[chassis]

1978 Ford F100 short bed standard cab 4x4. What a beast.

It had the 400ci Cleveland V8, what a lump of .... The previous owner had either run it out of oil, had never changed the oil, or both. It started consuming pushrods and by the end of my 9 month ownership of this conveyance, it was running on six cylinders.

Adding to the pushrod situation was a severely leaking fuel filler neck (a half gallon of fuel sloshed out on every turn), and worn out front manual locking hubs. In the end, I sold it for a fraction of my investment. And the transfer case was stuck in low range.

But I put a sweet manifold-back custom dual exhaust on it, tucked up against the bed for proper off-roading.