1951 F16

[idrivejunk]

Tossed together some edits for ya hoss 

[kb426]

Thanks, Matt. My internal visualizer isn't as good as art work.

[idrivejunk]

You're welcome, Bill.    Have s'more. Just very rough impressions for glancing.

[kb426]

O&S accomplished very little today. The metal for the bed floor arrived yesterday. 2 out of the 4 parts were bent. repairable bent, not send it back bent. There are 2 4' pieces and 2 that are around 29" long. Those 4 pieces will be welded together for length. The pic is of the rough cut parts. The filler neck sticks above the bed floor. That will be addressed but I haven't got a plan yet. I have 2 decent days to do some work before the weather freezes me out again.

[kb426]

Another day of slight progress. The bed parts are welded together and I have some bolts threaded and the others are just holes with cleco's.

[idrivejunk]

Good stuff KB.   I hacked a bed floor out today that is 3/16" plate.   You took the high road, fancypants. 

Also scrolled down your preferred color selection chart and only one induced a double take. Coastal Blue. My one pick, for what thats worth. Tinting with Wimbledon White might be a thing, as might accenting with a dark blue and/or that. Or adding flattening agent or satin clear. I could not directly grab the color from their site so as always this is an approximation intended to give a vague impression. For entertainment purposes only and with two fingers crossed for good old blue. Might be sharp. I'll let you get back to it now Bill. Keep it up every chance you get.

[kb426]

Thank you, Matt. I was very curious about that color.

[chimp koose]

I vote for the last blue ....does it come in metalflake?

[kb426]

O&S did the 1st oil change on the 5.0 today. The break-in oil is history. All I can tell you is there were no visible particles that came out. I now know where the oil will run down the crossmember from the oil filter. I removed the aftermarket throttle cable and installed a new unit for a 72 Ford maverick. I welded the end of the pedal from the 88 F150 to the existing pedal. That provided the correct notch for the maverick cable. It's a little bit long but works better than the other did. I'm not satisfied with the amount of pressure the pedal takes so the geometry needs changed. Starting over would be a good description.

[idrivejunk]

Maverick part!!!  Lookythere, we may have us a grabber-to-be already. 

Here we are... the first, pale blue edit over the last, coastal blue one. At like 50%. The lighter shade can pass for 1950s whereas the coastal by itself may be a bit 90s. But thats a "color sensitivity" thing, very subjective. One would need to mix one's own cocktail, to taste.

[idrivejunk]

I vote for the last blue ....does it come in metalflake?

He told me he drained the break in oil through a paint strainer and since that makes it paint... the flakes in the strainer are being saved for use in the paint job. 

[kb426]

I'm pretending to be an electrical designer. The wiring in this is very functional but ugly as all get out. I can hear Dave saying " you never have time to do it right but you have time to do it over" in the background. ") I don't always have a good idea to start with. With time I'm able to see ways to improve. My goal is to simplify the wiring on the truck. I have spent some time listing components and the "what seems to be " logical order of power distribution. I ran across some relays that have fuses built in a couple of days ago. I ordered some to see if they are good or crapola. If they are good, I can redo all of the underhood wiring while removing the redundant circuits running back to the fuse panel. For what was supposed to be a very simple job, this has grown in my effort to make this as durable and as simple as could be with my skills. I looked at buying a different fuse-power panel but ran into complications with ground triggered relays. I am reminded that there is a reason why modern factory wiring has grown complex to someone that connects 2 wires to the battery and the light glows. It's going to have to warm up before this happens but I will remove the wiring from the truck and modify as needed to attempt to meet my goal.

[416Ford]

I am at a point now in life were third time's a charm. 

[kb426]

O&S is out of the deep freeze for a couple of days. Todays task was to drill and tap the rest of the bed floor fasteners. Mission accomplished.

[kb426]

I finished out the day ordering more small parts. I was out of headliner material and needed some more items to do the bed cover. And, more bolts. I have never counted all of the fasteners necessary to build a truck. Trucks are simple yet I buy some items by the 100's and still run out. I like it more when I spend $100 instead of $1000.