Figured id post up some of my 77 F-150,,,

[77mud]

Well the story on the truck, Dad bought it the year after i was born so its been in the family for 20 years...he drove it on the hwy up until 1999 (was the hunting truck) he parked it and in 2000 i talked him into letting me Mud race with it (i was 10 at the time) truck was stock 351M on 32's well after bout 2 years i lost intrust for the time, so it was again parked in 02 and wasent touched until 08, so I pulled it out and drug it to the shop, drained the oil (got bout 2 gallons of water out the oil) new filter, oil and some mystery oil in the clynders and a hot battery and rebuilt the carb and it ran pretty good, so eventuly bout a set of 38's and it was a 1 gear wonder with 38's and a stock 351m but it still got muddy!

anyways raced it that way for a little over a year until the urge to build a BBF hit hard...

so picked up a 72 for $400 Lincoln (it was wrecked) striped the 460 C6 and the rear 9" and sold the car for scrape made $350 back off of it... I tossed the D2 heads for a set of Doves threw some new Bearings in the engine put a .550 lift cam matched springs alum intake and a 850 demon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJxhTHnQn-w

ended up shattering the spiders in the front and welded them to make a race, and ended up breaking the long side shaft, ringing the pinion off which dropped into the housing shattering the ring gear which locked the front totaly slinging the wheel hard to the right where i hit the wall and was shot back across the pit steering wheel all the way back to the left and broke my wrist since it was caught in it..

So since i needed a new carrier i bought the series 4 and scored a set of 4.11 gears for free and replaced the Shafts with Cromo's also added a 2500 stall


and then it ran good until May 2010 when i windowed the Block on this pass

 

[77mud]

at the Time work sucked (we ran a family owned construction company) and so the truck got put to the side yet again then i got a job on MCAS Cherry Point last January so i started picking up parts this time i went with a 429 bought a set of .030 flat top pistons got a .650ish lift cam me and a buddy are putting it together so right now the blocks been bored and the rotating assembly's been balanced, we've done a Max port on the D0ve heads got a torker II intake to go on it carb spacer and the same 850 demon is getting re jetted, so now were assembling to see how much the block can be decked and how much the heads can be cut (shooting for 13:1 compression) and ive also picked up a 3500 Stall convertor for this build

parts left to buy are push rods once we see how long are needed, a set of 2" primary and 4" collector headers and a electric water pump

But also in the mean time I decided i wanted to fix up the Rust in the body and get it all 1 color again so heres some pics of that...

all the bondo work done and the truck primmed

then i hit it with some deep blue metallic

did the final wet sanding and hit it with some clear coat, also swapped out the back 38x12.5x15 TSL's for a set of 38.5x15x15 Boggers

reinstalled the hood, but did away with the locking mechanism on it but left the hinges and installed a set of hood pins...

and now im building a rear pull bumper for it, 1/2" plates that are bolted and welded to the chassis, where a piece of 3/8" box tube is welded to it, and a military grade shackle is bolted with a 1/2" ubolt and welded to the box tubing, but i hope not to use it to much

 

[77mud]

guess yall dont like stuff like this?

 

[Baker]

I like it... you know where theres a cab just like what you've got?

 

[336wheeler]

Trail riding is more my thing, but it looks fun nonetheless. Looks like it would get rowdy in a mud pit

 

[99tjsahara]

I wanna drive it.

 

[WeRideNTruX]

i grew up around mud trucks and mudbogs mid-state mudbogg in batesburg sc was 5min from my house, i always liked trail ridin for some reason but i dont pass up mud holes either

 

[Caver Dave]

It appears your running at Little Doo? Not that I've ever been there...

 

[zombhntr]

i have a 76 f150 details in my sig

And I love it when people build and beat on old Ford junk wether in the woods on the rocks or in a pit u should see some of the looks we get at uwharrie when we round the corner three monster fullsize fords
deep cool truck u should take it on the trails someday

 

[77mud]

I like it... you know where theres a cab just like what you've got?

Not right off hand, there was one forsale on the Eastern NC craigslist the other day... but i believe it was sold but ill keep my eyes open im looking a 92-96 cab

It appears your running at Little Doo? Not that I've ever been there...

Yup Little Doo and Jump and run is where i do most the racing

And I love it when people build and beat on old Ford junk wether in the woods on the rocks or in a pit u should see some of the looks we get at uwharrie when we round the corner three monster fullsize fords
deep cool truck u should take it on the trails someday

if it wouldnt be burning 110+ octane and if its like the last engine i burnt a gallon a pass by the time you unloaded warmed up stagged ran and came back around

 

[oldfordguy]

hey nice truck i have a 77 with 79 frt end 460 auto also but ive got a dana 60 out of a 88 f350 king pin style i would like to sale any body know what it would sale for i am new to this site its geared 350 had hopes of putting in my truck with a sterling 10.25 in rear but fell on hard times

 

[77mud]

i believe you could prolly score atleast 500 for it, im not sure what they go for since i dont run them