Masonis1 95' F150 build- start to now

So my. Stepdad bought this truck brand new in 1994, it was his first new vehicle he bought. It's just a basic 95, f150 2wd with a 302. I got the truck passed down with 150xxx and it now has 165023. My stepdad used this as a work truck and pushed it hard. I remember moving logs after cutting a tree down or taking a load of dirt or gravel that was so heavy in the bed that the springs were bottomed out and the tires almost touching the wheel wells. It was used a lot for that. With a 8ft bed you can do a lot! It's been through a lot of wrecks too. Once a car rolled down a hill and hit the bed. A year later it was rear ended and hit on the same side. Lots of good maintance on the engine. Oil changed every 3k. It's a good truck for me. Gets a good ole 12 mpg on a good day and burns a qt every 1000 miles. Not to bad for this old truck.
So I got the truck and this picture discribes how it was. There was rust on front fender, and bed wheel arches


The first thing I did was take the bumpers off and paint them

Just wanted to get the rust off.
Then for a birthday and Christmas present from my family I got some procomp rims. At 62 bucks a piece they look good.


This is a later picture...

 

Then I wanted to paint the bumpers.
I painted them black Berliner


Then I wanted to paint the grill

The stickers didn't last long hah.


Well as a teen you like spinning tires so every time it would rain I would go to a parking lot and do burnouts and slides so the bfg's didn't last long.

 

So I got some new tires. Before i put the new tires on i had to level ot a little so i put some MOOG 844 front springs on.
Some new tires-
Goodyear 31x10.50x15

My uncle helped me put on my exhaust for my birthday- a flow monster super 10- same as a flomaster super 10 but different name and cheaper. I cut the second cat off and dumped the exhaust under the bed.
I also installed some new speakers

I got a 10" sub behind the seat that shakes nice.
I've ran this truck at the track and its rain a 17.1 at 79 mph as its fastest 1/4th time.

Most recently I fixed all the rust!



And I just painted it yesterday

 

Still have to wet sand and polish.
But it has turned out nice.
Now I'm open for new things to do. I have a long list of what I want to do but I doubt most will happen. Help me think of something new.

 

Looking good man! Glad to see you kept it around.

sent from my igloo

 

Time, money and elbow grease.
Great to see your project truck looking better.

 

Thanks. This truck is a good learning point- it's fairly cheap for parts, easy to work on and it good for hauling things around.

 

Looking good

 

looking good man. that rust repair don't look half bad!

 

looks good!