Thanks. The color is called Cordova. It's an original Ford color but I had a hard time finding it in touch-up quantity. I think it was carpaintonline.com that finally mixed up a little bottle of it for me.

 

Gary, looks like you have a good starting point. Fear not. I'm not very far ahead. I finally got around to making my '68 fully roadworthy and everything functional (including that pesky dual cable heater thang). Still gotta make the windows roll up and down right.
BTW for those who don't know, the cables like to get sticky and can be a bit of a PITA. I needed a new tune box. While it's out is the time to lube these up. I took mine out cables and all.
And I cheat.
Motion Pro Cable Luber - Motorcycle Superstore
It works on bicycle cables, that dang PTO cable on the John Deere, works well on motorcycles as well (imagine that...).

 

I like that cable luber and I will be getting one.

 

My idea to lube the heater cables was a cheap 0 way and worked just as good, I'd say.

I use a few pieces of shrink tubing about 1.5" length by 1/4" I slide it on about 1/4" then heated the tubing enough so it formed a good seal around one end and sprayed into the one end of the un-shrunk end.

Worked good like a little funnel most but not all lube just runs out the sides of the uncoated windings. Not like a bike cable that has vinyl coating on them.

But my way got the job done working the cable in & out and save maybe $15bucks or more with S&H on the little $9 goody.
As the ol saying is KISS
Orich

 

orich, I've never hear of that particular technique. Seems like it would be perfect for those who only plan on doing this job. But for those of us with bicycles, motorcycles, riding lawn mowers and the like, this is a good tool to have.
I used silicon spray and let the whole assembly hang. If the truck is still alive 48 years from now, bet the cables will still be free.

 

Thanks amigos, and especially Orich, cuz you have provided yet another great idea, (and we can never get enough of those), to keep our old iron on the road. In my case, I have 3 PTO style push/pull style cables... one for the PTO, one for the winch drum release, and another for the winch drum brake. They all need lube, probably more often than I give it to them.. Now, I will find some 1/2" shrink tubing, take off the *****, put a short piece over the nut that the cable comes through, fill the un-shrunk end with Kroil, and call it good...

Baja

 

Do your ***** come off easy or can you get to the other side? (that sounds like a question for a different type of forum)

 

Well, continuing the thought about cable lubrication, the ***** on my controls, do come off, with a 1/2" jam nut below the ****. If I were home, I would take a photo, but the cables came from AW Direct, under PTO cables...

PTO Cable - 10' | AW Direct

 

Russ with all that old out dated winch why not just go with a 12volt electric setup.
You could may be loose 500+Lbs.. & be skinnier oh lighter wright.
Harbor Freight has deals on those 1/2" cables ones
I know salt air is pretty hard on electric motors tho
Orich

 

Here's my 72 F250 4x4. It has a 460 4bbl, C6 and a divorced Np205. 410s in the diffs.
I had this truck for around 25 years. It's gone from stock with a 390, 4 speed, to a 302 4 speed, to the 460 auto that it has now. At one time it had 13 inches of lift and 44" ground hawgs! It needs a new engine now. The 460 is very tired!
I'm actually starting to consider doing a frame/drivetrain swap. I'd like to go to a 2wd with a small block/auto. I've never had a two wheel drive cruiser type vehicle, and I'd love to have one!
My 2015 F350 4x4 diesel does all the hauling, and my Polaris RZR does just fine off road!
I want to enjoy this truck again! It has too much sentimental value to ever sell it, so I figure if I did the swap, I'd have a nice summer cruiser, and really love the truck again!

 

 

Looking good 68gold, I like your grill and the tool box on the side! Which model is this? My 68 is a plane jane short bed, and it's as plane as it gets with a white grill and no trim on the bump.

 

 

Very nice truck.

Looks like it's had some trim swapping done. The grille is from a '69. The thin trim above the grille (on the front end of the hood) didn't get put on the trucks until '70.

I had wondered what the '69 grille would look like with that hood trim, since I have a '69 Ranger.

 

Explorer Special, nice. Mine must be a Farm Truck "Special", it features a radio.