Entrant #11: Cory's Blue Mule
1984 Ford F150 Flareside
Color: Medium Blue Metallic
Currently has 45,000 original miles on it.
Engine: Original 302 rebuilt 0.020" over with GT40 heads, Comp Cams XE256, Holley 4160 4bbl on top of an Edelbrock Performer 289 intake. Custom curved DSII ignition and BBK shorty chrome headers with full dual exhaust and Magnaflow mufflers.
Transmission is a 1991 M5OD 5spd with an 11" clutch.
Rear diff is the original 3.08 open.
Wheels: Classic 15x8 Blades by US Wheel with re-purposed Cragar chrome center caps.
Tires: Cooper Cobra 275/60/15 raised white letter.
As for the story, here it goes...
Back in 1993 when I was only 21, I purchased a 1980 F100 Flareside from a local guy. The truck was dark blue and the original 300 inline six had been swapped out for a 351w with a 2bbl carb. Transmission was an NP435 4spd. I only drove that truck for a couple years, but it burned a spot in my memory, and it became the only vehicle of my past that I looked back on fondly and I always craved another one.
Fast forward 20 years to 2015, I started to casually look for another 1980-1986 Flareside. By 2016 I was looking seriously, from coast to coast for the right truck. A year later, I was not having much luck, and only finding major rust buckets, or trucks that were finished but not to my personal tastes. I then decided to place an ad online in the local classifieds looking for a Bullnose Flareside. Within 48 hours I had a reply from a guy about 250 miles away that he had one for sale sitting on his lawn, so I hit the road a couple days later and made a deal to buy it.
Color: Medium Blue Metallic
Currently has 45,000 original miles on it.
Engine: Original 302 rebuilt 0.020" over with GT40 heads, Comp Cams XE256, Holley 4160 4bbl on top of an Edelbrock Performer 289 intake. Custom curved DSII ignition and BBK shorty chrome headers with full dual exhaust and Magnaflow mufflers.
Transmission is a 1991 M5OD 5spd with an 11" clutch.
Rear diff is the original 3.08 open.
Wheels: Classic 15x8 Blades by US Wheel with re-purposed Cragar chrome center caps.
Tires: Cooper Cobra 275/60/15 raised white letter.
As for the story, here it goes...
Back in 1993 when I was only 21, I purchased a 1980 F100 Flareside from a local guy. The truck was dark blue and the original 300 inline six had been swapped out for a 351w with a 2bbl carb. Transmission was an NP435 4spd. I only drove that truck for a couple years, but it burned a spot in my memory, and it became the only vehicle of my past that I looked back on fondly and I always craved another one.
Fast forward 20 years to 2015, I started to casually look for another 1980-1986 Flareside. By 2016 I was looking seriously, from coast to coast for the right truck. A year later, I was not having much luck, and only finding major rust buckets, or trucks that were finished but not to my personal tastes. I then decided to place an ad online in the local classifieds looking for a Bullnose Flareside. Within 48 hours I had a reply from a guy about 250 miles away that he had one for sale sitting on his lawn, so I hit the road a couple days later and made a deal to buy it.