This truck has drum brakes all around. Since we were going to be rebuilding them, I checked in to disc brakes. There are actually aftermarket kits you can install that add disc brakes to the front. Unfortunately for me they are made for the Ford F1 which has 5 lugs. The F3 has 8 lugs. The spindles are the same size so I could install them on the front but I would have to get rid of the 8 lug alloy wheels and replace them with 5 lug wheels. I decided to put that idea on the back burner for now so we turned each of the drums to get out any scratches, then installed everything new from the brake pedal to the wheels.
The tally so far for all of the maintenance and upgrades is $2200 above the purchase price. I will be picking it up next week. At that time I will be uploading some additional pictures.
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