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Old May 24, 2015 | 11:54 PM
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65 barn find

55000 miles no filler un molested big block 3 speed auto miner dings and scratches was in a barn with a tarp over it parked early 1980 did all fluid change put a battery in starts and runs great very little rust
on top of cab and on tailgate















 
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Old May 25, 2015 | 01:21 AM
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Welcome to the FTE, Ron. Nice truck
 
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Old May 25, 2015 | 04:32 AM
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ron safreno, Welcome to and the Slicks Forum.

Looks like you found a nice clean truck, hope you enjoy it.



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Old May 25, 2015 | 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by ron safreno
55000 miles no filler, unmolested big block, 3 speed auto, minor dings and scratches, was in a barn with a tarp over it parked early 1980.

Did all fluid change, put a battery in, starts and runs great, very little rust on top of cab and on tailgate.
Welcome to FTE

Do not believe the miles shown on the odometer, as it reads to 99999.9 .. then returns to ZERO!
 
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Old May 25, 2015 | 09:41 AM
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Nice find. Nothing hard to believe about a truck parked in 1980 only having 55k miles on it. I got my 64 in 78 and it had 14K miles on it and today has only 96K on it
 
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Old May 25, 2015 | 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by skidoorulz
Nice find. Nothing hard to believe about a truck parked in 1980 only having 55k miles on it. I got my 64 in 78 and it had 14K miles on it and today has only 96K on it
In 1980, my '65 F100's odometer read 53,000 miles, but I knew this was 153,000 miles, because I bought it new.

People should not believe the miles shown on the odometer, unless they have paperwork from day one that proves it.

Not only does the odometer read to 99999.9, then returns to zero, but crooked used car dealers rolled the miles back.
 
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Old May 25, 2015 | 11:33 AM
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Welcome to FTE, looking forward to your input!!.
 
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Old May 25, 2015 | 02:12 PM
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I have all the service records owners manual window sticker and every thing else that was done to the truck extra parts all were in a box in the bed
 
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The grill looks like a 66.
 
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Old May 25, 2015 | 03:46 PM
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Difficult for me to determine from pic's, appears the fender emblems possibly 65??
 
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Grille is 1966, fender emblems appear to be 1965 (FORD 100 atop the emblem).
 
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Old May 25, 2015 | 09:17 PM
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Nice truck
 
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Old May 26, 2015 | 10:12 PM
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Nice find, Ron! Congratulations!

Please keep us informed as to what else you do with it.

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