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1969 Ford F-100
About the 1967–1972 Ford F-100
from the generation archive
The 1967–1972 Bumpside F-100 shows up here in every stage of life — from a light blue '67 with clean lines to a red one wearing icicles on its wheel wells, plus two-tone beach cruisers, weathered wood-bed survivors, and trucks mid-restoration with dashboards stripped bare. These builds span patina-rich originals parked in fields alongside campers to detailed interiors with factory bench seats and steering wheels still intact, proving the Bumpside generation is as much about the journey as the finished product.
The story
My older son bought this Flareside (stepside) bumpside pickup from a farm on coastal central California while he was finishing his last year in college. Heavy farm usage had uniformly coated everything on and in the truck with a thick layer of dirt that turned to concrete when it got wet. Owners had painted it several times from its original Wimbledon White, finishing it with a powder blue house paint applied with a roller that gave it a less than aerodynamic surface finish.
Surprisingly, it ran pretty well with its 2 barrel carb sitting on an old 360 FE.
Heavy cancer on top of cab in drip rail, bottom corners of both doors and cab lower rear corners. Bed was a piece of plywood wedged in between heavily damaged bed panels and destroyed rear fenders. Hood looked like it had fork lift tongues parked on it. Body and other bushings were original rubber that was now petrified.
My son just wanted to drive it around as a beater that he only had to add gas and change the oil.
Well, that didn't happen. When we started to give it a minor tuneup, lots of gremlins started popping up. Electrical wires were so brittle the insulation cracked when touched. The valve springs looked like they had a bad case of acne from all the dust that got in the valve covers. No PCV valve, just a hole. Couple of coat hangers for the throttle linkage. Drum brakes were uniformly worn down to metal on metal. In cab gas tank stunk so bad you couldn't drive the truck without the windows rolled down.
But the window glass was all good!
What we're doing to it:
- Frame-off resto-mod with a subtle attitude.
- Blasted and powder coated the frame.
- Moved gas tank to behind rear axle.
- Lowered front and rear with DJM front axles and rear shackles.
- Converted front drum brakes to '74 disc brakes.
- Changed engine from original 360 FE to 390 FE.
- Adding Edelbrock Pro-Flo 4 fuel injection.
- Completely replacing all truck wiring with American Autowire harness.
- Changed instrument cluster to Dakota Digital VHX unit.
- Upgraded to Saginaw power steering.
- Upgraded to power brakes.
- Upgraded to 1979 f100 radius arms to accommodate 1979 f100 front sway bar.
- Rebuilt Ford 9" rear end
- C6 transmission with Lokar floor mounted shifter.
- Lots of broken and missing parts scavenged from local junkyards. — CreigN
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