New to the forum, just got this a few weeks ago. Had my eye on it since I was ten.

 

Welcome to the bump kingdom forum.
What's your plans for this 72 4wd vehicle it looks pretty straight for a good project to start with..

Orich

 

real nice truck.. ya gotta post more pics for us bump nuts..

 

A very nice looking truck indeed, looks like by the color it could of been owned by the U.S Dept of Agriculture at one time,

 

reminds me of the color i painted the truck i sold to dave. "grems4ever"

 

Thanks for the kind words. I'd like to ask one question about the headliner. I took out what I believe is the original one. It is (was) white. I got a grey one from Dennis Carpenter. I bought a can of gloss white spray paint for fabrics. Should I try to paint it white or put it in as is. I don't understand why DC wouldn't offer a white one.

 

The color is code O: Seafoam Green. It has a 300 and a 4 speed. Bare bones, no options. I did get the Fisher plow and the original Ford split rims.

 

I always thought seafoam green was lighter than that

 

It has been repainted, not very well. The roof appears to be the only original color.

 

As far as the split rims go: get rid of them, the sooner the better. Most tire places around here won't even work on them. Get some one piece rims to replace them, or just run what's on the truck.

 

Actually we have several tire shops around that deal with split rims daily. They took the old tires off the rims for me last week. I thought they would look 'boss' painted up on the pickup, Seafoam Green with the rings silver. For now I'm putting new Firestone radials on the current rims.

 

That truck is awesome, looks like a truck I saw back in Lake Sunapee NH about 15 years ago.

 

NICE TRUCK! It looks in good shape.

 

Great Truck!!!
Split rims will kill a man. Use em for a boat anchor...

 

Those are the same type of rims that we had in the Army on the 2 1/2 and 5 ton trucks. Tire inflation cages were mandatory after a few guys were cut into thirds. I saw it throw a Warrent officer into a 20 ft high ceiling beam. He thought he could stand on the tire to make it seat. It didn't kill him, but the brain injury made him a vegatable. DOT has some good videos about it.