Every man should own an old truck

[vegasplinker]

I got a 22 year old f150, loaded to take wife and son to the airport.

 

[Ryderczar]

I got a 22 year old f150, loaded to take wife and son to the airport.
View attachment 138900

Crazy how time flys round bodies now vintage.
Bless

 

[vegasplinker]

Crazy how time flys round bodies now vintage.
Bless

We love our Gen 10. Bought her in October 2001 with 16000 miles, 159,000 on her now. Added a Detroit true track in the rear, leveling kit. Only mods. Solid and dependable.

 

[Dr. Marneaus]

Well, I got it home today.

 

[EXCAL]

Deleted ALL EGR, larger turbo, 8" intake and exhaust , stronger head bolts, ram air intake filter, and different injectors. He also downloaded an RV type program and removed catalytic converter and muffler to straight pipe.

It must be nice not to live in CA. They now have biannual smog checks on diesels and everything but those head bolts can cause a fail.

 

[Jethro]

Auction today:
Auction is now over, link no longer good

 

[Tophog]

Auction today:
https://www.wieckauction.com/auctions/100-square-body/

You got some 'blasts from the past' there! I had forgotten about the ugly graphics era!

 

[Harley]

Well, I got it home today. View attachment 138992 View attachment 138991

Dont like Fords but can appreciate a good lookin classic. ??

 

[Dr. Marneaus]

Dont like Fords but can appreciate a good lookin classic. ??

I’ll say with confidence that in the older days, any of the big 3 made basically equally decent trucks. You just picked your preference on what aesthetics or what particular pluses/minuses you wanted to deal with, but overall they were all solid, comparable trucks

 

[Coup d'etat]

Basically trucks now days are no longer trucks. They are luxury vehicles with a body on frame construction.

 

[Poena238]

I was fairly excited about the "old" truck I picked up recently, until I found something I wasn't excited about anymore.. good think I didn't put too much into it. I'll just sell it and wait for another to come along again.

That's a real nice rig you got there Doc!

 

[Dr. Marneaus]

Just got my Marti report. This truck was 1 of 3 ever made in this color and trim lol. Dang.

Guess if I ever get it painted it’s going back to Rangoon Red

 

[Coup d'etat]

Just got my Marti report. This truck was 1 of 3 ever made in this color and trim lol. Dang.

Guess if I ever get it painted it’s going back to Rangoon Red View attachment 139571

Ford only made three blue-on-blue F150's in 1968? Wow ?
Wait, is was originally red with blue interior?

 

[Dr. Marneaus]

Ford only made three blue-on-blue F150's in 1968? Wow ?
Wait, is was originally red with blue interior?

Blue isn’t original. It was red from the factory. Red with black seat and ‘red appointments’ according to the report. I know the seat is original, and so are the seat belts, which are red. So maybe it had red carpet too? I’m not sure. The interior would have been red paint regardless, as they didn’t do a different paint color on the inside than the outside.

Either way I bet a red truck normally had red interior. Red seat and dash pad and seatbelts, but this one apparently has black seat and dash, unless the dash pad was painted.

 

[Coup d'etat]

Wow, factory A/C and disc brakes. The 390 was only rated at 190 hp? That can't be right.
It's got a bullet proof rear end Dana 60.
Same rear end used by Hemi Mopars.

 

[Dr. Marneaus]

Wow, factory A/C and disc brakes. The 390 was only rated at 190 hp? That can't be right.
It's got a bullet proof rear end Dana 60.
Same rear end used by Hemi Mopars.

Truck engines were lower compression than the car engines, also, its a California truck so who knows? Or maybe that's WHP vs at the crank?

 

[Gullwing]

From Wiki....

8.6:1 — 255 horsepower (190 kW) at 4400 rpm and 376 lb⋅ft (510 N⋅m) at 2600 rpm

• 1968–1971 Trucks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_FE_engine

 

[JTW_Jr]

Good looking truck.
My old 72 f100 had a different number on the door , vs the cab, vs the frame.
Turns out it was a 67 cab , 72 chassis and 71 doors. Lol.

 

[Dr. Marneaus]

From Wiki....

8.6:1 — 255 horsepower (190 kW) at 4400 rpm and 376 lb⋅ft (510 N⋅m) at 2600 rpm

• 1968–1971 Trucks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_FE_engine

I know. This isn’t my first rodeo.

But I’m gonna trust what the factory says vs what Wikipedia says. Also, I assume the wiki info again is gross horsepower of just the engine, not net horsepower

 

[Dr. Marneaus]

Good looking truck.
My old 72 f100 had a different number on the door , vs the cab, vs the frame.
Turns out it was a 67 cab , 72 chassis and 71 doors. Lol.

Lol it happens!