got me a new truck...,

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 9:29 am
by MajGenl.Meade
Say Ray, is that the Matchbox one?

Re: got me a new truck...,

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 3:28 pm
by ex-khobar Andy
wesw wrote:
but, I got licky!

thank god.
Too much information wes. I'm trying to remove that image from my brain but failing . . .