New project

[outskirtscustoms]

Its funny , I had forgotten working on old cars/trucks. If it has 6 bolts , 5 of them come out perfect
and the last one either won't come out or breaks. Then I ordered a fuel pump and the lines come
out 180 degrees from where they are suppose to. The NAIL fell out of the shift linkage and it stuck in
reverse. Then while under there fixing that I got a piece of rust/junk in my eye and scratched the heck
out of it. Wonder where something like that came from. Ah this is going to be a fun project.Lord give me strength.

Oh I have seen worse. I had a '86 Jeep Wagoneer (Small one like a Cherokee) that someone had broken the wire clip where it plugs into the distributor and they had drilled a drywall screw into the end and wrapped the bare wire around it. Paid $150 and a case of beer for it not running, tightened the screw and drove it home .

[Chips_Mahoy]

My very first vehicle when I was 16 was a '66 Ford Econoline 5-window, 240ci 6cyl, 3 on the tree, Rangoon red and old aluminum 5-spoke mag wheels.

[Uncle Stretch]

Wish mine had a 240 in it instead of this 170. I doubt that I will be doing much drag racing.

[sensor]

nice! i always see the guy from OLDSTF cycles running around in one of those....
now thats enough room to work on a bike but not enough for a car! better get to tossing or re-organizing!

[Uncle Stretch]

Yeah Sensor I have to back it out to do anything. Its kind of a hard type vehicle to work on.All of it has to be done from the bottom.
If I was younger ,I would pull the body , build a square tubing frame with a killer motor auto trans and a 9'' rear. I really don't have a place to stick a body now. Oh well It gives me something to play with.

[Chips_Mahoy]

I saw a nice light blue one in Dayton, Ohio last week. It looked like its parked outside a business as advertisement.

[Uncle Stretch]

Its funny they are so weird looking that a lot of them are parked in front of
stores for advertising. I need to finish mine and rent it out.

[Chips_Mahoy]

Here's some inspiration....

http://www.google.com/search?q=ford+eco ... 36&bih=758

[Uncle Stretch]

Man that is a super page. Its cool that you can click on any truck and it takes you to their site. Thanks. Will do some serious looking there.

[kingfish254]

What a cool place with cool toys!!!

That Econoline is in great shape for it's age. What a col project.

[Chips_Mahoy]

Here's a link to the only pic I can find of mine. Fotki isn't working right for me still.

http://public.fotki.com/ChipsMahoy/mode ... hicle.html

[Uncle Stretch]

Thanks Kingfish I hope it makes it to something cool.

Chips yours looked good, Wish I had those mags. They were cheap and plentiful back in the day. Not anymore.

[Rat Rod]

Every time I click on this thread I'm hoping to see progress pics.

[Uncle Stretch]

Well I ordered a fuel pump , that one was where the oil leak was. Must have a seal or something out. Didn't leak gas just oil. Tore the steering wheel apart and the blinker switch is bad , that is why the brake lights didn't work. So till I find more parts , the only progress is digress. I love tearing old stuff apart in the morning......smells like victory.
Oh Steve I did spend several hours looking online for the turn signal switch. Its discontinued and the only one I could find is $145 on Ebay.....NOT. I will change to a later model steering column before I spend that much.

[Skipton]

Uncle Stretch,

I'm Just curious do you have any pics of what it looked like hooked up to your towing rig?