a lot of nice trucks posted for good prices .. just be sure to look it over good before buying, those "arizona" rust-free trucks can be deceiving.. take a magnet with ya....

 

It always sounds easy over the phone but once you start the process it's a P.I.T.A. lol...

$1500 IMHO is way to much for it since it doesn't have a title. It looks to have a hole in the fender, lots of snow up against it and the either the driverside window is down or missing so who knows what the inside looks like...

I'd sell ya mine but I don't think you'd like the 15k I'd want for it...

 

An F-3 might be a better candidate for a 4x4 conversion, especially if a frame swap was in the plan. The wheelbase would be closer to the modern frames'. (Width would still be a problem)

 

my bud has an f3 in cali rust free with a 6 flathead...painted cab and primererd body only 2500 might go for less

 

How much does the wheelbase vary from F1 on up? I'm hoping to use a 90's F150 4x4 short bed (116.8" wheelbase) for the swap

 

Thanks, I'll keep it in mind - for now I'm looking to drive less than 8 hours for a truck (cali is a few thousand miles away)

 

here's another 48-50 here local.
Car Classifieds for Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming - ksl.com

Sounds like you should just start taking a few road trips through some of the local farm country and looking for some old trucks hiding behind barns ans sheds.
I was working next to a small farm a couple years ago and noticed a beat up old F3 in talking with the farmer I asked if he wanted to sell it, he said< that old rusty truck was one of my dads friends trucks that was parked there over ten years earlier and he had since died. he said I could just have the truck! the body was pretty beat up but the flathead was in good shape and I paid him $20 for helping me load it with his forklift.

 

A few good candidates I need to call on
1949 Ford F1 Pickup
1950 F3 Ford Truck $800 firm
1948 to 1952 ford parts and trucks

any opinions?

 

That Sterling listing has been on and off CL for a year or so. (The red '52 panel has always caught my eye but I don't have room, or time, for another project.) They claim to have a lot of trucks and parts, are less then two hours from you, so it might be worth it to call and then make a trip.