"Gumby" The 67 F100 Prerunner

[philofab]

Picked up some goodies from Autofab the other day:

Mirrors

Autofab 5" Bedsides. Looks like I can reuse most of the old mounts too... so fitting them will be easy. Ignore the little tires, those belong on one of my other F100s.... I'm just using them as rollers as I sold the Robby Gordon wheels.

I also picked up another cab for $100 of CL, the rain gutter has a little rust but the floor is great. I figured it would be a good idea to have if I need to steal any panels from it.

I hope to get some friends over soon and pull the old cab and front clip from Gumby. I really wish I had a forklift at my house....

 

[Junior]

Love those bedsides. Those mirrors from Auto Fab also? Tits!

 

[philofab]

Yes, the mirrors are also Autofab. I don't think they list them on the website but they do make them.

 

[philofab]

Picked up some goodies at the Leduc swap meet last weekend for Gumby. Soon the temperature will be down and my shop will slow down enough I can actually get some work done...

The few times I used the truck I found that it was so loud in the cab at 60 mph that I couldn't hear the other person in the cab, the radio, or much of anything else. The sound deadening helped but this will be a much better solution:

PCI's top of the line intercom package. This intercom has DSP, Bluetooth, the iPhone/iPod interface cable, and the necessary cable to plug into my Vertex Standard radio.

Hopefully I'll be able to hear Dan200 tell me not to roll now.

 

[Junior]

Sweet...you will enjoy the system the most on long high speed transitions. Way easier than fixing all the rattles too!

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[philofab]

I finally got a clean steel grill thanks to Ryan Piggott, Dan200, and SDHQ. Ryan sold me the grill he had been hanging onto for years and then Dan200 and SDHQ were able to transport it to Parker and give to me a few days ago.

I plan on finding some matching steel headlight doors and then having it powder coated by Allcoat in Kingman.

 

[philofab]

Haven't updated in a while. Did a little work disassembling Gumby 1.0. I threw Gumby 2.0 together and dropped it off at McQueen so they can start on their Bumpside glass.

 

[philofab]

Update: The truck is still at McQueen. They tell me they will have the rear glass and molds done soon.

In the mean time I've started to put the new engine/trans together:

6.0 LQ4 bottom end
L92 heads (LS3 with slightly heavier valves)
Texas Speed and Performance Stage 3 Cam
PAC double springs (good for .650 lift)
Hardened Chromoly pushrods (Also from TSP)
China LS3 sheetmetal intake
China head stud kit
GM MLS LS3 head gaskets
LS7 lifters and trays
50LB GM injectors
411 truck PCM
Centrifugal air filter setup (From one of the McMillin TTs)
Truck accessories (easy to find parts in baja)
HD Turbo 400


Stuff I need need to source:

2500 stall converter (from TCS hopefully)
LS3 rockers and stands
Motor mounts (Autofab now makes them)
Radiator
Headers
Oil pan (Not sure what I need to clear steering)


Hopefully I'll get the truck back so I can start thrashing on it soon. I miss it!