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Today I bought the most original untouched survivor of a truck I’ve ever seen it’s a 1966 f100 72,000 original miles no body rust in the entire truck I crawled everywhere looking for rot and bubbles she’s all original Ford sheet metal I brought a magnet with me and stuck it everywhere on the truck where rust likes to start and the magnet stuck no bondo only rust in the entire truck is right at the front on the hood and isn’t a big hole and hell the core support was even solid, this beauty was built at the Kansas City plant and came factory with a automatic and a 352 I found the truck sitting in a rural farm in central Kansas this truck has had no aftermarket accessory’s or modifications she runs and drives great and I drove it 40 minutes home no problem she’s definitely a keeper I snagged her for 5k
66 should have a padded dash. I know you could delete the Custom Cab gauge cluster and get the standard gauges but did not think there was a delete option for the pad so likely it was removed. Hard to see in the photo but is there black paint behind the Ford letters above the grill? Could just be they painted the tool box but the latch on the box was plated not painted I believe. The pan behind the front bumper should also be silver, not body color. Hard to see in the photo what color it is.
66 should have a padded dash. I know you could delete the Custom Cab gauge cluster and get the standard gauges but did not think there was a delete option for the pad so likely it was removed. Hard to see in the photo but is there black paint behind the Ford letters above the grill? Could just be they painted the tool box but the latch on the box was plated not painted I believe. The pan behind the front bumper should also be silver, not body color. Hard to see in the photo what color it is.
Hi Branden! Welcome and cool truck. Looks all original, which some people like and others don’t. I’d give anything to have the original air filter housing and other parts you have! What do you plan to do with the truck?
Some on this forum are quick to judge and try to have the last word. Be skeptical of anything you hear and stay true to what you see. I think the 60s trucks are rad and I have never seen a truck as original as yours. Good luck.
Hi Branden! Welcome and cool truck. Looks all original, which some people like and others don’t. I’d give anything to have the original air filter housing and other parts you have! What do you plan to do with the truck?
Some on this forum are quick to judge and try to have the last word. Be skeptical of anything you hear and stay true to what you see. I think the 60s trucks are rad and I have never seen a truck as original as yours. Good luck.
plans for the truck are to drive and enjoy it as is and the air filter on this truck isn’t original I have the original one it was a oil bath originally
Decent truck Brandon. The wear on the passengers side of that seat is interesting. Looks a little threadbare. I hadn't seen that very often on a 70,000 mile truck but you have the records so it must be true.
Congrats! I was scrolling through FB marketplace this weekend and noticed her. I think at this point I enjoy the hunt more, but this one definitely caught my eye. Frankly I'm struggling as any 'new' truck means coughing up my 67 Mustang Convertible. For some reason, my wife doesn't seem to share my enthusiasm for project cars? Regardless, I'm glad you grabbed her and we can see what you do with her!
-Peter
My F100 still is a clean low mileage (less than 100K miles) truck but as soon as I started driving it regularly the gaskets started leaking from everywhere as they were over 50 years old and completely dried out. I know a lot of folks don't think that it's possible but what convinced me was the timing chain. Nothing of my cabs' interior except for the padded dash (which doesn't have a single crack BTW) was left intact but under the hood was a different story.
It still had the original nylon over aluminum cam gear with plenty of life left in it and not a lot of slack in the chain. My experience with "silent" chains is that around 100K (and sometimes closer to 90K) the nylon teeth start breaking off which results in tons of slop in the chain. I've never seen a silent chain make it past 125K although I've heard claims that an original owner 289 Mustang in Florida made it all the way to 300K with nothing but regular oil changes. It was on the internet so it has to be true right? In the 60s and 70s the life expectancy of a new vehicle was 100K, and the junk yards were full of them.
My truck also still had the original alternator, water pump and coil, all of which I consider maintenance items. I see yours (like mine) still has the metal vacuum line from the distributor to the carb. By itself it doesn't prove anything, but little clues like that give testimony to it's authenticity.
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