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Hey guys! I see everyone is puting up a project do i thought its time for me to have one. Well i went for the powerstroke, love it! i get compliments on it all the time, its a rare truck around here with the “old body Style” if you do see one, they have one foot in the crusher. But yeah its a 97 f 250 with a 7.3 liter power stroke, i am getting better gas mileage then everyone thinks, with the gear vendor system, 4.10 gears, i am at 1400 rpms for 60 mph, not to shabby for a big ol truck.
My plans: i am in the process of stripping the stickers and wet sanding her, i am planning on repainting her, same bright white, it looks good in the pictures, but some one re clear coated it and did it half ass, so now its running. got the running boards off, also looking to level it out a little bit in the future. Also doing intake, exhaust tuner gauges etc in the future along with all the other little things. I repainted the front trim, so i put some smoked headlights in while i was at it.Here are a bunch of pictures, this will be an on going thing so stay tuned for plenty of pictures.
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Some more inside and out pictures
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What color were you going to paint it?
NicholasShetley wrote:
What color were you going to paint it?
Im going with the same color, bright white, i think the best color for pick up trucks is white or black.
I think it should look good. This is one of those projects that you don’t want to cheap out on. Do it once and do it right.
Looks like it’s been taken very good care of, not bad
Nice truck considering it’s age. I really liked the 2 tone schemes on that body style. Dark grey with red was a good one. There are lots of possibilities.
Liked the silver on black too, as seen on this early 80’s model
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That would be a pile of rust by now with the salt they use on the roads up here during winter. The snow and icy weather we get is just brutal it’s funny when you see old ass cars on the road in states that have good weather for cars like California. I have seen shows where I see cars that haven’t been around here in years are still driven out west.
Nice looking truck. I can’t believe how clean it is.
Thanks guys!
Nice truck. I always liked that body style
Nice Chase! Can’t wait to see the next batch, Merry Christmas!
ChrisK wrote:
Nice Chase! Can’t wait to see the next batch, Merry Christmas!
Thanks Chris!! Whats the rule on pov lighting for volunteers in your area?
Well… As long as you have a letter from the Fire Chief, light bar, hidden strobes, sirens, you name it. Heck, I got passed by a VFF a few months ago in a 5.7 BLACK Dodge Charger with more lights on it than my new low pro Charger! Guy was going code three looked like a Christmas tree attached to a missile! Only rule is NO blue! Red only.
ChrisK wrote:
Well… As long as you have a letter from the Fire Chief, light bar, hidden strobes, sirens, you name it. Heck, I got passed by a VFF a few months ago in a 5.7 BLACK Dodge Charger with more lights on it than my new low pro Charger! Guy was going code three looked like a Christmas tree attached to a missile! Only rule is NO blue! Red only.
You used to be a volunteer right?
Yup. Call firefighter in Wells Me. Firefighter 1 certified and I was also a full time EMT-I in Manchester NH, our largest city, I worked part time in Wells Me as an EMT too. Then off off to LE. In Maine you could only have one dash light no sirens or light bars or anything like that. I liked it because there was no emergency drivers training and still isn’t so in NH we have VFF crashes often enough. It’s typical though, as lights come one and sirens turn on the speed goes up and the tunnel vision sets in and unfortunately sometimes bad things happen to good people who are helping others. I guess all I can say Chase is be careful. If the FD offers drivers training take it. It is great training and a lot of fun. I used to teach the emergency driving (EVOC) at our Police Academy and really enjoyed passing info on to recruits.
Chase, I forgot to mention how cool your truck looks!
Harold Wray wrote:
Chase, I forgot to mention how cool your truck looks!
Thanks Harold!
Chase, that really is a nice looking truck. It’s coming out great. The front directional lights look really cool in the last photo.
ChrisK wrote:
Chase, that really is a nice looking truck. It’s coming out great. The front directional lights look really cool in the last photo.
Thanks Chrisk!
Update: Slowly but surely doing some stuff to her so here we go:
Just installed an AFE pro dry s stage 2 cold air intake, what i believe is the best cold air intake system for a diesel truck, has a 7 layer high flow dry filter, its a really nice kit, its a little pricey but really does wonders with these trucks, added a little hp and torque with it, its also a stage 2 so it can support some big injectors and turbo, next up is straight piping the exhaust.
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A few minutes ago i just finished up installing some KC Highliter off road lights, they are 130 watt, 200,000 candle watt power!!! Mounted them behind the grill, they are EXTREMLY bright!!
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Also i will be installing tomorrow, i basically stole it from walmart, Pioneer head unit and 4 50watt speaker combo package for $85!!!!! Basically bought the head unit and got the speakers free, that will really make the ol girl sound like a mercedes inside!!
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The next items planned are:
4in straight pipe
tuner
removal of visor
front leaf spring conversion
Lookin good Chase.
It is coming along nicely Chase. Keep us updated.
Thanks guys!
Hey guys i have been crazy busy the past couple weeks, but i just leveled, and put 325 65 18 nitto terragrapplers on 18in xd hoss rims, looks unbelievable, also took the visor off and the bump moldings. Gotta get caught up here on the forum
Edit: Also installed a new down pipe, and have all the exhaust off from the downpipe back, installing a side dump exhaust in the near future, then after i make some more money I’m buying a tuner.
Hey Chase, welcome back! Truck looks awesome dude!
ChrisK1970 wrote:
Hey Chase, welcome back! Truck looks awesome dude!
Thanks Chris how are things up north.
Coming down your way next Friday! Short vacation, driving down to see my parents with my fiancé in Dunnellon. Get to see my nieces then back up to work. As far as up here? It’s New England. I’ve literally got four feet of snow in my yard, it’s wicked cold and we’re going to have more of the white stuff tonight and tomorrow!
Wow Chase came back! Though he left us for a minute. You have a bunch of videos to catch up on.
ChrisK1970 wrote:
Coming down your way next Friday! Short vacation, driving down to see my parents with my fiancé in Dunnellon. Get to see my nieces then back up to work. As far as up here? It’s New England. I’ve literally got four feet of snow in my yard, it’s wicked cold and we’re going to have more of the white stuff tonight and tomorrow!
Oh nice! I bet you will enjoy the weather, was 65 all day today!
DR99 wrote:
Wow Chase came back! Though he left us for a minute. You have a bunch of videos to catch up on.
Yeah school and work has been slamming me haha, trying to get on here.
Looking good.
Welcome back! The truck looks great. I bet the exhaust will drone like crazy going down the highway.
regopit wrote:
Looking good.
Thanks!
NicholasShetley wrote:
Welcome back! The truck looks great. I bet the exhaust will drone like crazy going down the highway.
Thanks and yeah the turbo whistle is crazy, sounds like someone is sitting in the back seat blowing a whistle haha
All of this is making me want to restore my truck now.
That truck looks tough. Now it looks like something to be proud of Good job
Welcome back Chase. I was starting to wonder if a hot, honey legged temptress had gotten hold of you.
Welcome back Chase. Your truck is looking really good.
Nice work on the truck just stop using the turbo so much is sucking all the warm air:( It’s been the 3rd worst Michigan winter ever. Detroit is the most miserable place to be this winter.http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2014/02/25/new-index-confirms-it-this-winter-is-miserable/5817515/ we are getting another 3-4 inches of snow tonight!
RedSionnach wrote:
Welcome back Chase. I was starting to wonder if a hot, honey legged temptress had gotten hold of you.
THanks and not yet haha, the truck breaks to many necks!!!! 😀 😀
Thanks guys!! And yeah the winter down here has been nice, been in the 60s the past week!
You would be plugging your truck up often here. You would also probably need to cover up part of the radiator to keep it from losing all the heat. I nearly had to when it was -30 with the wind chill.
NicholasShetley wrote:
You would be plugging your truck up often here. You would also probably need to cover up part of the radiator to keep it from losing all the heat. I nearly had to when it was -30 with the wind chill.
Haha I plugged it in one night and it helped a bunch when i started it in the morning!
Dads helper has a 99 7.3 that needs glow plugs. He has to plug it in for about three hours before he leaves. A lot of people don’t realize how much electricity a block heater uses.