Matt's Automotive - Photo Gallery: 1976 FORD HIGHBOY SEMI RESTORATION PROJECT
Click on the images for a larger version
 Driver's side of truck before beginning project |
 Rear before |
 Rear of frame before installing new tank |
 Frame after rear Suburban gas tank conversion |
 Custom sending unit needed to put a GM gas tank in a Ford. Housing is Chevy. The sender is 79 Ford rear tank. The arm / float is 76 Ford. |
 Replacement bed with no rust on truck to be fitted |
 Pic of lower rockers with rock guard added before painting |
 Getting the bed straight |
 Bed painted black |
 Bed painted black |
 Bed painted black |
 My hair is getting too thin. |
 Ah, the smell of fresh bedliner — Stinks. |
 Engine, before |
 Bed pulled off to relocate gas tank from cab to rear of truck |
 Interior during teardown |
 Interior during teardown |
 Interior after teardown |
 Cab ready to come off |
 Engine and frame ready for cleanup |
 78 Factory Air cab to replace the original and very rusty 76 cab. |
 The minor surface rust in floor boards looks worse in the pics than in real life. It'll buzz right off. |
 Some putty and paint and she'll be as good as new... |
 I think we'll bedlinder the floor boards after rust removal. |
 I need a factory air box if anyone out there has one. |
 I think we'll bedliner up to seam line below the rear window. |
 Finally done making a 78 cab fit a 76. Back mounting holes had to relocated . 78 emblem holes welded up on the cowel. 76 trim holes drilled. |
 Fitting doors before painting. Also had to fill gun rack holes and drill cab light holes. Not to mention remove about 50 dents and dings. |