1 ton 57
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Laughing Gas
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From: Bartlett, TN
Wheels. Are the 57 wheels useable? Looks like 6 lug. I don't know what the aftermarket offers. Don't know how hard tires would be to find? Looks like single rear wheels too.
Marmon-Herrington Man
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If the available tonner is a single rear wheel model it is rare and desirable to the right guy. Its 6 lug x 7.25" pattern wheels might be golden, or dangerous junk. Golden if they are 17.5" or 19.5". Dangerous junk if 17". Tires could be 8-17.5", 8-19.5" or 7.50 x 17". If the truck started out as a dually it will have deep dished 16" two piece or one piece 17.5". The 17.5s are sought after.
You will find nothing, NOTHING, in the aftermarket to replace the wheels. The half inch size tires will be more expensive and will not be available at Walmart. Stu
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Laughing Gas
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From: Bartlett, TN
I had a 57 F100 years ago. I don't really have a plan. I guess I was wondering if wheel openings were the same on the front fenders. I don't know if a regular (or a cobbled later model) bed could be used. This truck is in an Arkansas town about 2 hours from me so not ideal. But it states it could be driven. Here's the CL ad if anyone wants to look. And no I obviously don't mind if its bought out from under me since I'm really not standing over it.
1957 ford one ton Its been up for quite a while so it may sold.
1957 ford one ton Its been up for quite a while so it may sold.
Marmon-Herrington Man
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It's an original dually, and a nice truck. The bed is probably a factory script style that somebody would want. The wheels are the desirable 17.5" x 5.25" tubeless Budd #71320 variety having six hand holds. If you want to add a pickup bed and make it into a single wheel model you might look up our friend Gary (GB) Sisson. He did all these conversions to his 1959 F-350. Stu
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There are quite a few F100's out there but not so many 1 tons. Would be cool to be a little more unique. Looks like a decent starting point. However, get the truck you really want.
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That's right. The one tons are an acquired taste. Longer, higher, rougher riding but for some of us, that means they are more useable for work. That one you posted looks like a great starting point. The ford script factory stake bed is a real plus. They are hard to find in good condition. Good luck and listen to Spurredon. You have to get the one you want right off the bat, otherwise you just might end up like some of us looking out our living room window upon a sea of 'projects'. 
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This is just a few of them. Then there's the '47 panel and the '47 1/2 ton and the scout and the landcruisers and my regular drivers and the wife's 2 . You get the idea. I like to say my neighbor who has one vehicle, a 2010 super duty has more invested in his one rig than I do my fleet. Well I better clarify.... more 'money'.
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I drove a 57 one ton dually as a daily driver for 3 years once. Of course that was when the speed limit was still 55. It had a 5.13 rear and a 312, and would literally pull a house. One of my favorite rides out of 100s I have owned. And on the front wheel openings, some one tons had the larger and some had the F100 fenders, probably depending on which wheel option it came with. Mine had 16s and were fine, also much easier to find good used tires. I did have 2 wrong wheels on the front and it took a long time to find 2 more of the right ones even though they were used through the 1966 models.
