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First time poster.. My project truck here is a 49 B-1-D 126... Picked it up in decent condition, body was bad.. front cab corners, battery box etc was gone... fenders had a load of bondo etc.. but the price was right.. it was all there and it ran, for $800 it was a great starting place. We spent the first year getting it dialed in, new brakes, body sheet metal work etc.. had it up and down the road a bunch, but then we decided we wanted to make more of a custom rod out of it and try to get the handling more like a modern car.. Decided on a fatman kit and a fully boxed frame (that was some work) For an engine we picked a ford inline 300 for an engine backed by a AOD and a ford 8.8 (explorer, disc brakes) for a rear end. We used the TCI 54 chevy rear leaf spring kit. The 300 is an unconventional choice, but I wanted to stick with a six and i have always been found of the torque and reliably of the 300. The pics below show the truck when we bought it, and then its current state. Ignore the tires, they are just some crap I had laying around, but the front end is at finished ride height and the rear is about 1.25" taller than finished ride height (waiting on spacers).. I have one question at this point that we are scratching our heads with.. brake proportioning valves.. we have mustang 2 over sized brakes up front and explorer discs in back.. master cyl is from the explorer.. do we need a proportioning valve of some sort?
