great to see all the F100 freaks comin' out ("The forgotten Fords"). snag that F100 if you can, VonMoldy. eviljake: hope to see another F100 on the streets in town soon! i think i talked to you...i was gettin' rid of my '60. love that Seafoam green...its gonna look killer. lodaddyo: i need to hit you up about lowerin' the frondend. your truck is tight.
thanks,i used a trans-dapt motor mount swap kit. it bolts in , but i went ahead and welded mine in. as for the trans mount. i fabbed one up out of angle iron worked out good.
thanks, man. stock wheels, holmes. 15" steel wheels and stock hubcaps (will probably pull of the caps and run spider caps or bullet lugs 'till i can drop it...would look stupid now w/some chrome reverse). wanna keep it clean, you know. ...yeah, the pic is the stance i'm after. evaluating bags or dropped i-beams/flipped axles to get there (lodaddyo has it pegged...fixin' to pick his brain!). 'till then, i drive it everyday. get the truck!
Check out the OCt 2006 issue of Classic Trucks there is a good article on droppping a 1960 F100. I like this one
I picked up this '65 last month for my 16 y.o. son. It had been sitting since the owner passed away 10 years ago and needs a lot of tlc to be road worthy. It's turning into a great father/son project and he's really getting into it. I've ordered catalogs from all of the sources in this thread. Parts seem readily available and cheap compared to my '46 chevy. Tom more pictures in my photobucket at: http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k18/tomcat46/
There are two 1964-ish crew cabs near my house that I believe have been abondoned. I always though they would make cool and usable customs.
Anybody remember "go-kat-go" and his (I think) '59? That thing was the shit! I'll try to find some pics...
The 1957-1950 Ford trucks are so ugly stock but they look dam cool lowered. The 1961-1966's have always been one of my favorite body styles.
Here is a 1962 F100 truck I drown for 8 years; I sold it a couple years ago. It was kind of unusual with this bed on I think, I have seen some 4X4 1962 with this bed on the internet. The truck had a 292 with four barrel. When I bought the truck the stock trans was a totally mess all the gears on first was gone, it was a 3 on the column. The only trans I found here at the moment in Sweden were a big 4 speed trans with shifter on the floor. It was a great truck and we drove it in the winter also. Lars
This Merc peekup has been sittin for years near my old house.I've tryed to buy it.i'm gonna go back and try again.I love these trucks.....Shiny its all original and a shortbox too!
I wish I had something useful to add, but there's a pretty good list going so far and some damn cool trucks. I also wish I had some pics of my 60. It's not too purdy, but the project is about to get underway. J
get it on. keep us posted, too (u know us texans dig on the trucks!). hey...agreed, the '57-'60s aren't as sexy as what came before or after, but they're different 'round here and mine runs like hell. i throw shit in the back, hauled my motorcycle with it, a 292ci and tranny with it no problem. its no hotrod but driven it to work every day since march and parts are relatively cheap and readily available.
I keep saying I'm going to fix mine up again but I use it so damn much that I can't afford to take it apart right now. I haul rocks, mulch, engines, car parts, tow stuff and drive it to work. It's got the cheater slicks and the big block but it's still a very reliable truck. The stock front end, drum brakes, and slicks don't make it a great rain truck or long distance highway truck but I've had to to North Carolina, Michigan twice, Ohio twice, and Illinois once already with nothing breaking and no crashes. The truck deserves a redo and I've got the parts but just haven't wanted to be without it long enough to fix it. That Merc in Canada is badass Shiny. You need it.
I must be some kind of freak. I like the 1960 looking trucks alot better than the earlier or later ones.
What timing!!! My son and I were building a '60 F-100, but ran into some motor probs that were going to require a little $,(we were building it on the cheap.) He left to go to college last week and I miss him, and was feeling a little depressed. When I look at what others have done to these ugly ducklings, I now realize I need to go back to work on this project. He won't be around to help, but it would be very cool if when he came home during Christmas I had the motor problems fixed and we could finish the project in time for Lone Star Roundup next year. Since he goes to UT, that might be a good excuse to go visit him, and see some of you freaks as well.
Hey jcruz I think I talked to you a while back about a 1960 you had for sale here in Austin on craigslist. You sent me that photochopped pic of your truck. Good to see another 'fridge style ford here on the HAMB and in Austin.
well hell since everyones showin off the slicks heres my double 6 pullin a load to Vegas on my lil 8 month vacation from reality.This is somewhere in Iowa.M"aybe some of you saw me on the road or saw it on egay last couple days.
Cool trucks, everyone. Flatred: I have '62 that's already used up and rusted away but it has the same bed. I always thought the bed was a castoff from some other year since the body lines on the cab and bed don't match. Interesting; too bad mine's already too far gone. DHD, those wheels are krazy different. I've never seen turbines like that. What brand/model are they? Hank
You would be correct, but it is a factory "castoff." You could order it with the older style bed ('57-'60 I believe were all the same, or nearly the same). Most of the F250s (3/4 tons) came with this bed, but you see F100s with them once in awhile. What's more rare is an F250 with a unibody bed/cab.
The 1962 F100 Styleside. I have a book about Ford pickups 1957-56; there is a lot of info and photos. I found this when I looked at the year 62, I write like it says. Tough Ford had hoped that the new integral cab and body Styleside would appeal to a wide range of buyers, market analysis showed that there was some buyer resistance to this future. To hedge its bets, soon after 1962 production began, Ford offered the old-style 1957-60 Styleside box to those buyers who preferred a separate body and cab arrangement. So now there were two versions of Styleside bodies to chose from in addition to the fat-fendered Flare-sides. Lars
yeah. i posted up top a bit with the same...thought i recognized your truck. heck yeah, man...get that truck goin. be good to see another F100 'round this neck ' the woods. i'm sure i'll be seein' you soon. keep us posted on the progress.
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