Happy to see you back on the F truck. The good news. Regarding the weight you will be adding to the coupe is mostly over the front of the car, so in relation to the truck, you will be loading in about the most ideal position centred between both axles. I would suggest you update tyres to modern tubeless 11.00R22.5 tyres and rims or even low profile tyres. They will still fit your spiders, be a lot better ride, handle better , quiet and most of all the old 10.00x20 are just about impossible these days to get in any decent highway tyre. Just on a safety note if you are unfamiliar with spider rims, DO NOT remove the nut all the way. Loosen the nut but leave at least a full thread of wheel stud remaining in the nut, then hit the rim wedges with a hammer. Those wedges are under a lot of tension and have been known knock peoples heads off if you don’t remove them properly. Once all five wedges are loosened off , they are safe to remove. The wheel spacer will need a good hit with a hammer as well as they get rust and dirt around them making it hard to remove. Fitting the spiders is not as straight forward as you think, but easy when you know the procedure. Let me know if you aren’t familiar with spiders. If you are building a tray, go for a proper tilt tray. Much more practical and usable, safer loading and for a handy fella like yourself it wouldn’t be to hard to knock up. Those taillights are cool. They are original Ford lights and the cab lights are period cool as well. You probably won’t get a lot more top speed out of the two speed diff on high. They are bloody good to have when driving up hills and generally trouble free. If you have problems sorting it out, it’s an easy job for an Auto electrician. Personally I would get it working. Not so much for a low range ratio, but usually to split gears on hills instead of making full gear changes, especially on small trucks like yours when loaded as you don’t need a lot of weight to be near capacity. I would be looking at air ride suspension on the rear. It will be so much nicer to drive . You could get a modern medium duty rear axle with air suspension and get a nice gear ratio and 10 stud wheels, but if you retain your current suspension configuration, you could change the spring pack and add air bags to it for a nicer ride. And of course with both options you can lower it. Merry Christmas to you and your family mate. 👍
Lots of good info and points there, thanks bud. I've already filmed more on the truck, hopefully that's out soon, but I cover a bit of that in that vid
@ hope I’m not talking down you regarding information given. I realise you have a great mechanical knowledge base but I’m unsure if you have had much to do with trucks. Love the Chanel mate an$ can’t wait for more of everything . 👍
No not all, there's nothing wrong with sharing your knowledge if you're unsure if someone's heard it before, especially when it's a safety thing! Benny rang me to warn about the wheel locks/cleats a little while back while he waa changing some wheels, and he knew I was getting close to doing the same job
@ I have been around the transport industry 40 years and the spider type rims are all but disappeared owing to. A lot of guys with good experience have just never come across these types of wheels before. I have seen guys that have a decades driving experience go to change them thinking it’s straight forward only because they don’t know any better. Do it right and there is no problem, but they can put you in hospital pretty quick. 👍
Achieved heaps on your own before Benny rocked up Phil. Awesome video. Truck looks way better already mate!
Thanks Phil for all the entertainment you have provided this year. Hope you have a Merry Christmas and a great year next year.
Thanks bud, same to you 🙂🤙
Was a bit worried when the car was rocking when you were driving it out .😬🙄😳😲 Never seen a leaf spring used on a tow bar before.
It was kinda loosely tied on, it wasn't going too far😁
If I ever built a XB coupe, I would paint it white I reckon that looks great white it just suits that shaped car
Tubeless rims and 255 tyres will make the trucklower
I've got a tire 69 f600 I'm working on bringing back
F ❤
Happy to see you back on the F truck. The good news. Regarding the weight you will be adding to the coupe is mostly over the front of the car, so in relation to the truck, you will be loading in about the most ideal position centred between both axles. I would suggest you update tyres to modern tubeless 11.00R22.5 tyres and rims or even low profile tyres. They will still fit your spiders, be a lot better ride, handle better , quiet and most of all the old 10.00x20 are just about impossible these days to get in any decent highway tyre. Just on a safety note if you are unfamiliar with spider rims, DO NOT remove the nut all the way. Loosen the nut but leave at least a full thread of wheel stud remaining in the nut, then hit the rim wedges with a hammer. Those wedges are under a lot of tension and have been known knock peoples heads off if you don’t remove them properly. Once all five wedges are loosened off , they are safe to remove. The wheel spacer will need a good hit with a hammer as well as they get rust and dirt around them making it hard to remove. Fitting the spiders is not as straight forward as you think, but easy when you know the procedure. Let me know if you aren’t familiar with spiders. If you are building a tray, go for a proper tilt tray. Much more practical and usable, safer loading and for a handy fella like yourself it wouldn’t be to hard to knock up. Those taillights are cool. They are original Ford lights and the cab lights are period cool as well. You probably won’t get a lot more top speed out of the two speed diff on high. They are bloody good to have when driving up hills and generally trouble free. If you have problems sorting it out, it’s an easy job for an Auto electrician. Personally I would get it working. Not so much for a low range ratio, but usually to split gears on hills instead of making full gear changes, especially on small trucks like yours when loaded as you don’t need a lot of weight to be near capacity. I would be looking at air ride suspension on the rear. It will be so much nicer to drive . You could get a modern medium duty rear axle with air suspension and get a nice gear ratio and 10 stud wheels, but if you retain your current suspension configuration, you could change the spring pack and add air bags to it for a nicer ride. And of course with both options you can lower it. Merry Christmas to you and your family mate. 👍
Lots of good info and points there, thanks bud. I've already filmed more on the truck, hopefully that's out soon, but I cover a bit of that in that vid
@ hope I’m not talking down you regarding information given. I realise you have a great mechanical knowledge base but I’m unsure if you have had much to do with trucks. Love the Chanel mate an$ can’t wait for more of everything . 👍
No not all, there's nothing wrong with sharing your knowledge if you're unsure if someone's heard it before, especially when it's a safety thing!
Benny rang me to warn about the wheel locks/cleats a little while back while he waa changing some wheels, and he knew I was getting close to doing the same job
@ I have been around the transport industry 40 years and the spider type rims are all but disappeared owing to. A lot of guys with good experience have just never come across these types of wheels before. I have seen guys that have a decades driving experience go to change them thinking it’s straight forward only because they don’t know any better. Do it right and there is no problem, but they can put you in hospital pretty quick. 👍
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