1994 Ford F150-Andrew M.
Ever since I was a kid I always wanted to have a Ford F150 for my first truck. I grew up in a Ford family and I always wanted the ‘92-‘96 generation F150 with an EFI engine. I searched and searched and finally found one I could afford in Green Bay, WI. It was rough with rust and dents, it looked really bad but it only had 76,000 original miles new tires/rims great interior and a cap. My dad volunteered before I bought it to help me restore it which it needed for sure. I was so excited first to actually own this truck but to also restore one with my dad.
We first started with new leaf springs so I could drive it until winter passed and then we completely tore it all apart and started on the cab. We replaced the bumper, fenders, cab corners, core support and hood. With a lot of body work and prep work she was ready for paint. At the same time we repainted the frame and put in new gas tanks. After that we did the box portion of the truck, we somehow lucked out and found a rust free box with a bed liner in one of the junk yards near us in Wisconsin.
We did still have to replace the two quarter panels because one had some previous body work on it with probably a hundred holes in it so we just decided to replace both sides. When the body work was done we painted the box and tailgate followed by a lot of wet sanding and buffing. After that we started to put it all back together (which was one of my favorite parts) with new tailgate, new bumper, some new body molding, new 4×4 decals and custom pin strips (thanks to the master painter my dad). Finally we put my cap on and lots of final touches and details she was done, well so we thought. It had some engine and transmission issues, the engine was easy just a bad PCV value and some sensors but the transmission was a different story. It was months of trying to figure out why it was not shifting correctly, finally it blew leaking transmission fluid all over the driveway. So we had to take it in to the garage. They did a great job rebuilding it, the reason it was not shifting correctly was it had a small crack in the air intake after the mass air flow sensor and a bad idle air control valve. This was causing the idle to go higher between shifts causing it to shift incorrectly. Now I’m having a lot of fun driving and showing off my truck. I have learned a lot about my truck and how to restore a vehicle. Many thanks go to LMC, without you this restoration could not have been possible, we bought so many parts from LMC from the quarter panels to all the nuts and bolts. Most of all I owe it to my dad who took the time to show me how to restore something from nothing, it was the best father son project ever, an experience I will never forget.
