It is official my first midlife crisis

cowbay · **Posted:** Fri Mar 18, 2011 2:29 pm

It is official my first midlife crisis!
Well being that I have had the impala for thirty years now that can not be considered a midlife crisis, just "hopeless" if you ask my wife, (Just joking Patti :mrgreen:

I love you!) I took the plunge on another project. I always wanted an antique truck to knock around with. Figure it would be a great conversation starter when going out to look at various jobs. It was between Ford and Chevy sorry no Dodge getting parts for those would be an adventure.
In the end I went with and picked up out of a Martinsville Va. a 1969 Ford F100. It has a 390 with a three speed on the column with overdrive. Another reason for Ford is the history. My grandfather's first vehicle when he came from Italy was a model A ford pickup and my father drove a Ford , and my Uncle drives a Ford, my fleet pickups are Fords, my brother Brian drives a Ford, my pickup is a Ford, so when in Rome. We went down south to find something with no real rust like the ones up here and for the fact they are alot cheaper down there. The truck is mechanically tight just needed a brake job. Going to paint it my company colors purple and white and down the road to be different and to go green is to set it up as a bifuel vehicle that can run on CNG. There is some CNG pumps by me and at $1.50 a gallon minumum cheaper than gas why not, since that is my goal to change over my gas powered vehicles to. Have to throw out my props already for my younger brother Brian driving down to get it and Sunset towing for letting him take the flatbed instead of pick up with trailer.
As for the impala with the winter we had got nothing done to it yet. :bang

Probably take as is for the ice breaker and then work on it and get it ready for the next race with some improvement.

BanditDave · **Posted:** Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:18 am

Geez man, that ride is sweet! Great find there.

My wife is getting on me for the same thing for her...guess I can't complain. Good luck with it...

easygoingjuan · **Joined:** Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:45 pm **Posts:** 231

that's a great looking truck in a nice body style...milife crisis...maybe just the gearhead in you wanting to fix stuff. I don't think a car guy is happy unless he has 2 cars: 1 to drive and 1 to work on :aok

Asta la Pasta, Juan.

cowbay · **Posted:** Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:59 pm

easygoingjuan wrote:

that's a great looking truck in a nice body style...milife crisis...maybe just the gearhead in you wanting to fix stuff. I don't think a car guy is happy unless he has 2 cars: 1 to drive and 1 to work on :aok

Asta la Pasta, Juan.

I guess you are right Juan. Always need a never ending projects. :aok

Mike Derasmo · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:54 am

Dom, nice truck!!! maybe a new tow truck for the Impala????

RalphsRapidTransit · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:33 pm

Mike Derasmo wrote:

Dom, nice truck!!! maybe a new tow truck for the Impala????

cowbay · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2011 5:05 pm

RalphsRapidTransit wrote:

Mike Derasmo wrote:

Dom, nice truck!!! maybe a new tow truck for the Impala????

Thanks

but I don't know about towing my impala which is 4,000 lb alone, since that truck only had a 5,000 GVW from back in the day.
Anyways we did some sanding in prep for the paint this weekend. As suspected the rust is overall pretty minor for a 42 year old truck. One panel in the bed needs to be changed and few rust spots on the doors and front fenders where the lower trim was. Nothing to bad where we are just going to cut out and patch some fresh sheet metal in.

Some picture below and don't ask me what I have done with the impala :sick

expcept drive :gears

it all last week with the nice weather. I did put 200 miles on it though.
:pop

surgery on the rust spot. Cutting the tumor out

cowbay · **Posted:** Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:50 pm

Well finally working on the impala. :aok

Just wanted to post some pictures of the bump Ford. :pop

It is now on the road and runs like a top. :gears

Just waiting for the truck to get lettered and shooting to make the truck capable of running on CNG in the next month or so.

Not bad for a garage paint job

Scout wearing the proper Ford Collar :rock

cowbay · **Posted:** Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:53 pm

Impala in background

Mike Derasmo · **Posted:** Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:19 am

Dom, nice out-come!!! :aok

Is that purple/white combo company colors? kool :aok

cowbay · **Posted:** Tue Apr 26, 2011 12:00 pm

Mike Derasmo wrote:

Dom, nice out-come!!! :aok

Is that purple/white combo company colors? kool :aok

Thanks. The color combo just might be what I have on my trucks :nuts

Whether one loves or hates the color combo they always remember it. :rock

And yes my dump trucks are almost classics themselves. New ones are just to much money especially in this wonderful economy which is just booming for the construction industry NOT!

Mike Derasmo · **Posted:** Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:23 pm

I was gonna say the fuel prices for those trucks...... Have any old MACK dumps,6 wheelers or tandems with the quad-box?

cowbay · **Posted:** Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:53 pm

Mike Derasmo wrote:

I was gonna say the fuel prices for those trucks...... Have any old MACK dumps,6 wheelers or tandems with the quad-box?

Here is a video for you Mike.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InMy5PgYe4s&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InMy5PgY ... ata_player
It is not cheap to run anything today. As for the quad box that is what I learned to drive on. I love the B series Macks, a real man's truck. I don't have one but the towing company next to my yard has a 1959 B61 Mack that they are starting to restore.

RalphsRapidTransit · **Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:39 pm

Dominick the new toy looks great! I Love the colors...

GeeTeeX · **Joined:** Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:40 pm **Posts:** 162

very nice. plum crazy always looks good.

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