It’s amazing how rough trucks can look after just a few years, especially if they’re used for work. As you all can testify, Ford pickups often are, so they get scarred with big body dents, faded roofs, and crunched and scraped tail gates. Trucks such as the 1968 F-100 you see here have even more time to rack up damage.
Fortunately, it looks as if time has been kind to this Darth-Vader-approved truck. According to the seller, it’s “clean” and “straight” and has never been wrecked over the course of 68,000 miles.
The 390-cubic-inch V8 is paired with a four-speed manual transmission. It seems the condition of those components allow this ebony F-Series to be driven daily, although the lack of air conditioning might make you doubt that ability.
This truck packs a variety of new and rebuilt parts, but one thing the seller doesn’t include in the ad are interior pics. Hopefully, some of that fresh hardware is inside the single cab. Either way, the seller is firm about wanting $6,000 for this blacked-out Blue Oval.
Derek Shiekhi's father raised him on cars. As a boy, Derek accompanied his dad as he bought classics such as post-WWII GM trucks and early Ford Mustang convertibles.
After loving cars for years and getting a bachelor's degree in Business Management, Derek decided to get an associate degree in journalism. His networking put him in contact with the editor of the Austin-American Statesman newspaper, who hired him to write freelance about automotive culture and events in Austin, Texas in 2013. One particular story led to him getting a certificate for learning the foundations of road racing.
While watching TV with his parents one fateful evening, he saw a commercial that changed his life. In it, Jeep touted the Wrangler as the Texas Auto Writers Association's "SUV of Texas." Derek knew he had to join the organization if he was going to advance as an automotive writer. He joined the Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA) in 2014 and was fortunate to meet several nice people who connected him to the representatives of several automakers and the people who could give him access to press vehicles (the first one he ever got the keys to was a Lexus LX 570). He's now a regular at TAWA's two main events: the Texas Auto Roundup in the spring and the Texas Truck Rodeo in the fall.
Over the past several years, Derek has learned how to drive off-road in various four-wheel-drive SUVs (he even camped out for two nights in a Land Rover), and driven around various tracks in hot hatches, muscle cars, and exotics. Several of his pieces, including his article about the 2015 Ford F-150 being crowned TAWA's 2014 "Truck of Texas" and his review of the Alfa Romeo 4C Spider, have won awards in TAWA's annual Excellence in Craft Competition. Last year, his JK Forum profile of Wagonmaster, a business that restores Jeep Wagoneers, won prizes in TAWA’s signature writing contest and its pickup- and SUV-focused Texas Truck Invitational.
This truck packs a variety of new and rebuilt parts, but one thing the seller doesn’t include in the ad are interior pics. Hopefully, some of that fresh hardware is inside the single cab. Either way, the seller is firm about wanting $6,000 for this blacked-out Blue Oval.
