Its "ALIVE"

The 68 Ford F100 came alive after sitting dormant for 15 years. What a day it was! My Parents, brother and neices came to visit our beautiful home in S.C. While my Mom had the kiddos out shopping for school clothes, my dad, brother and I decided to tinker with the truck. I already had the distributor out so we had to find its timing from the start. I changed the oil and it poured out like water all over the garage floor. We took the inspection plate off to reveal little rust and to make sure all the lifters, pushrods and rockers were moving freely. We put oil in it, reinstalled the distributor and ran the battery out before it even sounded like it wanted to start. After the battery out of my SUV, a can of ether, and alot of turning the distributor, IT CAME to LIFE. It blew all kind of black carbon and rust out of the tail pipe. The first time it was short lived, like maybe 2 seconds. After the shimer of hope we kept at it until we were able to run a squeeze bottle of gas through the carb and actually created heat throughout the motor. After Chandler got back we acted like we hadn't got it started yet and put him in the Cab to turn over the motor while we poured gas in the carb..... VVVVVRRRRRROOOOMMMM. He had a smile from ear to ear. It simply amazes me knowing this truck has sat for 15 years and we got it started in an afternoon worht of work. Enjoy the pics.

Pics worth sharing

These pics are from just after we got the truck home in our driveway. Chan and Rylea were both very excited about this old truck. They washed and vacuumed the truck in our driveway, a friend of Chan (Shawn) came over and worked on both the trucks side by side. Chan changed the coil, spark plug wires and gaped the plugs "inside" the engine compartment. The first time we showed Jen the engine, her response was "what is missing". So much room, the way they used to build them. Emma even lounges around with the kids while they sit in it and listen to the AM/FM radio. Enjoy the PICS.....,

The 68 Ford F100 has a garage

After the long dreaded cabinet refinish, we cleaned the garage for the project truck to find its home for the tear down. It was a huge chore but thanks to friends with storage and the Goodwill store we cleared over 25 boxes and saw the 2 car garage come to life. We put the truck up on jacks and removed the tires. 15 years of sitting creates alot of area for "Creature Comforts". We removed so many spider webs and spiders it was kinda creepy. I am sure we haven't seen all of them. Yuk!!

THE NEW "OLD" F100

This a project we just picked up three weeks ago. It is a restoration Ford F-100 that will keep Chandler and I busy for the next couple of years. He just turned 14 and I thought it was a great buy to work on and hand the keys over to him on his 16th Birthday. (As long as he can keep his act together) Over all the truck is super solid and has great potential for minimal body work and paint. My initial plan is to lower the ride height a little, put a disc conversion kit on it and redo the body. Currently it has a 240 inline six cylinder that doesn't run. It was a new short block installed that never got completed. No plans at this time to do anyhing more than get it running and make sure the drive train is solid.