I have never set up a gallery since i have been on the forum, and from about late 2010 to 2015 i was hardly on the forum at all, but now i am retired from a 26 year job, so i have been turning my attention back to selling ford truck parts and tinkering with my pickups, i am going to scan a bunch of the older 35 mm pics and add them another time, some will be what i still have when the paint was better looking and some will be trucks i have had in the past.



1968 F250 highboy with factory 19.5 tires was owned by state of california dept of water resources from 68 till about the early 80's




the tag in the left door jam














this was my first pickup, it use to be a gas station service truck when i was in high school, bought it in 1975 and i still have it, WOW 40 years now






the merc 4X4 with a 300 6 cyl, and the 61 Merc unibody with a 223 6 cyl






tick tac toe 3 mercury's in a row




my 2 68 mercury pickups are 167 serial numbers apart, the 4X4 was built Friday Nov 24 1967 and this one was built Monday Nov 27 1967, Friday and Monday the two worst days to build a vehicle the 4X4 i bought in Cranbrook B.C and this one i bought in Lethbridge Alb. I drove them both home and bought them 2 years apart.






my yellow and white 69 F250 was my main work horse till i replaced it with this one in 05


Jess

 

Nice collection. Looks like you have a bumpside parts store as well. Any chance you have a 67 drivers side inner door panel, lunar green would be ideal. My drivers door is a 67 so it does not match the passenger door 68. Currently my drivers door has no inner panel. I have the 68 door, but it needs some rust repair and cleaning up before it goes back on my truck. Hope you can find time to fix a couple of these up.

 

I have the 67 inner panels in 2 different types, with holes for the arm rest and without, but do you need a clean ( no rust) 68 to 72 door?

 

The clean door would be nice, but the price and shipping may be too much. Inner door panel could be less costly. The inner door panel would clean things up short term till I decide to make the 68 door a project. The door panel can be without arm rest holes, since I do not have an arm rest either.

 

Ive already weighed the 67 to 72 doors before, complete they weigh right at 60 lbs without hinges. i could let a 67 panel go, if you cant find one let me know.

 

Awesome trucks! I'm jealous. I want the Highboy with the big factory wheels BAD! Got an extra Mercury tailgate laying around by chance?

 

I suppose you saw those 7 merc tail gates by the old 50 leaning up against the wall of the shed, it might not look like 7 but it is. those are from the last 3 trips to canada which was 1996 & 1998, not wanting to sell any at this time, unless i find one for the merc unibody and need to trade,

 

Man don't let Jackson find out about those! Haha, he will be all over you for one!

 

You are killing me with those Merc's Bro!

 

That's awesome.Maybe you can be my Mercury Ranch annex!!

 

PM me of you want to sell one.

 

Too bad Chris LeDoux is no longer with us. Would have been cool to do a video on your property with him updating his song to "Mercury Ranch".
bing.com/videos





Cadillac Ranch - Chris LeDoux

 

Or Allan Jackson doing mercury blues, i bought that cassette and listened to that song over and over while driving that truck,

 

Exactly. Good Call. I'm surprised I didn't think of that. Allan Jackson and Brad Paisley are my 2 favorite artists.

 

Nice collection! The F250 with 19.5s is awesome. I really envy you with the dry climate it looks like you have there.