I spend most of my time in the 1961-1966 forum but I was just going through some older pictures and came across these of my Dad's 1970 F250 4x4 "Custom" Crew Cab when it was basically brand new. Photos were developed in June 1970. Thought some of you might enjoy seeing these. He would have special ordered this himself at the local dealership.

I recall that the front and back seats were a plain black vinyl. No air conditioning so on the hottest summer days it was a bit warm with the black upholstery.

I can post a few more of the truck in use over the years if anyone is interested.

Chad

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Great pics! Post more if ya got em.

 

2X! Heck yeah.
Man, look at those tires also.

 

Excellent photos as I also own a 70 F-260 crew. I am the third owner of mine. Your photos prove that 4wd bump crews existed straight from the Ford factory in Ontario, Canada, and that they could be bought by private citizens, and not restricted only to commercial and military users as some have stated.

 

Yes that is nice looking. I know where there is a Mercury wrong box 4x4 sitting in an auto wrecker if you are interested.

 

Great looking truck! Yes, please post the other pics that you have. Those tires had to throw mud fifty feet. Didn't want to be the guy following your dad back then.

 

Awesome!! More pics please.

 

Love that truck. Looks so clean, I wonder where it is today.

 

A few years before buying this truck Dad had owned a 1966 International 4x4 pickup. He had wanted a 1966 Ford F250 4x4 but couldn't find one on any local dealer lot. So he went with the International but was never really happy with it plus it was a single cab so not very workable for our family of five plus a dog.

By 1970 he was ready for something new and with enough room for all of us in the cab. That is what prompted the special order.

Here's a pic from about 1971, towing the same trailer as we used behind the International in prior years. Dirt motorcycles loaded in the bed. He had changed out the tires to something wider and likely less highway noise from these. He used these in warmer months and then would switch back to the skinnier tires in the winter. My Mom had put a small white pinstripe down the sides emphasizing the bump side. You might be able to see it on the open back door. That's her walking around the back end of the trailer.

Chad

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Several kinds of nice going on here! Thanks for sharing!

 

Yep. It's guys like your dad and the enthusiasm for camping out on the west coast that have handed down these old truck to us. (I got my '68 CS from a guy in southern California.)

 

Finally some new meat to feed my inspirations for my end ever crew project.

Thanks!

 

Here's pictures of me and my Dad - taking one of each other - just before we headed out for a little snow riding in the hills around Roslyn, WA - the town made famous years later by the show "Northern Exposure" which was supposedly set in Alaska.

Each of us in front of the 1970 Crew Cab. He was a carpenter by trade so made many things from wood. One of those was the white topper shell you see in these shots. The white pinstripe that my Mom did is more easily seen in this shot.

Originally a 360, he built a 428 police interceptor motor for it with an RV cam for good torque. When he sold this truck some years later he put the original 360 back in it and put the 428 in his next truck.

In this picture I'm on my 1973 Honda XR75 and my Dad is on his 1973 Yamaha MX360. I can tell I'm getting too big for the one I'm on so this was probably 1974 or 1975 in these shots. Here he is running the skinny tires on the truck which worked a lot better in the snow.

Chad

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Wow, awesome photos and truck!

 

that is bad-a$$

Any idea where the truck is today?