As a fellow 49 Merc owner, Welcome. Do you have some Pic's?

 

aw c'mon do you really ned to ask me jeff ????? when that 53 is together i make up reasons to go do errands or whatever ................................

 

It's taking a while to get it there, but I intend to drive my grandpa's old '58 F250 work truck on a regular basis once its road worthy. Eventually, it'll have an updated drive train and suspension, four wheel discs (converting to 4wd while I'm at it), and fully functional remaining original systems. It probably won't be a daily driver, but will definitely be a light duty farm truck / Lowes runner. And it should look pretty cool cruising around, too.

 

I have had my F1 since '75 and used it as my daily driver/ work truck in the '80's.
Now I drive either of them as much as possible in the spring, summer and fall but put them to bed for the winter. We have about 2 feet of snow on the ground now and would not want to subject the trucks (or myself for that matter) to those conditions! I do love to drive them, each for different reasons, and the comments, smiles, thumbs-up and honks sure have a way of saying that all those hours (and dollars!) were worth it !

 

Yes, mine is driven year round, in good weather, when I want to or when I have to. For instance, my son, who is a freshman in college asked if he could have the car I normally drive to school (I teach) cause he is going out for breakfast. He walks or rides his bike to college, but he is on semester break now and needs the car so I think I will take the truck to school tomorrow. I also use it for hauling stuff, mulch, yard waste, etc.

They are no fun if you don't drive them!

 

Since finding this site, it has motivated me to dig up some of the pictures from '78 and '90 (when I had it painted). I'll work on that this weekend. Cheers. Michael.

 

I got mine sometime April '09. Drove her home and started tearing her apart. Last Wednesday, drove her out of where she was sitting to put her in a temp parking spot while the garage I'm building for her is finished. Will probably start working on it more time around mid to late Feb.

 

Took the Christmas lights off my F600 last week and then drove it to the feed store. Hit the key and away she goes!

Nothing like getting in the old stand-by and going for a spin in December!

 

It was a gorgeous sunny day here yesterday and I fired up my 500hp 58 F100 and went for a drive. Even pushed down the go pedal pretty good a couple times. Ah sweet therapy! Better and cheaper than that couch stuff . Hmm? Well maybe its not cheaper, but its more fun.

 

Back in end of November, a guy drove his 55 panel up to my shop, and it was full of skids in the back. I asked why he hauled all the skids and he said they were for weight. He drives it all year and in winter in Ohio/Pa and needs weight.
It was a beater, but still ran good and solid, but needs some attention fast before it isn't road worthy. Nice to see someone just drive em the way they were intended.

 

Probably cheaper unless you burn $150 an hour in gas. Oh, wait a minute, you have a 460 in that don't you? So that's not so unreasonable is it?

Glad you enjoyed it.

 

Exactly! How right you are.

 

Our 460's will be fun when gas is over $4 a gallon, but $30-$40K for a new truck will buy a lot of gas.

 

Rumor is by the end of this year, too.

 

Wow!
Looks like a lot of you do drive the trucks regularly, and some even use them as they were intended.
I will haul things in mine, but heavy loads are left for the bigger trucks that I own.