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1993 F350 7.3 IDI Diesel Build

That year, or vintage of Ferd seems to be quite plentiful, parts should be uber accessible.
 
Here's a parts truck really close by


looks like a lot of F150 to F350 cab stuff interchanges :
Yes, for a 1997 Ford truck, the fenders and doors between an F150 and an F350 are generally interchangeable, as they share the same basic cab design
across the F-series lineup during that generation; meaning you can swap parts between the two models.
 
I already bought a parts truck (2 of them in fact), but the first was crushed by a tree. This is the second one I bought and has the remaining parts in the bed of the truck (the nose).

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The problem I'll have is the dually is a single cab frame. Ford didn't build an extra cab shortbed back then (1993), but that's what I want so I'm custom making one. The frame drops about 3" for the cab, so I'll have to notch the back of the extra cab to fit it on the dually frame. I'll be building a skirted flatbed out of 1/8" diamond plate for the back with a gooseneck and bumper pull hitches.
 
The nice young man just delivered it. Lisa and I think he's financially strapped so we gave him $400 instead. He has a young family and had them all including his wife in the SUV that he towed the truck over with. Very nice young man.

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You helping that guy out is a big thing that you did. When I was young I went to buy a Monte Carlo SS454 and I didn't have the whole amount with me. Guy wanted a $100 down payment.so I forked up the cash. I didn't get back there in time with the rest of the money and a couple day's later there was a guy there with cash, so I figured I was out that C note.
But the SS454's owner bought a USPS money order and sent it back to me in an insured letter minus the cost of the postal MO and the price of the letters delivery. I got back $96.50 but your post about him delivering the truck with his family with him and giving him $100 extra just reminded me of going to look at that MC SS454 with my family along side me.
 
Got the fuel tanks out. The mid tank is being deleted because it'll interfere with the extended cab I'm installing. That is full of gummed up fuel, so I'll use it as fire starter when I burn all the trees they took down from my property. The rear tank is gummed up pretty bad too. I'll have to clean that out before I put it back in. The sending unit is really gummed up bad so I have to clean it and hopefully it still works because the part is obsolete. The truck was built as a cab chassis only and has a plastic 38 gallon tank in the rear.

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Replaced the starter with a power master and had Lisa crank it over so I could watch if anything bad happened...... Surprise, she fired up with old diesel sitting in the fuel lines.... smoked like a dog, but that's to be expected after sitting for 6 years.
Gotta love the old IDI engines. Bulletproof. They don't go fast, but they always get there and rarely ever leave you stranded.

 
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