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UPDATE 2020, Feb 29.
This "buiild" started with the purchase of a 1973 EB in El Paso one night in 2008. Drove it all the way back to Phoenix and except for a leaking aux tank, some serious exhasut fumes, it worked and ran great with what I believe to be a Stroppe prepped EB of the time chase truck. No Stroppe markings, but has been found to have the 351, and AC mods a non race stroppe would have had. The owner before me was a race enthusiast, which if he was still around, I'd ask for sure. I am the second owner.
Got it home, and it was dripping some oil, and over the next few years of gaskets here and there, in 2011 as the rebuild craze hit, I jumped in as well.
I was scoffed for paying $7,400 at the time, when others could be had for $3,500. But this has no rust, I mean, no rust. Every inch has been gone through, resurfaced or painted.
Except for outer body, all original nicks and all.
Below is my original build thread start in 2011.
Thought I'd load up what my "oil pan gasket repair" has turned into after deciding to do full frame off on January 2nd 2011, after finding floor rusted through (edit 2021, there was no rust, it was the residue from the red carpet glue made it look like rust, and the factory option of not completely welding the floor corner closed making it look like it had a 1/16th hole at the floor to tunnel corner. NO rust.). Second photo looks like I have 12 inch body lift, D20 is already out, shifter just sitting there.
Note one of three super secret switches below steering column, the PO must have been very afraid, of course this was an El Paso truck.... hmmm.
This "buiild" started with the purchase of a 1973 EB in El Paso one night in 2008. Drove it all the way back to Phoenix and except for a leaking aux tank, some serious exhasut fumes, it worked and ran great with what I believe to be a Stroppe prepped EB of the time chase truck. No Stroppe markings, but has been found to have the 351, and AC mods a non race stroppe would have had. The owner before me was a race enthusiast, which if he was still around, I'd ask for sure. I am the second owner.
Got it home, and it was dripping some oil, and over the next few years of gaskets here and there, in 2011 as the rebuild craze hit, I jumped in as well.
I was scoffed for paying $7,400 at the time, when others could be had for $3,500. But this has no rust, I mean, no rust. Every inch has been gone through, resurfaced or painted.
Except for outer body, all original nicks and all.
Below is my original build thread start in 2011.
Thought I'd load up what my "oil pan gasket repair" has turned into after deciding to do full frame off on January 2nd 2011, after finding floor rusted through (edit 2021, there was no rust, it was the residue from the red carpet glue made it look like rust, and the factory option of not completely welding the floor corner closed making it look like it had a 1/16th hole at the floor to tunnel corner. NO rust.). Second photo looks like I have 12 inch body lift, D20 is already out, shifter just sitting there.
Note one of three super secret switches below steering column, the PO must have been very afraid, of course this was an El Paso truck.... hmmm.
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