Reference help - Ford F5 pu to F8 Big Job

[cdnmodman]

A  few years  ago  I saved an old SA article on conversion of the 1950 Ford  F5 pickup to an  F8 Big  Job tractor.  I have searched  all  my reference  material and cannot locate it.  I was wondering if  anyone would have a  link to this article. Any help would be  appreciated !!

Thanks

Rick

 

 

 

[Jim B]

This one: http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/model_magazine_articles/scale_auto_enthousiast/sae_2000-2004/sae_2001_12__december/ ?

[cdnmodman]

Thanks  Jim !!  That  is the  one !!  very  much  appreciated !!!

 

[Jim B]

I'll be interested too see your progress as I hope to do this some day, too.  So you know, Ken's Kitchen Resin has the correct engine & transmission.

http://media.fotki.com/1_p,rwfrbqqrwftfwwwxbqqwdwqkwst,vi/swwkssbgbxtqffqbstkxswbggrtrr/8/158508/12365727/DSC06616-vi.jpg

Edited January 8, 2016 by Jim B

[leafsprings]

Is the '48 thru '50 F 8 available in resin? I've have been wanting to build one for a long time, but I don't have the skills to scratch build one of these trucks with the wider front. I would also be interested in the '53-'56 F 800 with the wider front ends also.

[Jim B]

Matt Conte of Dencon Resins used to make a Ford F8 Big Job resin conversion kit.  It looked quite nice, too, but he has been out of business for quite a while now.

[Aaronw]

The Dencon resins F8 was very nice. Somebody other than Matt mastered it, but I haven't seen any of it reappear from another caster which is too bad because there was a whole series of bits and bobs done for an F7 / F8 beyond the fenders. He did a sleeper cab, 337 cid Flathead, axles, springs, fuel tanks etc.

 Only the F7 (2 1/2 ton) and F8 (3 ton) had the wide fenders. F1 (1/2 ton) through F6 (2 ton) mostly shared the same sheet metal, the fenders were the same width, just having larger wheel wells to fit bigger tires / wheels. It is a fairly simple job to cut away and reshape the wheel arches on the F1 kit to fit 20" wheels (for an F5 or F6).