Here's a picture of my '49 F-2 next to my son's '13 F-150:



I noticed something kind of interesting about the front fender of his '13:



I thought it was interesting how the newer truck had the same type of body seam and the swoop under the headlights in the front fenders as the Bonus Built. I have to wonder if it's a coincidence or did they do it to honor the first F series.

 

More likely it saved them a penny per unit...

I would sincerely consider a new truck but as your picture shows, even a F-150 is HUGE nowadays, weigh 4,600 lbs. for the shortest, lightest ones. Yeah it can do more (towing etc) but mostly you're just pulling dead weight around. (rant over)

 

All I could see was what looks like a scratch on your F2 paint. But you have driven it across the country lately.

Yeah the new trucks are too big for my taste. I don't understand why Ford stopped the Ranger. The smaller pickups are great for people like me. I love my 4 door Frontier, I can haul the family as well as as much stuff as I ever need.

 

Something old, something new. Now you just need something blue....

 

And borrowed.

 

Hey guys, I'm not getting married!

As for something blue, that's me when I check my pockets and see I don't have any money.

Something borrowed? That comes in when my pockets are empty.

 

I too wonder why all pickups have gotten so big.It is almost impossible the get anything thing in or out over the bed sides,and if try and clime in over the tailgate you take your back and legs in the ,hold my beer and watch this mode. Why doesn't any one make a low 2 wheel drive,that's light weight and gets reasonable gas mileage ,for a fair price. I would love to buy a pick up without all the bells and such.Do I really need 6 speaker surround sound,GPS,power seats,windows,locks,and all the other gadgets. To go to the dump or Home Depot, Build a truck for 15-20 thousand and you would sell a bunch.

 

I agree, keep it simple and cheap. Make it where the owner can work on it again without a degree in electronics. Heck you cant even get a stick shift any more.

 

I liked the Corvair pickup with the side bed tailgate.

 

Those are pretty cool. Jay Leno had one restored and did a video on it.
Jay Leno's Garage - 1961 Chevrolet Corvair 95 Rampside | Trucks

 

My next door neighbor in the 60s when I was a teen had one of the rampside Corvair pickups, he used it for his lawn feeding side business (he was a town police officer). He bought it used because they were cheap (no one wanted them after Nader's book attacked them).

 

pretty cool, never really noticed that.

 

When I turned 16 in 1971 the car that was "mine" was a 62 Corvair. I really liked it. It belonged to my sister but as she was away on a 1 year volunteer mission trip it was mine. When she returned she sold it to buy a new car and I had to drive my parents Oldsmobile until I could afford my own car.

A guy I worked concrete construction for had a rampside crewcab VW. It was pretty cool but could not carry a lot of wieght of course.

 

Both look great. Ford needs to reintroduce the Ranchero.

Wally

1951 F1 - ol' red

 

Only if it is like the Falcon-based early ones, not the immense Torino-based barges of the early '70's. The hoods on those were longer than the bed.

Eric/Doraville forwarded me an article a while back that explained how EPA mileage reg's assured that we will never see another compact pickup. It has to do with how they calculate EPA emissions and mileage, nothing to do with technical problems or lack of demand.

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/201...tation-wagons/