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1978 Ford F-150 Custom 4x4 Short Bed $$$ Thousands Invested! Great Street Rod!!! on 2040-cars

Year:1978 Mileage:500
Location:

Santa Rosa, California, United States

Santa Rosa, California, United States

1978 Ford F-150 Custom Short bed 
Comes with a completely rebuilt V8 400 motor with 2 barrell carburetor with then 500 miles on a rebuilt S & J engine with mild cam
Has an Edelbrock intake manifold, smog legal. Does however come with an Edelbrock 600 4 barrell carburetor, included, but not installed.
MSD Pro Billet distributor, smog legal, as well.
MSD Ignition box with MSD high induction wires.
Automatic C6 transmission, professionally rebuilt with less then 500 miles.
Heavy duty off road transmission cooler
Ford 9" rear-end with Detroit Locker
35" mud tires with less then 5% wear
Power steering with stablizer
Re-inforced plated frame at steering box
Twin Rancho shocks
Premium Warn hubs
Pioneer am/fm cd player with aftermarket speakers in doors
Comes with bedliner
4" suspension lift
3" body lift
Mechanically solid
New upholstered vinyl bench seat
Grant GT sport steering wheel
New driver and passenger seat belts
Solid body with no rust or rot
Clean California title and currently smog and registered until June 2014

Truck has power steering with steering stabilizer in the front. Has Dana 44 in front. Odometer reads 89,851, but does not reflect actual mileage.. All the gauges work except the amp gauge. Dash is uncracked but has some bumps and warbles from the sun. Does have a dash pad. Brakes work well. Has disc in the front and drums in the rear. Heat is also operable. 4 new tires for 4 wheeling. Ford 15" chrome wheels. Twin chrome tips on exhaust. Hitch receiver in the rear. Rear bumper is in excellent shape. Trim around front grill is original and showing wear. Does have tinted slider window Truck has some minor comestic issues, but is extremely mechanically sound. Turn key and go. Super fun unique pick up. Smog is probably not required in all states and countries so if it is legal in your area it can be modified further and even have the 4 barrel carburetor put back on.. Absolutely no trades, please don't ask. If you are the winning bidder please make sure you have updated contact information where I can get a hold of you after the auction ends. Preferably a working reachable cell phone number. If you do have any questions or concerns please feel free to address them through email. I do appreciate you visiting my auction. Thank you, good luck, and happy bidding!


On Apr-16-14 at 23:50:49 PDT, seller added the following information:

Here's a video: http://youtu.be/abm8_b7pKto


On Apr-20-14 at 19:57:48 PDT, seller added the following information:

Here's a video of the motor running: ford truck f 150 1978 040


On Apr-25-14 at 22:18:09 PDT, seller added the following information:

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