Evan's F250 CCSB build

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I'm starting a thread to document my cousin Evan's build on his Powerstroke 5 spd F250. He had been looking for a late model OBS for quite a while and finally found a suitable one a few months ago.

Our grandparents had a 95 F150 Eddie Bauer 4.9 5 spd that we both learned how to drive manual in around the farm. He has a similar truck now, but of course everything is better the heavier duty it is! Hence the search for a late model CC Powerstroke. Interestingly, all of these trucks have been the same color.

I'll post what he has done so far and then post updates as he sends them to me (I'm not close to the build, unfortunately).

The truck as he bought it:

Axle removal for SAS. He planned on doing it if he wound up with a F250 and found a donor axle from a F350 within a few weeks of buying the truck.

Time to try out some Hummer tires...

A little tight

Nice difference in ground clearance!

Time to prep for some body repair and paint

Laying some filler

New tailgate

 

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Factory running lights added

Primetime

Color!

Hauling her home behind the mighty F150

Making a new grille

Gotta make some room for those 37s...

He found a set (the others were loaners) on 12 bolt re-centered beadlocks. Looking pretty beastly. This is with no lift, I think he plans to possibly do a shackle flip and that is it.

Gotta put something on that new grille

A little Cardboard-Aided-Design (sorry, whoever I stole that from)

I recommended cutting the flares flush with the top and extending the bumper under them, I think he may wind up doing that

Grille coming along

And that brings us to its current status. That was stretched out over the past few months and I have forgotten some of the details but I will keep this thread up to date as his build progresses

 

[huntoon]

Very nice. I dig your approach.

 

[R3D2]

Awesome. Subscribed!


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[pappawheely]

Very nice!

 

[amgvr4]

Your cousins truck is my trucks twin!

 

[mtm_motors]

Your cousins truck is my trucks twin!

Yes it is! He's not active on the forum but he has seen your build and drawn some inspiration from it.

Thanks for the comments guys, I will update whenever he sends me more pics

 

[Bushwacker Inc.]

Nice project! Are those our flares?

- Andy

 

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Nice project! Are those our flares?

Yes they are early 80s Ford cut out flares!

 

[Bushwacker Inc.]

Yes they are early 80s Ford cut out flares!

Cool stuff. Truck looks like it's going to be awesome.

- Andy

 

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A few small trim details to update.

And... it is an F250 again!

He had some issues with clogging fuel filters and then shutting down before, so I believe that will be addressed next. The PO had run it on veg oil so it should be pretty simple

 

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He got the fuel pickup pulled and it came out in pieces... replacing that should fix some issues!

With the new grille you can no longer access the hood release lever, so he made an extended handle.

In this shot you can see how much wider the track will be

 

[amgvr4]

Looking good!

 

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A little more progress.

Brake job on the new front axle

Starting to turn some cardboard into steel plate...

And... since I've had no real contribution to this thread, here's an adventuremobile from where I work

 

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Bumper is coming along pretty well