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#16
06-23-2011, 12:04 AM
#17
06-24-2011, 01:58 PM
Beautiful truck for sure...But not exactly a factory 66 F250. It appears to have a 66 grille. The bed is 57-63 Styleside (not 61-63 Integral Cab). And the front fenders are 61-66 F350. But I LIKE those fenders for the big tires. The paint would have been my choice of color at the time the truck was new. And I've always loved Airstream trailers. The entire package is beautiful!
The rig in fact reminds me of my old neighbor around the corner. he had a 66 F350 4x4 he bought new. His was red/white and he had a similar size travel trailer, though not an Airstream. He also towed his boat with it. He was into hunting and fishing. I remember one time him coming past my house with the little boat on top of the lumber rack and the trailer behind with the whole rig splattered in mud. He'd been off in the wilds of Canada hunting and fishing for 2 weeks.
So yeah this whole setup fits what the man's talking about for his book.
The rig in fact reminds me of my old neighbor around the corner. he had a 66 F350 4x4 he bought new. His was red/white and he had a similar size travel trailer, though not an Airstream. He also towed his boat with it. He was into hunting and fishing. I remember one time him coming past my house with the little boat on top of the lumber rack and the trailer behind with the whole rig splattered in mud. He'd been off in the wilds of Canada hunting and fishing for 2 weeks.
So yeah this whole setup fits what the man's talking about for his book.
All F250 four wheel drives recieved the large radius fenders. Some F100 also had them if ordered with wheels and tires. 100 Percent factory correct.
It is a nice restoration of a Factory truck.
The fenders also came on F350 trucks 61 to 66.
Garbz
#18
06-24-2011, 04:52 PM
Hmmm I see (and always have seen) 64-66 F250 and 350 
trucks around SoCal with the 64-66 Styleside bed.
There's a 66 F350 4x4 Styleside Camper Special I pass on the way to WalMart all the time with the access door in the side of the bed like the aforementioned neighbor's.
In fact, I can't say I've ever run across a 64-66 4x4 with the 57-63 Styleside bed. Maybe certain markets or assembly plants installed different beds on some models than other plants did?
trucks around SoCal with the 64-66 Styleside bed.There's a 66 F350 4x4
Styleside Camper Special I pass on the way to WalMart all the time with the access door in the side of the bed like the aforementioned neighbor's.In fact, I can't say I've ever run across a 64-66 4x4 with the 57-63 Styleside bed. Maybe certain markets or assembly plants installed different beds on some models than other plants did?
First Camper Special with 4WD: 1977.
First year F350's were offered with 4WD: 1979.
1973/79 F350 Stylesides on the 140" wheelbase: The spare tire mounts behind a door on the right quarter panel in front of the bed.
1957/60 Styleside bed also used on: 1961/65 F100/250 4WD / 1961/66 F350 / 1966 F250 4WD // 1963 F100/250 2WD.
1964/66 Styleside bed: 1964/66 F100/250 2WD / 1966 F100 4WD.
#19
06-25-2011, 09:49 PM
First F350 Camper Special: 1967.
First Camper Special with 4WD: 1977.
First year F350's were offered with 4WD: 1979.
1973/79 F350 Stylesides on the 140" wheelbase: The spare tire mounts behind a door on the right quarter panel in front of the bed.
1957/60 Styleside bed also used on: 1961/65 F100/250 4WD / 1961/66 F350 / 1966 F250 4WD // 1963 F100/250 2WD.
1964/66 Styleside bed: 1964/66 F100/250 2WD / 1966 F100 4WD.
First Camper Special with 4WD: 1977.
First year F350's were offered with 4WD: 1979.
1973/79 F350 Stylesides on the 140" wheelbase: The spare tire mounts behind a door on the right quarter panel in front of the bed.
1957/60 Styleside bed also used on: 1961/65 F100/250 4WD / 1961/66 F350 / 1966 F250 4WD // 1963 F100/250 2WD.
1964/66 Styleside bed: 1964/66 F100/250 2WD / 1966 F100 4WD.
I saw that truck on the way top Wally World yesterday. It LOOKS factory, I guess it's not. It has 8-lugs with slot mags, 4x4 with Dana 60 style axles, parallel leafs on the front, an "F350" badge on the side, 64-66 Styleside bed, an access door in the forward part of the right bedside ahead of the wheel opening and below the bed floor. That door has the rounded corners of the factory Camper Special spare tire doors. It is NOT a long wheelbase truck. The bed has the proportions of a standard 8' bed. So that access door may not be big enough for a spare tire. It's certainly not big enough for the tires on the ground.
Oh...And it has a "For Sale" sign on the windshield.
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06-26-2011, 11:22 AM
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OK. I will bow to NumberDummy's obviously superior knowledge and revise my thoughts on trucks I've seen over the years. Apparently they were modified trucks I've been seeing.
I saw that truck on the way top Wally World yesterday. It LOOKS factory, I guess it's not. It has 8-lugs with slot mags, 4x4 with Dana 60 style axles, parallel leafs on the front, an "F350" badge on the side, 64-66 Styleside bed, an access door in the forward part of the right bedside ahead of the wheel opening and below the bed floor. That door has the rounded corners of the factory Camper Special spare tire doors. It is NOT a long wheelbase truck. The bed has the proportions of a standard 8' bed. So that access door may not be big enough for a spare tire. It's certainly not big enough for the tires on the ground.
Oh...And it has a "For Sale" sign on the windshield.
I saw that truck on the way top Wally World yesterday. It LOOKS factory, I guess it's not. It has 8-lugs with slot mags, 4x4 with Dana 60 style axles, parallel leafs on the front, an "F350" badge on the side, 64-66 Styleside bed, an access door in the forward part of the right bedside ahead of the wheel opening and below the bed floor. That door has the rounded corners of the factory Camper Special spare tire doors. It is NOT a long wheelbase truck. The bed has the proportions of a standard 8' bed. So that access door may not be big enough for a spare tire. It's certainly not big enough for the tires on the ground.
Oh...And it has a "For Sale" sign on the windshield.
#21
06-27-2011, 04:23 AM
No F350 came with 8 lug 6.50" bolt circle pattern wheels until 1967.
The only F350's that came with Dana 60 front/rear axles were 1979 4WD's.
#22
06-28-2011, 09:33 PM
#23
06-29-2011, 11:26 AM
LOL, Nope keep asking questions. It is how everyone here learns.
I once hand a owner tell me that his 64 F250 short bed four wheel drive was 100 percent factory and he knew the guy that had bought it new.....
With the wrong F10 vin and 76 axles and a mated C6/T case.
There are a lot of cobbled together trucks out there and the more informed we are the less traps we will fall in to as a consumer.
Garbz
I once hand a owner tell me that his 64 F250 short bed four wheel drive was 100 percent factory and he knew the guy that had bought it new.....
With the wrong F10 vin and 76 axles and a mated C6/T case.
There are a lot of cobbled together trucks out there and the more informed we are the less traps we will fall in to as a consumer.
Garbz
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