its time to put up my cruiser, its a 76 f100 short bed 2wd it has a 393w motor with edelbrock rpm heads and intake with a 700 double pump holley carb. its 9.3 compression so it runs on regular gas, its a scat cast stroker crank with stock 351w rods and keith black dish hyper pistons. figure it makes about 425hp or somewhere thereabout. the transmission is a m5r2 5 speed out of a 88 f150, its been gone through with new bearings and synchronizers and all. it shifts well and has a .76 overdrive which is nice on the freeway it cruises at 70mph at around 2100 rpm. the rearend is out of a 76 f150 it has 31 spline axles and 3.00 gears, non posi. the truck has dealer installed air conditioner that blows cold with the upgraded sanden a/c compressor with all new lines and condenser and drier. the truck itself is in really good shape, the only rust is in the driver floor, a couple small spots there about as big as a dime each, cab corners are solid along with the bed floor and all. the passenger floor has been replaced, I didn't notice it when I bought it but it has been done by previous owner. everything that's supposed to work works as it should, I upgraded the dash lights to blue LED bulbs, now you can actually see them in the dark. I drive this thing almost daily its gets about 15mpg mixed driving about 17 on the highway. it is a decent truck, the paint is so so on it but its a good start for someone to do something with for sure. the engine and trans only have about 4500 miles on em, there are no leaks other than the power steering box, that's it.
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