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Here is an oddball 54 F100 I found on eBay. The bed is shortened. The seller says the truck was "bobtailed to haul RV campers in it's early days as an RV transporter (wheel base still original)- bed is shortened" https://www.ebay.com/itm/1954-Ford-F....c100667.m2042
What do you think? Cool or just not right and weird?
I'm at a loss. I don't see the advantage of lopping off a foot of the bed and maintaining the stock wheelbase. Trailer-toters are a completely different animal. For me, it belongs in the "What on earth were you thinking?" department.
I'm at a loss. I don't see the advantage of lopping off a foot of the bed and maintaining the stock wheelbase. Trailer-toters are a completely different animal. For me, it belongs in the "What on earth were you thinking?" department.
I agree. I don't get it...
And if you were selling a truck and advertising on ebay, wouldn't you clean out the dirt and the pine needles before you took pictures of the bed?
I've seen plenty of ads on the 'Bay and CL for different items where the pictures were taken in locations where there's garbage spread around. I also the vehicle ads that state, "ran when parked, don't know if the engine turns over." What this tells me is "I tried to get the engine to turn over and it's stuck solid but I don't want to tell you that". I bought a truck many years ago in another state off of eBay, the seller stated, "Engine runs great". When I got there the truck was in the woods surrounded by 6" thick trees and the engine was froze up. I asked the seller about his statement about the engine running "great", he replied, "Yeah, it did eight years ago when parked".
When I try to sell something I take pictures in the best location,in the best condition to make the item look good but I also list everything good and bad about the item. I don't like getting screwed and I don't like screwing others.
I'm at a loss. I don't see the advantage of lopping off a foot of the bed and maintaining the stock wheelbase. Trailer-toters are a completely different animal. For me, it belongs in the "What on earth were you thinking?" department.
I wonder if it has something to do with the backing turning circle. The mobile home dealers' trucks are always short, stubby trucks. Maybe lopping off a foot and half allowed for easier backward maneuvering.
I wonder if it has something to do with the backing turning circle. The mobile home dealers' trucks are always short, stubby trucks. Maybe lopping off a foot and half allowed for easier backward maneuvering.
Could be. The F100 was advertised as having a short turning radius due to the front weeks set back farther than the 52 models.
They would have cut some off the end of the frame too, so that would put more of the tongue weight closer to the rear axle. That would be an advantage too, would it not?
