Originally Posted by
Doc Edsel
Friends:
Starting a new book featuring retired married couple who are Airstream full-timers, and would like to give them a classic Ford truck (rather than a contemporary model) to use as a tow vehicle for their 24-foot Excella. What year of F-series Ford would best meet their needs in terms of adequate towing capacity, great looks, and serviceability?
(In terms of this last - serviceability - I wouldn't want to give them something so rare as to be difficult to repair by most Ford dealers.)
I'm thinking it would be unrealistic to go any further back than a Fourth-generation, 1961 - '66 model, but you guys are the experts - What do you think?
While pickups were used back then to tow travel trailers, many peeps opted to tow them with full sized passenger cars/station wagons, "Cornbinder" Travelalls.
Are you aware of the following book? Take a gander at the gazillions of pics for ideas of what was used.
"Airstream, The History of the Land Yacht" by Bryan Burkhart & David Hunt / Chronicle Books / ISBN: 0-8118-2471-3.
Considering your user name, how about a 1958 Bermuda S/W or a 1960 Villager S/W (I had one a these in 1967/68, a blue/white 6 pass. It's still extant and AFAIK, Phil Skinner owns it today).