I love a nice clean old truck

 

Lots of nice trucks here. Most are the 6th and 7th generation units. My dad had a base model 2wd red 1980 F100 with a 300 six and a three-on-the-tree; a lot of these trucks remind me of that one.

A classic thread isn't complete without an "It Ran When I Parked It" type submission! Good luck with the chansaw. You might need a tractor with a loader and a log chain to help you out there.

That is a very nice truck. The author posted that on another forum and detailed how he started the restoration/modification in great detail including his original 4BT and later 6BT swap onto the P30 Doritos truck chassis. He apparently then had to sell it...do you know what happened to it? I am a big fan of the older medium duties and am very interested to see how this classic turned out.

I don't have a classic Ford right now. I eventually plan to get a "good old iron and steel farm truck" to clean up some and find excuses to use. I want a good runner that is safe at highway speeds with some logs or haybales on the back and would prefer a 4x4. So, I think something along the lines of a '60s or '70s F600 4x4 would be right up my alley. They have reasonably powerful engines with a top speed sufficient enough for two-lane highways, hydrovac brakes that can stop them from those speeds, and have hubs that lend themselves to modern tubeless tire rims (or have split rings- I am not dealing with widowmakers.) I'd make a nice stake-pocket bed for it and have a ball. I am thinking something like this nice example of a '78 F600 with a 391FT:

 

Dude, that is one sweet truck.

 

Here is my recently purchased 1969 F100 with 360 and three on the tree. Found in a barn in a farm town in Michigan.

 

Thanks..I have been away for a while..This truck is exactly how Ford built it..It is a survivor..I could part with it as I have a few more projects in the works..I even have the 1984 spare tire that was delivered with the truck from new, the rib Firestone.

 

A Couple more pics of my 69. Will have more pics as I refinish it.

 

my old 82

 

Nice truck Chuck!! Those 10" rims really set it off. What size tires are you running?

 

'82 Step, 4wd, 4.9L, 4spd Manual, No lift (yet), 31x10.50 on 15x10, Prepping for paint and considering Dark Fawn (factory color), Black or Presidential Blue?

 

My son just picked up a '79 F150 and asked me to help him get it road-worthy; the reason I joined this forum. Me?, I drive a ' 69 Bronco, my daily driver for 19 years.