69 Ford F100 with Two Power Adders

[@CAROLDDISCOVER-2025]

I like that truck looks great. Nothing's ever perfect.

[@nikolasb2933]

Thought you had gone back "down under" for a sec there Kiwi.😂😂😂

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

That's pretty funny 🤣😂👍

[@AlanSchildroth]

Hollywood mishaps; good to see you really want a video whatever goes wrong! You did it with a 69; only looking up from here! Looks like a winner!

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Yeah it's warts and all TV here at Kiwi's. But it's real !!!😁😎👍

[@TonyGeneseo]

I hope by now that you know I really appreciate your videos and that the algorithm knows that ! lol. You’re at it and doing what you do AND you take the time out of your day to record your day and share it with all of us ! Thank you !

[@williamadam3888]

That's a nice old F100. Thanks for taking us along.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it!!

[@jamesmisener3006]

Good example of a good old girl. Nice colour as well. Cheers 🇨🇦

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Thanks man and thanks for watching!!

[@gulfy09]

Great stuff i always look under vehicles upon purchase thats where its more important

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

You simply have to!!!😁😎👍

[@Thunderbird1968]

Nice truck! Thanks for keeping it alive. I had a 74’ f100 when I was a teen, sold it because I was trying to save money. One of my biggest regrets was selling it because it got butchered by some hacks

[@ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441]

That was a nice little truck. Good condition not too much. Rest well from Texas. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦

[@mtut]

That is a beauty. IIRC, the brake pedal even in '67-72 automatic trucks was very narrow compared to the '73 and up. It might have even been the same width. Sometime after 1973 even the manual trucks got a wider brake pedal - not sure if it happened with the design series change, but I drove late 70s F-series trucks with both and I would bet it was the same pedal then too, only wider. Once you're used to the wide pedal, or cars that used a different pedal between manual and auto, the 67-72 auto trucks do look a bit strange in the footwell with all that empty space to the left of the brake pedal. I'm less sure about the engine, but my 1970 F250 had a 360 and a T-18 manual, and there was something funny about the throttle linkage on it as well - bracket mounted to the firewall. I know it wasn't changed over because my grandfather bought it brand-new, late in his farming career (he was 67 at the time and probably only farmed for five more years). Does looking up the VIN tell us anything about your customer's truck? All I know for sure is that it didn't come from the factory with that HEI.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Yeah I'm not a fan of those cheap Amazon HEI's, especially on a Ford!!

[@waynebuzzell2483]

Its nice when there is no slack in the track. It's got a good sound to it.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

She's a good all round daily driver now😎👍

[@brianf8621]

Thanks for the Willwood caliper information.

[@billyduffany3387]

Always loved those trucks . Had a 72 when I was 16 years old and later on had a 69 with a 302 4 speed short bed.

[@glennnickerson8438]

A day without Kiwis narration is a day without sunshine! 😉

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Thankyou sir!! Glad your enjoying the vids 😁😎👍

[@rjs2005]

Just like a day without Johnny Bush, eh?

[@fishgeralding9224]

Oh yeah, sweet little truck. I like what they did with the interior. Perfect driver, lucky find.

[@johna1160]

Coming in loud and clear! Much appreciated, Chris.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Good!! Thanks for watching!!😁👍😎

[@debbiebermudez5890]

Mr. B. Here ! Hit the send , and not the family car ! Thanks Chris very informative & interesting! 🍩☕️👀😎👍

[@frankcastle4383]

Nice ride 🙂

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Yeah it is !!😎👍

[@Techbitznpcs]

i like your attempt to have a down under vid while trucking the ute for a blast lol.

[@michaelrussell2891]

good to see there are nice cars not all sows ears done up to look like a silk purse nice truck lucky man

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

There's good cars and trucks out there !! 😁😎👍

[@farmerpete]

Nice truck! The twin I-beam was designed back when people expected trucks to be used like trucks.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Exactly!!!!😎👍

[@Jstme303]

Nice truck and nice too see it wasn't way overdone with upgrades.

[@lessharratt8719]

It's all good. I have been down side up a few times myself, Bet the owner will be very happy with what you have done. Definitely a win. Buyer got lucky.

[@FredBlend]

It’s a nice looking truck! Definitely worth putting some TLC into it. The upgrades you have put on it are great choices! The brakes and steering upgrades should make it much nicer to drive.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

They really do !! Thanks man!!😁😎👍

[@DocZoidberg549]

Perfect daily driver.

[@ronbelanger4113]

Love old school, zero dash padding!

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

No air bags... we die like men !!!!! 😂🤣

[@billywird]

Yes sir I have a 72 Chevrolet (purchased from the original owner in 1976). I fixed it up the same way and drove it for some years (had it registered for the first thirty years) It is presently in the paint shop (will probably never see the road again). It has a thumper engine and turbo 400 update along with a stiffer rear axle ratio. Other than that is is stock and it came from the factory with 307 automatic A/C and power brakes. Like this Ford it is a driver. That's a nice truck and the rust in it is from going on 55 yrs of the mud and the blood and the beer.🥸👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@AnthonyKendrick-pn2bc]

Lol, since you're tapping into the bourbon a little early, I'll forgive your very first comment about the twin I-beams. 😂😂😂 Beautiful truck. Rust in the typical spots and easy to contend with now. Every single truck I own are all F-100's. I wouldn't have anything else.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

🤣😂🤣. Best selling truck in the world I believe ......

[@AnthonyKendrick-pn2bc]

@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 Absolutely the best hands down. 👍

[@stevesadusky8634]

Nice truck👍👍👍

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Cheers mate!!

[@MrMartinious]

It pretty much looks like it would have back in the day! Lovely wee truck.

[@barrycuda3769]

I really like that era of Ford pickups, and that one is a bit special being a Custom Cab .

[@ManuelPerez-ip4bb]

I like the idea of a lower second bleeder, good to drain any crud out when changing out the fluid. Nice ute mate.

[@ppeters480]

That is a really nice F100, definitely was in dry climate for most of its life, underside looks like my 70 F100 nearly no rust but on bed floor. Truck was an AZ truck its whole life. The one at your shop looks quite a bit nicer than mine paint wise ! Great info for me on the wildwood brakes, planning on going that way, I didn't know they only made on caliper for both sides, good to know !

[@rescuedandrestoredgarage]

Well done, gentlemen. And that is a very good-looking truck. Was the steering box and brakes a fair price, I ask because that is an awesome upgrade. Great video, brother, even with the gear malfunctions,lol. Have a glorious weekend all of you.

[@mlieser1230]

Beautiful truck!

[@kennethkarlsson7421]

I liks this Ford pickups!

[@brianandglendaharkin9457]

Owned 3 F-100s a 74 short wheel. Base a 78 long wheel base 4X4 351 and a 77 short wheel base 302 stroked to 351 all nice trucks wish I never sold them 🙃. She looks great .

[@nickbruni8041]

👌🏼⛽️

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

🥃🤪😎

[@thewholls7176]

Good job kiwi

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Thanks man and thanks for watching!!

[@user-KrackerJack]

That's a nice truck. I always liked that body style and the 302 is a good little motor so that's a nice combination.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

She's ticks all the boxes 👍😎😁

[@jayweiss4378]

Uncle Jesse truck …. Classic

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Oh yeah, it is isn't it😎😎👍

[@bluejacketsfan60]

Now you're talking there - nothing finer than a 67-72 F100! One thing missing under that frontend though - a sway bar! They handle so much better with one - it was a night and day difference on mine. I'll have to swing by with mine next time I visit Tennessee with it!😁

[@markc9409]

The twin I beam was for pickups that worked In my opinion the best suspension for a pickup that works ever made. A good alignment by someone that knows what they are doing and a sway bar is all they need. I think they still used it in some fashion through the 2010s simple very few moving parts better turning radius than any short long arm as long as they were rear steer. just my opinion

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

I think you're right on money there! The twin I beam was a great truck suspension, the haters are those that expect it to handle like a race car. Can't have it all ways 😁😎👍

[@StevenMilne-sm4fk]

Just fill it with sump oil, drive it on the dirt, never rust again😎😉

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Yup, oily cars aren't usually rusty cars ....😎😁👍

[@StevenMilne-sm4fk]

@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 nope, oil doesn’t rust?

[@debbiebermudez5890]

Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍. When trucks were built for work a

[@aussiebloke609]

Hey Kiwi, remember when all cars came with a light under the bonnet - and the best of them had it on a wind-up wire so you could move it around while you worked? Even if you didn't have a light in the boot/trunk, you always got one for the engine bay. Shame they got deleted in the name of cost cutting.

[@daryllynhutchins8459]

Little 302 ,4 inch bore ,short stroke , good set up to start with

[@Mark-um7ey]

Ah yes, the twin I beam suspension... alignment with a torch and a big sledge hammer lol

[@65Coasty]

Nice truck mate. I wish my power Steering worked that well. You need an Aussie made 3 Footed Monster camera mount mate.

[@robertbeckler5058]

Amazing, my ford I'm hoping to start on next year is pretty close with the same condition. It was my grandpa's. The trany is shot. Have to see how difficult it would be to change it to a 4 speed automatic. Has the 351 Windsor in it. 2 barrel carb.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Pretty easy on a truck!! New driveshaft, move the Tran cross member back and bolt her in!!👍😎😁

[@robertbeckler5058]

New steering column?​@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160

[@daviddial7010]

Hey Kiwi, nice truck. Might want to not have rubber hoses on trans cooler lines. A shop did that to my brother’s Cherokee and one of them popped,leaving his wife on the side of the highway.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Yeah a full hard line is better for sure !!

[@danmcintyre9961]

Great truck, thanks for sharing.

[@TAVOAu]

Another happy ending😊😂

[@1998dodgejd]

So uh nice, good nice job. Never buy sight unseen.

[@dionrau5580]

WOW I feel like I've taken Crazy pills.... alright 👍 excellent 👌 lovely truck!!

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

😁why crazy pills?

[@dionrau5580]

@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 I don't know...think I need to get More whiskey 😆👍

[@RichL8223]

Nice truck, you should talk the owner into relocating the spare tire would look even mo better.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Yeah it's a bit different being in the bed like that ........

[@LetGaiaLive]

It had the Armstrong power steering - driving it makes your arms strong.

[@mtut]

Not if you understood why steering effort was heavy until the vehicle was moving, even slightly. It's only difficult to drive these trucks without P/S if you are spoiled by power steering. What's really hard to steer is a vehicle with power steering that's failed. Then you are pushing against hydraulic pressure and depending on which seals have failed, either the passive pressure of the opposite chamber or the full active pressure of the pump. *That* is ugly. These trucks, as long as the vehicle is moving, are not that difficult to drive. But at a complete stop, a lot of people are going to feel panic. Power steering is a nice upgrade - when it works. In the 1970s and 80s a lot of these systems would develop problems, regardless of manufacturer.

[@LetGaiaLive]

@@mtut it was a joke, mate

[@brianhdueck3372]

Nice 69 F100. I love the colour a lot. I worked on a lot of them in my day. Those twin I beams were tough as nails.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Not Indy car handling but very tough!!👍😎

[@brianhdueck3372]

@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 yeah they were never meant for that. They were designed to work. Point of interest (to me at least), when i took my wheel alignment and suspension training at Bear Technologies in Rock Island Illinois our instructor was an old timer who had extensive history with OEM companies. In working with Ford, Bear made the observation that a correctly aligned twin I beam had the steering wheel very slightly cocked to the right at curb height. Ford’s response was that the steering wheel was level under load and that Ford trucks were built to work lol. This was back in January of 1977.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

@@brianhdueck3372 great response from Ford!!😎👍

[@boilerroomed3682]

Thought you were back in NZ there for a moment!!

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

lol pretty quick trip😁😎👍

[@forthwithtx5852]

Random popping in at 7:55. Looks like me. Haha.

[@jerryhatrick5860]

Nice truck good shape. Twin I beam new bushings good brakes. Try finding them like this in upstate ny salt belt lol.

[@CrippledEagle]

Back where I came from, there are a bunch of guys who chase Coyotes in trucks with dog boxes in the back for their Greyhound dogs. Those folks prefer the older Ford pickups with the Twin I Beam front ends because are the only ones that survive running through the fields, creeks and valleys. Rarely did one see a Chevrolet or Dodge out hunting Coyotes. The front cab mounts often rust away and drop the cab down and make the steering difficult. I had one do that and it ended up shearing the rubber link to the steering box causing me to go off the road and wrecking the truck😢. Would buy another in minute if given the chance.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Coyote hunting ! That's a new one on me😁👍😎

[@CrippledEagle]

@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 its rather a niche of hunting. Bunch of drunks get into pickup trucks with boxes on the back of their trucks filled with Greyhound dogs which they release when they see a coyote and the Greyhound’s run the Coyotes down. They will drive the trucks full speed through ditches, over rocks, through barbed wire fences and through pastures chasing the Coyotes. Obviously they tear up a LOT of pickups doing this and the Ford with the Twin I Beams suspension lasts longer than the other pickups. A lot of the “hunters” use 4x4 Toyota pickups as well but even those get torn up quickly.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

@@CrippledEagle you rednecks know to party 😂😎👍

[@davidlobaugh4490]

Some upside-down n echoes going on. Good ol truck. Best of luck with the camera mate.🤠

[@ldnwholesale8552]

Those Wilwood 6 piston callipers have staggered pistons and smallest go to the direction of travel. So check wether they are on correctly

[@spacecat7247]

Always enjoy your content....you and Tony cool still?

[@tdkrei]

To bad you couldn't have put the camera on the back window, at least we could have seen the dash and the view. However, I agree with you that's one fine survivor.

[@1911MikeinOregon]

Boy your camera was really giving you fits LOL... That's a sweet old pickup. No it's not a show truck, but who cares. It looks nice, seems to run and drive good and it's got A/C. The little 302 sounds good when you give her the beans... I've always been a Chevy guy but I like the sound of the 289 and 302 Ford engines. Even though I'm a Chevy guy, I have had a couple very nice 76 F-250 4X4 Highboy pickups, and quite honestly I think that the 68 - 76 Ford pickups are the best looking pickups ever made, but that's just my opinion... I had to laugh when you tuned people up on why there are two bleeders on the Wilwood calipers. The owner should be really happy with the changes you made. It will be a totally different truck.

[@DanEBoyd]

I'll bet that lower bleeder screw makes a good drain too, when changing fluid!

[@jefscoupe32]

There for a minute I thought you had gotten in a boat on a lake and cruising across. LOL Things happen, right? Nice bump-side. I like that color too. I have a question or three... I bought an 88 Town Car and pulled the 302/AOD and put it in my 66 SWB F100. That's as far as I've gotten on it. Some say you have to use the dash or some computer to make the trans work, others say no. What say you? I got stuff to convert the engine to MAF but with the advent of aftermarket FI kits, I'm thinking it would be easier to just scrap all the old factory stuff and put one of those on. Opinions on which one? The steering box you used came from where? I missed that. I could go back an rewatch but I've already typed all this...LOL Have a good one!

[@jlletaw1954]

I'd kept the stick shift 6 cylinder drivetrain - they're just bulletproof & 'no worries' (my opinion) nice truck/survivor

[@derekhobbs1102]

The Australian RHD F100 owners use Datsun 260C power steering boxes..

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

I'm not a Ford guy. But that's a nice truck

[@mexicanspec]

Most of these regular cab short bed trucks came with an inline 6 originally. Did this one?

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Quite possibly. I don't think the 302 was an option for the truck back in the day

[@genehart261]

Twin I beams had their pros and cons, over the years Ford quietly gave them up. I think they're still used in some Econoline vans.

[@danielstickney2400]

The sixes don't get a lot of love but I think they worked better for truck duty, especially with a three speed. Of course this one isn't on truck duty any more. With so little wear and that painted grill it looks like it started life as an "old guy" truck kept around for occasional runs to the lumberyard.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Yes, she's had a good life !!!

[@jerryhatrick5860]

Love kiwi and his work, minus an ugly tonail Especialy.. They stink things up hahahaha.

[@josephszot5545]

Nice looking truck that interior is Ford or replacement?

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

It's an after market Upolstery kit! 😁😎👍

[@doublebackagain4311]

Camera made in New Zealand.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

lol. Could be...😂

[@stevesadusky8634]

Where's kev???

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Falling down drunk again🙄

[@StuffILearnedFromYouTube-wn1pf]

All to hell on this one, aye mate?

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

😁😎👍

[@JohnBaker-ks8rd]

U hot rodders dont like the twin i beam, but as far as us farmers are conserned there is nothing better

[@craignehring]

Nice to get a vehicle to work on that isn't a roiling pile of junk

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Yes it is!!

[@nealdaleyjr7625]

Good looking trucks but I wouldn't own one due to the twin I beam bs. Ford did not have a better idea. They appeared to have problems designing front suspension on their early vehicles. Coil springs over A arms resulting in those intrusive engine bay fender wells. Brilliant. I love the looks of a lot of Fords but will never own one.