That thing is a beast! I know what you mean about one mod leading to another. That's just the way it is when modifying old trucks. Shortening that truck involved all the frame work, new brake lines, new fuel lines, modified wiring, shortened drive shaft, exhaust, the list never ends!
Speaking of the Ford 300 HD: I love the 300 HD 6 cylinder! A very long time ago, I bought a 1967 F100 long bed pickup truck that the previous owner had installed a bored/ported/polished/decked 300 in. (Not sure if Ford actually offered that motor in the pickup line?) Any way it had a Offy intake with a modified Holley sitting on top, headers and a Ford Dura -Spark ignition from a later model truck. The body was rusted, beat to **** and painted in several colors of green over top of the original white. Three speed on the column to boot, full bench seat. Wife had a love/hate relation ship with that truck...
Loved it when we were sitting next to each other driving down old country roads looking for a place to park
, hated it when she had to drive it cause her Camaro was broke down.
At the time I had no idea that what I had bought was a poor mans race truck. I was 23 and just needed a way to get to and from work. I paid $600 for that truck and never had so much fun with a vehicle! That 300 would pull stronger by far than my grand dads 1972 F100 with the 360 FE engine. (That engine was only rated for 153 HP!) I don't know how many sets of rear tires I went through while I had that truck! Granted the tires I bought back then were all used tires to begin with, but still.... It was just so hard not to leave twin black streaks when pulliing out. :laughing: Ended up giving that truck to my younger brother who ended up totaling it. Sold the engine to a man who put it in another Ford pickup.
Anyway, can't wait to see the finished project, good luck!