by econopoor Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:04 pmI have this old beat up 67 three window that is really a pile. It's the first Econoline I bought not counting the old 63 Falcon station bus I had back in the 70's. Anyway, It's been sitting around my property for almost 15 years now as I've debated what I was going to do with it. It spent several years in my shop as a restoration project. I pulled the stuck 240 and patched a rust hole in the front floor. During this time I came to the conclusion that it was really too ruff to do a good restoration. It was sold new in Memphis. It was some kind of fleet vehicle as it has numbers painting on it. By looking underneath I can see it spent a lot of miles on gravel roads. The body has several stress cracks in it from flexing. The nose has been punched a couple of times. Just pretty much wore out. I'm still a little partial to it tho. Kinda love the old beat up truck. I decided it would be nice just to put it back on the road as is. I've parted out enough trucks over the years to give me most of the parts needed to get her going again. I just need some help. My health has taken a dive bomb and I'm unable to do much more than piddling. My friend Eric Beeckman helped me by putting in 240 in it for me. This past weekend we had a little get together. Many of my Econoline friends came over to help get it closer to being on the road. Steve Noland aka Rip Van Arkie, John Robinson, Eric Beeckman, Jim Tooloose, and Eric Duffel aka Eric's67pickup, all came and spent the weekend with us and helped get it back together. The pictures will show some of what was done. I want to thank all of them very much for giving me all the help they did. It would still be sitting out back in the barn without them.
This is how it looked Monday after the weekend bash. Still got a little more to do but it's so much closer to being on the road. It had just started raining so that's why the streaks are in the paint. It's really oxidized Vintage Burgundy. It's an original paint truck. Special ordered. Not much left to it though. Pretty sad looking.
Got a new gas tank, all new fuel lines, new brakes lines, new rear drum brakes with all new hardware and wheel cylinders, new shocks. Eric duffel rebuilt my emergency brake as the old stuff had been removed by a previous owner. And I mean removed. The levers, cables, equalizer bar and even the mounts on the frame. I have an old frame from a 67 Super out back that still had most of the parts needed.
We decided it would be quicker to rebuild one of the axles I had laying around than to try and fit disc brakes to the axle in the truck. I followed Fred Carello's plan for AMC brakes. It uses Hornet brackets, Mazda RX7 rotors, 76 Impala hoses, The banjo bolts are for a Harley Davidson motorcycle.
I went with Granada calipers as that what Eric B has in his 67 pickup, Had to cut the rotors and hubs down to fit. A little grinding on the calipers. All new bearings and seals. King pins were checked and were recently replaced in the spare axle I used. Added a sway bar from the parts stash and new shocks up front.
New brakes need new juice. I have a stack of 67 master cylinders but they all need rebuilding and sleeves. Then I still have a problem because I don't like pulling the carpet to check the fluid. I came up with this little plan. It uses a Willwood remote fill master cylinder. I machined an adapter to fit it to the stock 67 pedal. Then I had to machine plates down the sides of the cylinder to mount it to the frame and so the stock E-brake will still bolt to it. Added Willwood residual valves and new plumbing. Now I have a dual chamber MC for about $150.00 and a bunch of time on the mill. LOL. All the bracket material came from scraps I picked up here and there.
Steve spent most of the day inside the cab sorting out the wiring and getting the engine tuned up and ready to go. Jim and Eric B put in the radiator and doghouse.
Here's a shot of our little get together. That's Eric Duffel's white 67 8 door, Eric Beeckman's 67 five window. and my 61 three window. Jim didn't get to bring his 66 Supervan as the clutch is weak and he was afraid it wouldn't pull up my driveway. Steve and John came from Arkansas and drove John's Lincoln.
It was a blast having them here. Our wives keep us fed all weekend with great food. The truck just needs some minor things now. The driveshaft is shot so I need to dig another out of the parts stash. Needs a new exhaust system. Heater box and vent needs to be put back in the cab. Seats, tires, and plates and were good to go.
Duane in Tennessee
This is how it looked Monday after the weekend bash. Still got a little more to do but it's so much closer to being on the road. It had just started raining so that's why the streaks are in the paint. It's really oxidized Vintage Burgundy. It's an original paint truck. Special ordered. Not much left to it though. Pretty sad looking.
Got a new gas tank, all new fuel lines, new brakes lines, new rear drum brakes with all new hardware and wheel cylinders, new shocks. Eric duffel rebuilt my emergency brake as the old stuff had been removed by a previous owner. And I mean removed. The levers, cables, equalizer bar and even the mounts on the frame. I have an old frame from a 67 Super out back that still had most of the parts needed.
We decided it would be quicker to rebuild one of the axles I had laying around than to try and fit disc brakes to the axle in the truck. I followed Fred Carello's plan for AMC brakes. It uses Hornet brackets, Mazda RX7 rotors, 76 Impala hoses, The banjo bolts are for a Harley Davidson motorcycle.
I went with Granada calipers as that what Eric B has in his 67 pickup, Had to cut the rotors and hubs down to fit. A little grinding on the calipers. All new bearings and seals. King pins were checked and were recently replaced in the spare axle I used. Added a sway bar from the parts stash and new shocks up front.
New brakes need new juice. I have a stack of 67 master cylinders but they all need rebuilding and sleeves. Then I still have a problem because I don't like pulling the carpet to check the fluid. I came up with this little plan. It uses a Willwood remote fill master cylinder. I machined an adapter to fit it to the stock 67 pedal. Then I had to machine plates down the sides of the cylinder to mount it to the frame and so the stock E-brake will still bolt to it. Added Willwood residual valves and new plumbing. Now I have a dual chamber MC for about $150.00 and a bunch of time on the mill. LOL. All the bracket material came from scraps I picked up here and there.
Steve spent most of the day inside the cab sorting out the wiring and getting the engine tuned up and ready to go. Jim and Eric B put in the radiator and doghouse.
Here's a shot of our little get together. That's Eric Duffel's white 67 8 door, Eric Beeckman's 67 five window. and my 61 three window. Jim didn't get to bring his 66 Supervan as the clutch is weak and he was afraid it wouldn't pull up my driveway. Steve and John came from Arkansas and drove John's Lincoln.
It was a blast having them here. Our wives keep us fed all weekend with great food. The truck just needs some minor things now. The driveshaft is shot so I need to dig another out of the parts stash. Needs a new exhaust system. Heater box and vent needs to be put back in the cab. Seats, tires, and plates and were good to go.
Duane in Tennessee
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