BillyRay's 1981 F100 Restification

[BillyRay59]

Bringing it home today, will start to make it look better.  Runs like a top.

[ArdWrknTrk]

3-on-the-tree!
That's one you don't see any more.

Excited for you.
It is always great to get a vehicle back running like a top.  

[Gary Lewis]

Congrat's!!!   You are going to love it.  

[1986F150Six]

I like that!

[BillyRay59]

For some reason, the PO took the F-O-R-D letters off of the hood.  They gave them to me in a bag.  They were still very nice.  The plastic sleeves were still in the holes on the hood.  Voila!  Good as new.

Before:


After:


I got rid of the front license plate too.  The PO spray painted it white.  He spray painted a lot of things white which I'll be cleaning up.

[BillyRay59]

Another thing the PO spray painted white.  The horn cover.  I started cleaning it with lacquer thinner.  A tedious process.  Will post pic when done.

[grumpin]

The FORD letters look good on there!

Keep him away from the white paint!

[Bisquik1959]

Lookin good! I like the hood letters.

As for the 3 speed column shift, I have one in my 55 Dodge and it even has a floor stomp starter.

[ArdWrknTrk]

Ha!   I haven't seen a bicentennial anything in 45 years!

[BillyRay59]

Thanks Gary.  I love it already.  Drove it home from the PO's house yesterday and it was an hour ride.  Had it up to 77MPH on the freeway.  It drove and rode great.

[BillyRay59]

Here's a pic of the horn cover cleaned up.  I used Lacquer Thinner and a small bristle brush. Then Purple Power and water.  Finally, a spritz of Armor All.  Not great, but not white.  Top of it is not white, but daylight makes it look that way.

[BillyRay59]

More white!

White hub caps with white letter tires!! White on bed & tailgate.

[Gary Lewis]

Looks great!  I think you are going to be doing a lot of the TLC on it, but it will be well worth it in the end.  

[ArdWrknTrk]

Maybe a reaction to the 'murdered out' craze we saw a few years back?

White must be angelic or 'pure'.

I guess the PO can afford a $.99 can of spray paint but not the $4 roll of blue tape?

[BillyRay59]

Just got my Marti report.  Realized that there was no AM radio or bumper.  The only extra-cost options were the cloth/vinyl seat and power steering.  And one no-cost option, the exterior sound package.  The tires listed were standard.

[BillyRay59]

So no radio on the Marti report makes some sense of my Bezel. A pic of how it looked before I took it apart, a pic of the 2 pieces, and a pic of the part number. Determines that it is a radio delete bezel that someone drilled/cut out to install a radio.  If it wasn't for the bezel job, you would think that it came stock.  Radio, speaker, and antenna look factory.

[BillyRay59]

Found my buildsheet.  Part of it was stuck to the floor.  I've pulled many buildsheets out, but couldn't save part of it. I wet it, but to no avail.

[Gary Lewis]

Bummer!

[BillyRay59]

Gary, do you have a pic of the buildsheet from your 1981 Ranger you could post?

[Gary Lewis]

Sorry, but that's the one that is in many, many strips.  Didn't take it out of the seat as it would fall to bits.  Don't think I even took a pic.