1953 F250 Powerstroke RatRod

yeah, i definitely get that. sometimes i just get a little too picky. hell this thing wouldve been done a year ago if i did what some people have haha. Looks like today I get to teach the girlfriend how to use the plasma cutter.....should be fun

Bad arse build. I love it.

E99 F350/zf6/guages/arp/comp/stellite/ billet wheel/ bellowed... Need more fuel and more air.

Didnt get as much done as id like yesterday but finished the mount for the battery/tool box and hung the exhaust

Made the battery box tonight. still have to fasten it down and might have to change the lid and add a lip to keep rain out. Its got a decent spot for straps and stuff too

Finished the box tonight with a piece of angle for a handle and some latches from my jeep projects. Also made one of the tanks. Wishing I had a tig right now... stainless with a mig kinda sucks, that or I havent gotten the hang of this stainless wire

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Finished the box tonight with a piece of angle for a handle and some latches from my jeep projects. Also made one of the tanks. Wishing I had a tig right now... stainless with a mig kinda sucks, that or I havent gotten the hang of this stainless wire

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Are you using the same gas, or did you switch. I think the guys at work who weld stainless with a mig switch both the wire and gas, and it seems to work fine. I'm not sure what they do with the heat or wire speed though.

Same C25 gas. Normally Id just TIG it but I dont have one available to me. It looks pretty good once i got the settings better and got rid of the spatter. Figured Id try it out and see what happens. Need to do the passenger side tank tonight so we'll see how that goes. almost done with all the welding for this project, kinda makes me sad cause i really like welding haha

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Same C25 gas. Normally Id just TIG it but I dont have one available to me. It looks pretty good once i got the settings better and got rid of the spatter. Figured Id try it out and see what happens. Need to do the passenger side tank tonight so we'll see how that goes. almost done with all the welding for this project, kinda makes me sad cause i really like welding haha

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I think it looks good. I'm pretty sure I couldn't do any better. That's one of those things that it's hard to find material to practice on, and you pretty much have it figured out by the time you are done.

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Same C25 gas. Normally Id just TIG it but I dont have one available to me. It looks pretty good once i got the settings better and got rid of the spatter. Figured Id try it out and see what happens. Need to do the passenger side tank tonight so we'll see how that goes. almost done with all the welding for this project, kinda makes me sad cause i really like welding haha

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Haul yourself to Texas, I've got plenty of welding on my Bronco project that I would gladly let you do! Killer project man! Nice to see a hotrod/ratrod project stay all Ford!

The goal all along has been to keep it all ford and with everything pretty much accounted for, I made it. Gotta get this thing done so I can put a 4BT and a D60 and 10.25 under the jeep. I WANNA DO BURNOUTS SOOO BAD RIGHT NOW!!! hahah

Tanks done and mounted!

Looks killer! I dig the chain mounts!

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freekin awesome!!

live life full throttle

Worked on it again tonight. all the welding should be done other than the box but Im going to focus on getting it running and driving before I bother with that. "Simple" things like plumbing, electrical and fluids now. Did the power steering lines tonight and some other misc stuff. checked all the bolts underneath again after mounting shocks and such. Cold side pipe doesnt fit quite right now, probably have to just cut it and see but I think i can make it work with a couple boots to bend it a little and make it like 2" longer.

hard to update when its just pictures of wiring harnesses lol fixed the cold side pipe with another boot and have the lower rad hose figured out too. wiring is gonna suck a bit more than i thought....

Got her down on all fours today. This thing looks mean! Contemplating getting some 05+ rims and smaller tires for the front but probably waiting til down the road for that. Still working on wiring, real PITA going from memory on where everything goes. I have the wiring book for my 02 but its proven rather useless for an e99. Also finished hooking up all the fuel lines
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Very nice. I like that the wheels aren't all tucked in. When you say 05 wheels are you talking about the lariats?

E99 F350/zf6/guages/arp/comp/stellite/ billet wheel/ bellowed... Need more fuel and more air.

Also, I'd love to do a project like this but I'm still researching how I could crew cab one.

E99 F350/zf6/guages/arp/comp/stellite/ billet wheel/ bellowed... Need more fuel and more air.

the 05+ wheels have a little more backspacing and I tried my cousins spare on it and it fit perfectly at the fender but bumped the radius arms. 29" tires on those rims would be about perfect.

They are pretty rare but in 56 there were some crew cab conversions done. anything pre 56 just doesnt look quite right IMO

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