Hi guys. I would like to introduce myself here. Although I have owned F150s and Rangers for years, I have recently acquired a 1950 F5. It is tired, and needs a little attention, but looks to be worth the effort to save it.

I have a 1986 Ranger in the shop now for an engine/driveline swap. Once it's finished, I will start giving the F5 a little love.

'dale

 

Hey 'dale!

We'll like you a whole lot more here if you share pics!!! Also, what are your plans for this beauty? Any story on the F5?

DW

 

My welcome too. Love to see big trucks being saved. Keep us posted on your progress. Stu

 

Welcome Dale, like he said we gotta have pics

 

Thanks, guys. I just picked up the truck on Monday. It's been too nasty weatherwise here in Ohio to get any pics yet.

After talking with the prior owner, his father bought it new for his sign/billboard business. It still has the ladder/crane on the bed, and has been used a few times as a parade truck in the last 10 years.

It looks pretty good from 10 feet away, but it's got an amateur paint job over some bondo. From the backside of the body panels it appears that most of the bondo is to fill in dents rather than rust through.

It's got the original flat head V8. It runs, but not very well. I believe a fuel system flush is in order. I suspect there is rust in the tank. It appears that the oil and coolant were probably changed sometime 20 years ago.

It still has the widowmaker split rims. I'll probably be looking for a set of 5x8" 19.5 tubeless rims to replace them at some point.

'dale

 

Could we see some pictures? Here is how.

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Originally Posted by 76f350spercamprspeal

Welcome to FTE, Best Damn Forum EVER!
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Here's How to Post Pictures:
1. Login to FTE.
2.Click User CP (In the Top Left Hand Corner)
3.(On the Left, There will be a list, The 5th Option Down, will say "Pictures & Albums) Click That.
4.Then, Click Add Album, Enter a title, and description, if ya want to.
5. Click Upload Pictures, Then click Browse, Locate the Files of your truck. (You can add 3 files at a time)
5. Click Upload.
6. Add a description to the individual pictures, then click save.
7. Add more files if ya want.
8. Click The Picture you want to post, it will give you two codes at the bottom, Right Click The Second one (It say's BB Code, Then Say's [IMG]http:blahblahblah...[/IMG])
Then, Once that is highlighted, Right Click, Then Copy, Then Paste it into your post.
You can add up to 30 Images in one FTE Post.
If, Ya need any help, Don't hesitate to ask.


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Originally Posted by old_dan

You can also go to the "Garage" tab and start an album right here on FTE. After you post pictures to an album, we can look in your album, but you'll also be able to "insert a picture" by pasting in a link to the picture in your album.

It seems awkward, but whenever you "insert a picture" to one of these threads, the forum is looking for the picture somewhere on the web (which is always available) rather than from somewhere on your hard drive (which isn't always available).

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Originally Posted By Jolly Roger Joe

Welcome to FTE!

Go to Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket and sign up for a free account. Then create an album for your truck. Upload any pics you want to post on FTE to that album. Have this album open on your computer when you want to post pics on FTE.

While you're making a post on FTE, select the pic you want to post from your Photobucket album. When the large version of the pic is open, right mouse click on it and select "View Image Info". The image info will be highlighted and will look something like this:
The best photos and videos | Photobucket

Copy that highlighted info (right click / copy).

When you have the spot in your post where you want the pic to be placed, select the "Insert Image" icon at the top of the post (looks like a mountain) and paste (right click / paste) the image info you copied in the highlighted box (just shows "http://" when it opens).

Your pic will be placed in the post.

Hope that helps.

Here's a tutorial Bob put together: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/67...-pictures.html

 

Thanks for the instructions for uploading pictures. I'll see if I can manage it. I have one picture of the F5 that was given to me by the prior owner. It was taken last summer.



I'll take some more pics when the weather improves.

'dale

 

Welcome to this section. Great looking F5. There are a few of us on here that like the slightly larger trucks and the problems unique to them.

 

Welcome to the board!!

I gotta admire you guys working on the bigger trucks. There's a lot of different challenges to the big trucks that us regular truck guys don't have to deal with.

Can't wait to see the pics
Bobby

 

That's a cool truck! Good luck with it.

 

I've restored several farm tractors, and to be honest, these old trucks aren't any more complicated, except for the extra sheet metal. The biggest challenge I've found on the 1 ton and bigger trucks is that some parts are getting hard to find because there isn't enough demand for most manufacturers to bother.

'dale

 

As it turns out I'm rebuilding a 1959 Massey Ferguson TO35 at the moment.

The bigger trucks are very cool....but, like you said parts are harder to find...and heavy...LOL

Bobby

 

Amen to that. I wonder if I should spin up some billet brake drums?

 

Well...I'm late to see your post....welcome to the forum. It is a nice looking project!

Dan

 

That's a nice looking truck. Welcome to FTE!

It's great to see another big one being saved. Looks like you're already in great shape though. I love the bed.