F100 from Tasmania

[ef1hundred]

hey guys!

il start by saying finding this site has been a massive help with owning a bullnose! My truck is an 82 f100 custom with a 4.1L inline six found in aus built falcons.
My old man bought it from a farm in very rough shape(i iwhs i had the pictures to show you the extent of australian ingenuity to keep this thing running). he drove it for a while but with work commitments passed it down to me. i should have left it the way it was but i ended up tearing it down nut and bolt and either refurbished or replaced everything i could with an extremely limited budget. if i had known about this site before i had done all this it would have definitely made the putting it back together side a whole lot easier! i plan to upgrade alot of things in this truck with OEM stuff from later model trucks( intermittent wipers, dash, A/C, door cards etc) so il will have a million question down the track!
anyway ive attached the only 2 pictures i have on my phone currently. i will get an underbody and interior picture tomorow while its clean. Cheers!

 

[Gary Lewis]

Welcome!!!!  Tasmania!  We have a member's map (Bullnose Forum/Member's Map in the menu) and I'd love to add you to it if I had a town.  And I assume you've seen that Darin is in Sydney?

Glad the site has helped.  That's why it exists, so I'm happy it is working.

Nice looking truck.    But I can't imagine the problems you have just finding parts.  Here in NA where they were made it isn't always easy to find parts, but there?  

You'll have to start a build thread in the main section.  And perhaps some of the guys here in NA will have parts you need.  Darin has had things shipped over to him, so it can be done.

[Rembrant]

Right hand drive. Cool! Welcome aboard.

[ef1hundred]

i am more then happy to be added to the map! Hobart in Tasmania is where im located.
i did notice you have another australian member! , im also blown away you have German and Polish members too! its good to see how far this site has reached!

a build thread will be coming soon, im always in the shed fiddling with something!
Having some NA contacts is going to be extremely handy when it comes to locating these oem extras im after!

[Gary Lewis]

You are now on the map.  And, by the way, if you click on someone's pin in the map you'll have the option of emailing that person.  So you can easily email Darin.

And, by the way, one year ago yesterday he was sitting beside me here in the house.  He and his wife, as well as Ken and his wife from New Zealand, had come over and were here for the truck show.

[Rogue_Wulff]

Nice looking truck! Welcome aboard Mate.

Any plans down the road? Perhaps a Barra swap? That would be a very cool thing to see done.....

[ef1hundred]

Gary Lewis wrote

You are now on the map.  And, by the way, if you click on someone's pin in the map you'll have the option of emailing that person.  So you can easily email Darin.

And, by the way, one year ago yesterday he was sitting beside me here in the house.  He and his wife, as well as Ken and his wife from New Zealand, had come over and were here for the truck show.

that is awesome they travelled to the US for a truck show! i have plans in the future to visit the US if i can convince he other half i would love to attend a truck show possibly even fill a suitcase or 5 with some parts!

Rogue_Wulff wrote

Nice looking truck! Welcome aboard Mate.

Any plans down the road? Perhaps a Barra swap? That would be a very cool thing to see done.....

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thanks rouge! i do have plans for a Barra swap, long term goals are something along the lines of a pro touring/sleeperish style truck, frame swap/build, barra turbo, coilovers, brakes, cage, buckets something i can drive on the street and also take to the track/strip and chop the usual built cars.il be keeping this truck for a vey long time if not pass it down. but for now though its just get it driving and enjoy it while i sort the house/garage and kids. adult life 

[Gary Lewis]

They didn't travel to the States just for the show.  They were planning to come and adjusted their schedule (or is that "shedule"?) to match up with the show.

The show is held the 3rd Saturday in September, so you can plan around it.  Would love to have you come!

And Darin did fill a suitcase and then some with parts.  I was parting out a '90 and the cab was going to scrap, so he asked me for part of the roof.  When he got here we cut out the section he wanted and he then boxed it up and had it shipped back.

[Rogue_Wulff]

A Barra swap would be way cool. They never made it here, so I had to go a different route for a boosted I6.
Out of curiosity, did Ford ever offer any diesel options in the F100 in your part of the world? I know Toyota and Nissan had several diesels there, and just like the Barra, they didn't bring them to the US market.

Someday, I'd love to visit Tas, and a lot of other Aussie sights....

[1986F150Six]

Welcome, ef1hundred! My sister and her husband live in Port Macquarie, Australia.

[ef1hundred]

haha that is awesome that you guys cut up a roof and stuffed it into suitcase! when i make the plans i will keep the date in mind and i will be letting you know so we can organise some parts and good times!

[ef1hundred]

i have heard of some people importing them intot the states. if i recall correctly there was a barra swapped foxbody tht just competed in dragweek. there area few guys from Queensland here that took over a barra powered cresta and im sure they had something to do with the foxbody.  the f100 usually had the aussie 6 or the 351 as far as i know, 250, 350s etc had a powerstroke option.

maybe when you come over we can strip a barra and you can take it back with you haha

[Rogue_Wulff]

ef1hundred wrote

i have heard of some people importing them intot the states. if i recall correctly there was a barra swapped foxbody tht just competed in dragweek. there area few guys from Queensland here that took over a barra powered cresta and im sure they had something to do with the foxbody.  the f100 usually had the aussie 6 or the 351 as far as i know, 250, 350s etc had a powerstroke option.

maybe when you come over we can strip a barra and you can take it back with you haha

Yeah, I've been following Ben's Cresta build for a while, and he was one of many behind the fox body build for this year along with Al and a few others. Both cars completed drag week and hit 8's on the last day. The skid factory (youtube) is currently showing the foxbody build.

I figured there may have been some diesel offerings in the F series, sounds like it was similar to here where you couldn't get diesel without going to an f250/350. Well, until 2018 when the 3.0L V6 powerstroke hit the market in F150.

How 'bout mailing me a Barra. I've got a 1974 F100 that could use a bit of a refresh....

[grumpin]

Welcome!