Went and looked at this today. Looks pretty solid. Floorboard have minimal rust. Cab mounts look good. Motor runs smooth, just needs a new exhaust.

 

 

 

 

Cab supports look pretty solid. Sorry, I couldn't get it to stay rotated.

 

Floorboards.

 

 

Welcome to FTE

F25 = F250 2WD

Y = 352 2V

R = San Jose CA Assembly Plant.

817852 = 1966, assembled February 1966.

129" Wheelbase.

M = Wimbledon White.

F250 2WD, 7500 lbs. GVWR

E81: E = Red Crush Vinyl & Red Cody Pattern Woven Plastic / 81 = 81B Custom Cab.

A = New Process 435 4 Speed Manual Transmission.

B4 = Dana 60 Rear Axle / 4.10-1 / Limited Slip / 5,200 lbs. Rear Axle Capacity.

7,500 lbs. Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.

172 net HP @ 4,000 RPM

747890:

74 = Seattle WA Ford District Sales Office, where the original selling dealer ordered the truck from.

7890 = Domestic Special Order number, truck ordered special by original purchaser, not "bought off the lot."

Do the front fender emblems say Camper Special?

I've never seen a 1965/66 Camper Special without the tool compartment, which would be located on the right quarter panel, just below the filler neck for the aftermarket auxiliary tank.

The only fuel tank that came in these trucks from the factory...was the in-cab tank, located behind the seat.

Since the truck was a special order, the original purchaser may have requested no tool compartment.

 

Thanks for the welcome! I've been using the site searching for info the last couple of days getting ready to look at this truck.

The emblems do say "Camper Special", although barely legible. The truck has two aux tanks in addition to the main. They may have excluded the tool box so the additional aux tank could be installed.

I love the originality of the truck, but I think I really want an F100 SB. I may still have to bring this home though.

Patrick

 

I'm not sure about 1965, but for 1966 in the F250 2WD Series there was three levels of Camper Special package. I'll look later but I believe only the Deluxe Camper Special came standard with the tool compartment, which required Styleside bed (no chassis mounted campers was I think what they meant, which makes sense). The Deluxe also came standard with chrome front bumper which this doesn't have so no tool compartment would not be a huge surprise.


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My '65 CS has no tool compartment either. I was kind of bummed to learn that when I finally met her face to face!

 

I'm going to pass on this one. Here's the link to the Craigslist ad. It is located in Scapoose Oregon.

1966 Ford truck, 55,000 original miles, stock everything!

 

The odometer reads to 99999.9 then returns to ZERO!

So it might have 55,000 miles, but more likely on a 48 year old truck, it has 155,000 or 255,000 miles, or who knows?

And it's not stock everything, since it has aftermarket saddle tanks and a horse blanket seat cover.

Hood doesn't fit correctly, it probably flew up at some point, causing the hinges to stretch as a result.

The decode looks familiar, but no person aware of FoMoCo terminology would refer to a 352 as a big block.

No such thing as a FoMoCo big or small block, that's a GM thing.

 

Here's that info on the three Camper Special packages in the 1966 F250 2WD Series.





You can see it wasn't until you went to the Deluxe Camper Special that you got the chrome bumper and the RH tool stowage compartment as standard equipment.


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I noticed it had the ammeter and oil pressure gauge that a lot of trucks do not have. Looks like this was part of the camper special package.