Originally Posted by garbz2

Actually you could order a "sport package" for 64 which gave you a set of buckets and console. The package was to be used in 64 model year F-100 XL's equipped with "427 galaxie option" engines. This is right on a ford motor company flyer to advertise for the trucks... So i call bull on Bill...As it clearly sez GALAXIE OPTION. So it was offered but no additional 64 F100XLs were ordered due to ford upper managment killing the program.

Chuck Brands site is down that had fords advertisment. It had all the DSO order info to purchase a 1964 F100 truck at your friendly ford dealer and have it sent to DST for modifications. I saved the image to an old hard drive i will have to dig it out.

Here is a tidbit that needs updating from Coachbuilt "Two Ford F-100 XL Pickups were also built by Hotton during the same period. Essentially an F-100 on steroids, it was planned to be a factory muscle truck and featured Ford’s 425hp 427ci engine, the same unit that was in the Fairlane and Falcon drag cars. No further examples are known to have been built, and neither vehicle survives." We know at least one survived and is still owned by the original buyer.

All the pieces that appear in the 65 ranger are installed in the original 1963 F100 XL from the factory. Rear cover, falcon sprint buckets (Mustang was not in production) and console and a few other chrome goodies that do not appear in 65 like a chrome mirror, chrome dash end pieces and chrome heater deflectors. So ford did tool things up to offer this as a pre ranger. As the truck left the line with everything but a engine and transmission.

Getting to the 4x4 uni. No unis were offered in this configuration. This does not mean that a dealer may have added a NAPCO or M/H conversion to it and maintained a ford warranty. I still find it ironic that fords largest failure is one of its most collectable trucks.

This is the third california truck i have heard of to claim to be a 64 and a factory uni. the first two have vins of F10 (owner sent me the VIN) which is a 2 wheel drive VIN.

The vin does not lie as no four wheel drive ever left the factory without the correct identification. The vin would not be modified at the point of conversion as it was all ready regestered in the system under the 2 wheel drive VIN.

Garbz