Saw this on my saturday morning internet hunt near Atlanta. I'll leave it up to the number crunchers on this one but I thought it was worthy of sharing.

1966 Ford F100 Ranger for sale, $16,500

 

The warranty plate is screwed on the door...replaced door ??
No interior pic...I would wanna see the VIN on the frame....plus the brakes have been changed ...for 26K I would hope it would be in better condition under the hood...and again...no interior shot...aside from the odometer...


- cs65

 

VIN: F10YL830998 / W.B. 115 / COLOR J / MODEL F100 / BODY V81 / TRANS G / AXLE 08 / MAX GVW LBS. 5000 / CERT. NET H.P. 172 / RPM 4000 / DSO 22

F10 = F100 2WD

Y = 352 2V

L = Michigan Truck Assembly Plant.

830998 = 1966, assembled March 1966.

115" Wheelbase.

J = Rangoon Red.

F100 2WD, 5,000 lbs. GVWR

V81: V = Red Crinkle Vinyl & Red Rosette Pattern Vinyl-Bucket Seats / 81 = 81B Custom Cab with Ranger Package.

G = MX Cruise-O-Matic.

08 = Ford 9" Rear Axle / 3.50-1 / No Limited Slip / 3,300 lbs. Rear Axle Capacity.

5,000 lbs. Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.

172 net HP @ 4,000 RPM

22 = Charlotte NC Ford District Sales Office, where the original selling dealer ordered the truck from.

One has to wonder why someone that has a truck with only 26,000 miles, would need to do a ground up resto.

Speedo needle badly faded, non original dual exhausts, bumper guards not offered until 1969. Steps on rear bumper are from a '65/68 Ford Country Squire/Sedan. 'Turbine' wheel covers from a 1968 LTD.

Bedrails first offered in 1970, but only for 8' beds. 6 1/2' bedrails not offered until 1973. Antenna is wrong and installed in the wrong location, belongs further up the cowl panel.

Wrong air cleaner and carb, Custom Cab door handles guards were not factory installed if side mouldings were ordered and vice versa.

Warranty Plate probably removed when door repainted, couldn't find the original FoMoCo only rivets, used screws to re-install it.

Until Marti began offering the rivets, people were all in the same boat. When I repainted my '65 in 1983, took the plate off, knowing (that at that time), no one had the rivets.

Plate never re-installed, truck sold 11/2009. I still have the plate, forgot to pass it along.

 

I find that many sellers are very liberal in the use of the word "restored".

I hope that guys likes his restored Ranger because at that price I think he will own it for many years.

What many sellers fail to realize is that when selling a classic, it is most often a cash buyer. Few lenders will touch something like that.

I would be interested in looking at that truck in the 10k range, but thats the top money that I would consider.

 

11/2009: Sold my 1965 F100 for 25 grand, it went 'across the pond' to Sweden. It was faaar nicer than this pile.

IMO, the term classic is vastly overused and applied to vehicles, especially trucks and 1949 and later cars that were never classics in the first place as they didn't qualify. Rambler once had a model called Classic.

Term originally coined in 1953 by the Classic Car Club of America for certain 1925/42 cars of distinction. 1946/48 years later added if cars were basically the same as 1942's.

 

Its a different set of rules when selling across the pond.

I watched crate after crate of Honda Runes go to Europe when Honda lowered the price to 17.5k.

Im guessing that about half the Runes produced went offshore.

I see many of the twin I beam trucks in excellent condition selling for @10k. IMO thats all the market will bear at this time for a DD. Im currently looking at a 67 and 71 myself in that price range as a DD. I may drive one of them home this next week.

 

The fellow that bought my truck owns over 3,000 'collector' vehicles, has them stored in shipping containers. His dad owns a shipping line. Prior to this sale, he's also bought other cars from me in the past.

Besides the '65 F100, he also bought an all original 1939 Packard Super 8, 1962 Bentley Continental Flying Spur with 40K actual miles, 1963 Galaxie 500XL H/T, 1963 Galaxie 500XL F/B, 1963 Studebaker R2 Super Hawk.

What he really wanted was the Bentley, a L/H drive "one off" with a custom body by Hooper, originally delivered in Monte Carlo to a deposed king. But I said "buy all or none."

He's also is a "player" for my 1934 Packard V12, but I want 7 figures, as it has a custom convertible body by Dietrich and is 1 of 3 known to exist. Before the economy took a 'nose dive' I could have sold it for that.

 

Good lord all that from a pic when i sell my cars always call them customs not original. I would hate my car to be picked apart like that. Definitely impressed not that my opinion matters.

 

I reused the rivets of the door plate. Your opinion always matters to you, and sometimes matters to others.

 

If the guy said restomod and not restored he would not be getting near the tongue lashing.

 

Does make you wonder.....WHY?

Can't drive them all.

Can't possibly care for them yourself.

Can't even take a smaller pleasure in viewing them since they are in containers.

 

Back in my Mopar days I ran across a guy who had acres of big block mopars. His property looked like a salvage yard. Those cars werre all intact and had tons of interior and trim parts that were not being reproduced. He would not part with a single item. The coastal weather was slowing taking its toll on everything. Very sad for those of us who needed parts.

 

intersesting.

 

He needed to be on "Hoarders" since that is what he was on a bigger scale. Not wanting to part with anything pretty much seals that.