Picked up this gem today near Uvalde, Tx. 65k original miles. Hasn't been on a highway or public roadway since 1998. Used on a ranch and is rust free. Original wood bed, decent shape. needs a fresh set of shoes but other than that, turned the key and it fired up, first crank. Couldn't pass it up.





Finally made it home and parked this olgirl in the shop.

 

Great find! Hope you post more pics and details on it.

 

Looks like a nice score!

What do you have planned for it?

From the way he looks it should shine really nice with a good cut and buff.

 

Do NOT believe the miles shown on the odometer, as it reads to 99999.9 then returns to ZERO!

 

Yee Haw!What a find Congrats.

 

Wow nice truck, OEM push guard, long bed flairside. Keep us posted!

 

Aftermarket, not genuine Ford. AFAIK, Ford never offered a 'push guard' like this for any of these trucks.

Here is the chrome 'brush guard' introduced by Ford in 1978 (D8TZ-17984-A).

 

Knowing the area, and the way a ranch vehicle is used, I would not be surprised if, in this case, the odometer is correct. If it didn't come from a ranch then I wouldn't be too sure. The '79 F-350 I bought a couple of weeks ago has about the same miles on it, and I know for a FACT that it shows the correct miles.

My '79 F-150 rarely gets driven anywhere except on my ranch. Last year it clocked less than five thousand miles.

 

Well I am pretty sure that push bar #17984 never came out in a "chrome" option, black only. I have seen pics of only one after it got chromed by the owner.

Do you have documentation to support that it was a factory chrome option.

Maybe in your books there is something on the Indy pace truck options? What I believe is it was a factory offered option?

On the OP's truck I can even see the driving lights in his pic, that are maybe Marchal?

Was the pace truck set up from Ford or some dealership? Almost ever pic of that truck has a black push bar on it.

And there is a difference in the 73-77 versus the 77-79 mount ability.

HJ over.

 

From the Ford parts catalog, section 176 page 12
Guard, front bumper
1977 F100-350
D7TZ-17984-A
Push bar-painted low gloss black

 

I noticed it too, but is says 1977 only and since there's no pic of it, that's why I said "AFAIK"

 

Yup, the catalog lists it as '77 only.

 

From the Ford passenger car parts catalog (Bronco is listed in the passenger catalog).

Section 176 page 40
"U" (Bronco)
Guard, bumper
Front, 78-79
D8TZ-17996-B
Push bar type, black, for fog lights mounting bracket refer to section 15266

 

Another free parts catalog pic for the collection of Titus Canby aka 77&79F250:

 

Nice looking truck great find
I never understood why people block out the license plate number in pics. it is nothing secrete that anyone driving down the road wont see, XS1 138