My 1959 ready for restoration.



What was the basic difference between the 1959 F100 and F250 4X4?

 

Springs, rear axles, standard axle ratio, wheels, and badges were the main differences.


They offered the same engines, transmissions, and transfer case.

 

Welcome to the fridge forum! That looks like an excellent start for restoration. Got any more pics? Whats your plans?

 

Thanks! Pretty much what I thought. All of the early photos I see on line look much the same. My sales paper says Ford 3/4 but the number is F10C9R. From my limited research mine is a 1/2 ton.

 

I live in the country and good restoration shops are few and far between. At the moment I am waiting for the weather to break before I install the clutch slave. When I went to start the truck i found the clutch and slave master cylinders were froze. I replaced the master and then the weather went south. When I laid it up about 12 years ago I drained the gas tank and oiled the cylinders. I've made me a small gas tank to use when I start it. I don't want to add gas to the tank and have it go bad. If I just had to pain the top it would have been done by now. I have procrastinated on what to do with the undercarriage. Remove the bed and cab? Or just clean and paint the undercarriage. I had a valve job done, replaced rings and bearings, etc then drove it 300 miles without any problems before parking it.

 

My understanding is all F250's had 8 lug wheels, F100's had 5 lug.

 

Can you give us all the of info from your data tag? Probably on the glove box door. I can tell you what the info means, what it came from the factory with. The first part of the serial # does show 1/2 ton with 292 2v assembly plan was San Jose. The model number will say if it came with 4 wheel drive. There are a few other details on the truck that will be specific to 4x4. Someone may have fouled-up the paper work.

 

Nice looking truck. Looks great the way it is!

 

Here are the numbers from the data plate. F10C9R34022
118 G F18C 29D A O2A 05600 158 400.

The walk out price was $3018.06. Included the 4X, tires, tinted glass and custom cab. I looked again at the sales sheet and the "3/4" was the 1955 Ford trade in for $1,289.

 

Ok you got the info on the serial #.
118 = wheel base
G = color The only listing i see for G is from 1963 on = chrome yellow
F180 = 59 f100 4x4 5600 GVW
29D = build on 29th march
A = 3 speed manual
02A = 3:89 rear axle 3: 92 front axle
05600 = GVW
158 = H.P.
400 = ? DSO these were special order #'S with no way to now say what the number ment.

We have a member here on FTE, Bill AKA Numberdummy who is a retired Ford parts guy who knows more about these ford numbers then most anybody. He may pop in and shed more light on your #'s. But I would say by the looks of it that you have very nice factory F100 4x4. If it is all original, that would be so nice to restore. I bought mine when I was 16 in 1970 it was stone stock but I was young and didn't see the "value" of that and as things wore out I felt the need to "improve my truck". Now get me wrong, I still enjoy the hell out of my truck.

Tell what you plan for your truck!

 

The color was April Green. The only modification that has been made was to the front hubs. A kit was installed that allows the front wheels to be locked out or in. originally the whole front assembly turned.
Once I get it cranked up again, I'll try to locate someone to clean the undercarriage.

 

x 2-I wouldn't paint!

 

Eastwood has rattle cans of patina preserver clear you can paint right over what you have. Leaving it as-is is a recipe for major rust pitting on the exterior during the next decade. Also, anti- rust also comes in rattle cans now, great for hitting inside the roof and cab corners.

I like that green. I think I need to get more of that in lacquer to finish mine off.

 

So is it actually a 3 speed manual, column shift 4x4l? That would be an odd bird.

 

My 59 F250 4x4 came with 3 on the tree!