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The 445 stroked 390 going in my 66 is going to interesting with a t5 and 3:73 gears 🤣🙏

Now for something different. The floor slab was of unknown strength and thickness. Best guess was 3000 and 4”. Turned out to be a little less than 4”. The Mohawk lift requires 6” of 4000 minimum. In a monolithic slab. Since this slab was no where near spec my option was to cut a 5x14 section...

Here’s a few more shots of the 3 main work areas: woodshop, mechanic space and metal working area.

I really like the design. I also appreciate the hand drawn plans. Looking forward to more updates

Not new but new to me. Woodward fab 52” shear, brake, sliproll combo. Building a mobile stand for it now.

I use mine more often than I realize. Lots of interior and exterior trim and custom aluminum panels on purpose built cars

Traction control is the right foot.😝

You’ve got a spare left side (drivers) and no right (passenger) correct?

Subscribed. This looks like fun. I’m planning a similar venture with my 66 f100 but with an old school FE power plant and t-5 trans.

Well after a pretty exhaustive search I finally found the lower cowl drains. Repops sold in pairs 160 bucks. Not to bad considering how much time I’d spend fabricating one. Best part the are only 2 hours from me. I’ll grab a new core support and rear bumper brackets while there. Thanks again...

Looks good.

Right in the middle of the shop build out my brother finds a deal too good to pass up. I’ve been looking for a mill for quite a while but few were in the price range I was willing to spend and those that were became no bargain once I figured in shipping. An old machinist about 30 miles away...

Blackbyrd that’s a nice space you have there. The cars are pretty nice too!!

Randy, would you know where I could find the passenger side cowl drain or at least the lower half. No one that I can find repops this and all the trucks I’ve found out here are worse than this. I can make this part but I’ll have 40 plus hours in it. I’d rather spend 10 and use the other...

Unfortunately I didn’t document the build between 1980 and 84. Film cameras lol. I’m glad I had a pro photographer get a couple shots of it at the World of Wheels show back in ‘85. Considering I built that thing in my driveway it turned out pretty well. Good enough for 3rd place truck at that...

Thanks! Nice work bays! IS that a pic of black/red ranger on wall? A extremely rare color combo. Friend has a '64 Sport/XL/Ranger black/red AZ since new. Great color combo. Thanks Randy. Yes that is a photo of my 65 that I restored back in 1984. It was a one owner truck that I got for 1000...

Thanks Blackbyrd and gearhead1. It is nice to be back home. I grew up in NC about 10 miles from where we are now. As it turns out I was in a car accident on this same road when I was 18. (Stupid kids doing stupid stuff on a dirt road 30 plus years ago 😂). Yes the ceiling is 1/8” Masonite with...

Randy I’ve been following your builds for years. My first truck was a 65 f100 custom cab w/ranger package. Black with red interior. I’m currently building a 66 custom cab. Your work is an inspiration for my hack job attempts.

Great use of space and outside the box thinking.

Love the table. I always sucked at ping pong and tennis. Poor hand eye coordination. Love watching people play that are really good.