I grew up riding around in this pickup with my mom. I would ride in the middle and she would clutch and tell me what gear to put it in. It sat for about a year when we got our new truck in 03. When I got my lisence me and dad got her goin good enough to drive around town. I didnt know much about vehicles back then and so i didnt really care as long as it moved. I hardly drove at all because I didnt have a steady job to pay for gas. One time on the way back from Zimmerman my oil pressure dropped pretty low so I switched to 15-40 oil which was a uneducated guess on my part which no doubt made the problem worse. Anayways long story short i parked it for a few weeks till spring then got her going enough to go to grants and back then halfway to town where the waterpump bairing decided to fail and I turned around to try to make it home. Well temp went way up and oil pressure went way down and it made alot of funny noises as i coasted in the driveway. So after a while I bought the suburban and got that running and as I started teaching myself about trucks and engines I once again got interested in the ford.
The Plan
I decided I wanted to restore the body and make it a farm truck with possibly a wood flatbed. After getting deeper in the project I got some pretty crazy ideas about tube frames and rockwells but I now realize that cant happen till much later when funds allow. So now im back to restoring the body and putting it on a cleaner frame and a possible solid axle swap with a hd dana 44 I have and probably still some sort of flat bed.
The Proccess
I started ripping it apart and gutting the inside in the spring of 08. I also bought a 1993 F-150 as a parts truck. It was crashed in the front but had a good 302 e4od and clean doors. I pulled the engine and trans and sold the trans. 
I also purchased new sheetmetal for the truck. I ended up with one floor pan both rocker panels and cab corners and i will still require some sheetmetal patching but not much.
So by now I had most the truck apart and I was running low on money due tue the purchase of my Jeep. With most the parts at hand I pulled her all apart down to the bare frame and cab. Thinking i would be building a frame and such. 
Now i wish i would not have gone quite so overboard but it is nice to have a empty cab ready for bodywork.
I also purchased new sheetmetal for the truck. I ended up with one floor pan both rocker panels and cab corners and i will still require some sheetmetal patching but not much. So by now I had most the truck apart and I was running low on money due tue the purchase of my Jeep. With most the parts at hand I pulled her all apart down to the bare frame and cab. Thinking i would be building a frame and such. Now i wish i would not have gone quite so overboard but it is nice to have a empty cab ready for bodywork.
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