11/20/1994 Welcome! This is my page. It's the story of my E100. Anybody that has ever worked on any vehicle probably could relate to this story. It starts out driving down a road on a winter day. I spot this truck that I recognized from years ago sticking out of a drift of snow in somebody's front yard. Over the next few weeks, I notice that it never moved. So one day I stopped to talk to the owner. It turns out he is trying to sell it. Actually, he had two of them. One was a '62, five window and the other one was a '65, five window. The '62 was rough, but not totally trashed. The '65 had a beautiful coat of white paint and an apparently flawless body, but I could smell bad gas. I ask "How long has it been since it was last driven?" He says "about a month" (I don't think so). So I climb into the cab and I notice there is a set of points on the engine cover, so I lifted the cover. The cap was off of the distributor, hmm, no points, but lots of over spray. "How much?", I ask: "$3500". I shamelessly beat him about the head and shoulders and successfully walked away with both of them for $2,000. (well, towed them away). Once I got them home, I started taking parts off of the '62 with a lot of help from my kids (gas tank, steering wheel, wheel cylinders and drums, carburetor, hubcaps, glass, glove box, and bulbs) and set the rest aside. Next, I went on a shopping spree, got new spark plugs, wires, cap, condenser, points, regulator, alternator (ninety amp from a new ford van to replace the generator), new gas lines, radiator hoses, thermostat, brake lines, brakes, gas pump, gas filter, battery and battery cables, carburetor rebuild kit, ignition switch, light switch, dimmer switch, new tail light lenses, and new front turn signal lenses. That was fun. Then, I just put all of them on the white '65. Oh, by the way, I changed the tank because the original tank was full of sand and what looked like cut-up pieces of webbing from a lawn chair. I don't think someone liked the previous owner toomuch. So now I'm ready for my maiden voyage. I timed the engine and rolled it out of the garage, just beaming with pride. My wife was out there taking pictures and I waved good bye as I rolled it down the driveway. I got down the street about fifty yards and it died. I cranked and cranked but it wasn't even trying to start. I pulled the cap off of the distributor and turned the engine over, the rotor wasn't moving AAAARRRRGH!!!!! So, my wife pushed it back to the house as I steered, and then we both pushed it up to the garage. Three days later I dislocated my shoulder at work. It sat for three weeks. Then my brother-in-law volunteered to help me, "COOL". We (he) pulled the distributor out. It had one broken tooth so we dropped the oil pan where we found the broken tooth. The cam shaft was in good shape and there was no other debris in the oil. I thought all night long about what to do next. That weekend we put the oil pan back on and reinstalled a new distributor, timed the engine, and it has run well ever since (knock on wood) with just a little smoke. Since that time, five years ago, I have added a 150 watt amplifier with "Bose" speakers and an AM/FM/CD player. The new Lime green neon lights play off the white paint, wickedly. I put BFG 50's, front and back on 8 and 10 inch chrome 8-spoke wheels, painted the under carriage, added some peek mirrors, custom steering wheel, and a US flag for the antennae. I have some sick, sick plans for it now (some people say don't do it). But I'm going to have to keep that a secret for now, couldn't stand anyone beating me to the punch. 5/13/00 Had my first major mechanical failure since the recreation. Was on my way to Blue Top with the kids (Blue Top is the Local Pop Stand, it's a great place with established car shows etc every weekend Corner of Ridge Road and Route 41, Highland Indiana) When whoops got a soft brake pedal, no problem made it home ok. Once I opened it up, I found it was time to change the master cylinder. That's no problem but, found the rear seal blown on the back passenger side. It's been leaking grease all over my brakes, they are glazed. Also got axel grease coming out of the vent on the top side of the axel. Hmm havn't decided whether to repair it or trade it out for an extra rear end I have. More on that later. While I was under thwe front end, thought about getting around to fixing my air horn using some infor mation I found on the net- classictruckshop.com Titled the "bosch relay unraveled" I got it to work for the first time since I instaled it. Five years ago when I did all the previous work. So that's the update for now, five years between updates, that's pretty good. I'll let you know how the back axel and brakes turn out. 11/20/00 Wow, only took me 6 months to realise that I forgot to tell you how it worked out. Fortunatly I had saved the core out of an old truck so I had a rebuilt master cylinder on the shelf. Changed that, no problem. The back axel was a bit more bewildering. I never did find out what was forcing the gear lube out the vent, but once I had put in a new axel seal and changed the lube, it just stopped. So new brake pads and on with business. As far as changing the axel is concerned, I have found out that they are both exactly the same gear ratio. So no need to change them. I have hoped that the gear ratio on the parts truck would be a higher one, (more bottom end) but no such luck. So that's it, third update. Nothing else really new, just enjoying the ride. Still have those wicked plans and some others rolling around the back of my head. My garage runneth over with salvaged parts. Till next time. --- This is my story up to the present time. I would love to hear your rebuild / hard luck / dumb luck stories, whatever. Email me at: Frostymonk@msn.com.