brachunky
Scotland
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Nov 20, 2020 16:05:35 GMT
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After such a crappy motoring year I really needed a fossil fuel pick me upper so did a deal and took ownership of this "modern classic" as Classicline put it! As one would expect, its a totally different animal to the 67 F100 and after 500 yards of driving off with the keys, I had a huge grin on my wrinkly face! For a start, the 5.7 had a straight through pipe which rattled my old nashers on the hour long drive home but still arrived home with a mega smile on my mug. It's largely stock apart from the wheels and arch trims and will stay like that for a few months because of my pending move to the land of haggis & kilts. I will however begin getting the interior to a bit more like I want it for now. Anyhoo, a few photo's for now of the outside!
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Last Edit: May 4, 2024 20:14:31 GMT by brachunky
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Nov 20, 2020 16:43:37 GMT
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Still plenty of these roaming around here, but it's rare to see the pov-spec van front grille on them (good thing too, the blazer lights are terrible).
Parts are cheap and plentiful, Rock Auto is your friend here.
Does the exhaust have the "really loud wet fart" chatter?
Phil
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Chris™
Part of things
This is clearly filler material.
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Nov 20, 2020 16:52:38 GMT
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I can well imagine that being "locally hated" if it's fitted with a straight through exhaust  |
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1989 Volvo 340
1986 Suzuki SJ413
2000 BMW 318ti
2006 Lexus IS250
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Nov 20, 2020 17:21:52 GMT
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Cool machine.
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Nov 20, 2020 17:36:27 GMT
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I think theres a good chance Pid363! would go a bit silly over this. I like it too, looks like a 'orrible B*stard. |
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Nov 20, 2020 19:41:54 GMT
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OK......
Jealous !!
Pleased.....
Did I mention jealous??
Congratulations and hope you enjoy it massively.
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brachunky
Scotland
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Nov 20, 2020 21:16:07 GMT
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Still plenty of these roaming around here, but it's rare to see the pov-spec van front grille on them (good thing too, the blazer lights are terrible). Parts are cheap and plentiful, Rock Auto is your friend here. Does the exhaust have the "really loud wet fart" chatter? Phil Funny you say that about the grill. I really like it as just about all the others I have seen have the blazer type front end! The headlights on mine look remarkably like the Jeep XJ's. It is indeed the poverty spec WT although it strangely has lecky windows |
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brachunky
Scotland
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Nov 20, 2020 21:17:46 GMT
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OK...... Jealous !! Pleased..... Did I mention jealous?? Congratulations and hope you enjoy it massively. Cheers boet! |
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Nov 20, 2020 22:33:32 GMT
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That is bleeping marvellous. Proper pick up!
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Nov 20, 2020 23:13:38 GMT
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That is a nice looking truck. Dare I ask which part of our wind swept, rain soaked, dark isle you are going to sup irn bru an deep fried Mars bars in
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brachunky
Scotland
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Nov 21, 2020 12:17:19 GMT
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That is a nice looking truck. Dare I ask which part of our wind swept, rain soaked, dark isle you are going to sup irn bru an deep fried Mars bars in Irn Bru I can enjoy but you can keep yer deep fried Mars bars . I will be a couple of miles from Gatehouse of Fleet Dumfries & Galloway. After living abroad on the coast for most of my life , I know how the salty air destroys vehicles and thats another reason why the ol 67 went. Could not accept that mother nature would destroy an ex Cal truck in just a few years. |
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brachunky
Scotland
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Nov 23, 2020 16:56:56 GMT
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Here's the little mill.Quite an eager little thing even on an old school mixer type LPG system (even starts on LPG!) One thing I cannot ever get my head around is unprotected wiring  I cannot fathom why someone cant take an extra bit of time to protect it properly but heyho, its on my next to do list.
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brachunky
Scotland
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Dec 22, 2020 15:01:12 GMT
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Not really much worth taking photo's but in between work/darkness/rain etc a few jobs have been ticked off the "to do" list. It needed a pair off rear tyres but I'm one of those wierdo's who cannot stand mixed rubber so visited my local tyre chaps who fitted a set of these:
They are supposed to be an all year tyre with winter spec but besides that, they look cool
Also fixed the perished LPG rubber lines and replaced the anti roll bar drop links and a bunch of mini jobs so all in all something got done!
The next challenge is a job I'm dreading and that's leaking exhaust manifold gaskets. The possibility of shearing off studs is keeping me awake at night but come hell or high water, it's got to be done over Christmas. I tried this method of finding the leaks and it worked a treat!
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Dec 22, 2020 15:54:58 GMT
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That's a cool bit of kit!
Get soaking those manifold nuts with WD40 immediately, fingers crossed they come out nicely for you! Looks like it has some aftermarket headers though, so at least they have been off at some point in the vehicles life haha
Like the look of the new chunky rubber, should suit it well.
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Dec 22, 2020 21:57:26 GMT
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thats cool love big american metal......
see your moving to dumfries area......am hour away in ayrshore ill have to keep a eye out when ever am in dumfries for it
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Current Fleet:
2004 Audi A4 1.9tdi Sport Avant
2014 Ford Fiesta 1.25 (wifes car, curse word box)
1987 Volkswagen Polo CL
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brachunky
Scotland
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Jan 22, 2021 18:41:31 GMT
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Not knowing nowt about this truck as I got shag all paperwork with it, I leaned on my brother in Florida to do me a carfax report to see what it pulled up. Because the truck is 28 years old, I don't suppose it mattered much but curiosity got the better of me! Good news is that it was never in a prang or nicked over there. One, not done recall for a leaky tranny was noted over its 4 years in its motherland before the poor thing was put up for auction and exported to Belgium which surprised me! Anyway, it filled in a few gaps of its history although I would have loved to know who owned it there!
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Last Edit: Jan 22, 2021 18:43:51 GMT by brachunky
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Makes sense, it's a post-Andrew vehicle.
You'll find a lot of new car sales around that time in southern Florida. That hurricane trashed a lot of vehicles by flooding; yours is part of the wave of new cars that followed through in the months afterwards.
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Last Edit: Jan 23, 2021 6:37:04 GMT by PhilA
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brachunky
Scotland
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Jan 23, 2021 10:53:07 GMT
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Makes sense, it's a post-Andrew vehicle. You'll find a lot of new car sales around that time in southern Florida. That hurricane trashed a lot of vehicles by flooding; yours is part of the wave of new cars that followed through in the months afterwards. If it was flooded, it's pretty rust free! |
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Jan 23, 2021 11:00:45 GMT
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I wonder if a bit of digging would let you make contact with previous owners.
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brachunky
Scotland
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Jan 23, 2021 11:07:44 GMT
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I wonder if a bit of digging would let you make contact with previous owners. I echo your thoughts bud although being a base work truck model, it most likely was owned by a company I would imagine |
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I cannot fathom why someone cant take an extra bit of time to protect it properly but heyho, its on my next to do list.
