Hey all, new guy here (actually Guy, but friends call me Mack). I am in the process of getting this beauty, hopefully with in the next few weeks. I have been watching it for several years. My girlfriend (she approves) and I were Jeep riding Saturday afternoon and I saw a fellow in the yard. So I pulled in the drive to ask if it was for sale. He said he didn't know, but hollered at another guy, who yelled back, "Give me $1500.".. I almost Jizzed...

I had a 66 when I was a kid, that I got from my Dad (he insist it was a 65), any how, I failed to pay for it, so he sold it...My loss. I will try to find a picture of it.

This truck is pretty solid other than the tailgate and drivers floor (new pan included). Everything is there along with a lot of new parts, but it has been sitting for quite a while. There is a newer 302 under the hood and an automatic in the bed.

It will be a long term project as I have a few others going on..

List of projects.
New house (Hope to be in before Christmas)
Jeep (mine D.D. mostly bolt on goodies)
65 G.T.O. (Mom's she is 82, so I am the caretaker)
83 Toyota (woods truck, always something to do)
65 F100 (CANNOT wait to get it home)

Best friends projects that I am also involved with..
79 CJ-5 (frame up rebuild.. all over my shop and the county at this time)
79 Trans Am (it has been in a back yard body shop to be painted for 5 yrs.)
69 Charger (Jared has been watching this car for 30 years, got it last month)

We have enough to keep us busy for a while..

The 65 F100 Custom Cab

 

The Jeep and the Goat


And the woods truck

 

You must buy engine oil by the drum.

 

Looks like about $500.00 worth of parts to me.


John

 

i think it's beautiful

 

Good looking start on that 65. The Goat looks great also!!

 

Have you priced one lately?

 

Thank you.

 

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder..... and Yes Sir, so do I. I have always been ale to see the finished results, even with the vehicle sitting in a field.

 

Not quite, but I may go broke on gas, tires and insurance...

 

Well after a short and VERY WILD ride, I got the old girl home. My Buddy helped me by pulling it up out of the sellers drive way. As we topped the crest of the driveway, I discovered what the term "no brakes" means. Down the hill we went, backwards. Fortunately the guardian angels were on my side. A quick cut of the wheel and we were off the embankment... Again luck kicked in and the tow strap snapped and down the embankment we went, forward.. We came to rest at the bottom, straight and unscathed.


When we all settled down, I winched it up on to the dolly for the ride home.. We made it without any more issues.

 

The emergency brake works going foreword or backwards.

 

Not today.......The handle wouldn't even pull out. One of the previous owners (not the one I bought it from) put a new master cylinder on it and all new brake lines. I'm not sure about brake shoes or wheel cylinders. But FAILED to put brake fluid in it.

 

Wow; Sounds like a great beginning to a relationship with your new truck!!

 

Yep, when I bought my 66 the owner claimed new brakes.

I was in downtown Atlanta on my way home when the brake pedal went all the way to the floor.

Thankfully the e-brake did work or I would have bought a someone a new car.