It wouldn't be hard to drop a new engine in it. If that rust is just surface I would sand it out now and put some primer on it, just to preserve the metal. That would be a fun project.
My old '76 F-250 beater (LW bed) has a 300-6 & a Borg-Warner 4 speed.
Keep hoping one day I'll get the old thing fired up again. :/
New engine is my thought if this one doesn’t want to come back from the grave. It’s the original engine as far as I know.
My 1990 F150 with an EFI 302 still has a distributor.
So do vehicles with points, they're in the distributor. Duraspark was Fords electronic ignition and distributor, sometime in the 70's.
oh. Then I have no idea.
'74 IIRC? The first year or two it was a normal sized distributor cap, but they were blue instead of black. They started making 'em a larger diameter soon after.
That's a good channel, with a fair amount of good content. The old fords are the ONLY fords for me from here on out. I currently have a 79 Bronco that runs great, but the floor is rusted out and the frame is bent. Been on the lookout for another 78/79 parts Bronco to make one complete truck. Was going to 300 swap it, but the block I got had hairline cracks. I do have a p-pump cummins laying though!
