NEW 85' from NC Member!

[Jonhasemail]

Good Afternoon Fellow Bullnose Enthusiasts,
 Really looking forward to sharing and learning more as our family starts a new project on our 1985 F-150.

We picked her up at a local Estate Auction here, and we're looking forward to getting her back out on the road.

Looks to be mostly original and lived all of her life thus far in NC.

We're looking forward to learning more and sharing!

[Rembrant]

Welcome aboard!

That truck looks like a nice score. All still intact and the interior looks nice.

Is the 302 carbed or EFI?

[Gary Lewis]

Welcome!  Glad you joined.  

Nice truck!  The interior looks remarkably clean.

Where in NC?  I ask because we have a map (Bullnose Forum/Member's Map in the menu) and we'd be happy to add you if we had a zip or city.

Hope you'll start a thread in the main section or in Projects where we can follow along on your family's project.  But is it you and a son or daughter?  Who else is involved?  What are your plans?  So many questions!

[Machspeed]

Hey, good to have ya with us! Truck looks like it needs just a little TLC. Body looks straight with no obvious rust in the suspect places and interior remarkably clean. Look forward to seeing what you do with it.

[Rembrant]

Gary Lewis wrote

Nice truck!  The interior looks remarkably clean.

Ain't that something? I love seeing a nice intact interior in a Bullnose like this. I bet this truck could be made to look very nice with a little elbow grease.

I was trying to see the gear indicator...C6? Edit...it's in his signature, C5. My wife always tells me that I have to look..."just look" she says...lol.

[FuzzFace2]

Welcome to the forum
That looks like a nice truck to start with, a lot nicer than mine was.

Yes where in NC you at?
I am on the Benson / Angier line in Angier.
Dave ----

[ArdWrknTrk]

Welcome!  

So nice to see an 'orignal' truck!

Thanks for joining.  

[grumpin]

Welcome!

[Jonhasemail]

Thanks Rembrant!
 She is a 302 carbed.

[Jonhasemail]

Hi Gary, Thanks for the warm welcome!

We're located in 27312 on the border between Chatham/Orange Counties near Chapel Hill.

I will plan to start up a thread on the Projects page, my wife and twin three year boys will be a part of this project as well.

Plans for now are to just get her cleaned up, change all the fluids, etc. We've heard that she's been sitting for about 8 years or so, before that she was driven daily by the prior owner.  So she'll need some elbow grease/patience before she's ready to get fired up again.  Outside of that, not sure at this point for future plans other than reading up on this forum/materials.

[Jonhasemail]

Thanks Machspeed, Fuzzface2, ArdWrknTrk, and grumpin for the welcome!

[Gary Lewis]

Pittsboro?  You are now on the map.  Check it out.

As for the family, that sounds like a wonderful project!  I look forward to following that one.  

[Jacob84]

Looking forward to the progress on the truck and welcome! Just a heads up on a truck that has sat. There’s obviously many gaskets, fluids to replace, services, and tune up to follow. But if you live in a humid climate and the rearend hasn’t rotated in a long time it will rust on the inside. My truck sat for a long time and it rusted so bad it pitted the ring gear. I didn’t know this till I dropped in a new unit a few days ago. The top of the inside of the axle tube will rust as well and if it has an 8.8 check axles themselves where the wheel bearing rides. If it’s pitted it’ll ruin any wheel bearings you put in.

Just something I wanted to mention before I forgot about it. Start a project thread! We want to follow along and help!

Jacob

[Rembrant]

Jonhasemail wrote

Thanks Rembrant!
 She is a 302 carbed.

Righto! I should have figured that out by the Sept '84 build date. That would make your truck a very early '85 model, and from what I understand the full changeover of the 302 from carb to EFI didn't take place until January or February of 1985.

Send us some pictures of the engine bay when you get a chance. If this truck is as intact as it looks to be, it will likely still have the original feedback carburetor system. A lot of people convert this system back to the previous system with electronic ignition and non-feedback carb.

If you plan on swapping in a 4bbl, then you're doing all of that anyway!!

[ArdWrknTrk]

I like Pittsboro!
There's a couple of good diners and a pizza place.
Al's, Virlies and Elizabeth's, I believe...

Not far from my brothers place in Siler City on Snow Camp Rd.

[Jonhasemail]

Thanks everyone for the kind words and advice so far! I will be starting a project page shortly.

Lots has happened already this past week - Will update in the project post.

[Gregsbf]

Looks like a very nice truck. Clean body and interior. You could go pretty well any direction with this truck.

Greg

[Jonhasemail]

Thanks for the info Jacob! Looking forward to it!