Hi I'm new to this group but I am going to be picking up a 61 F100 4x4 short styleside. I don't know much about these trucks I'm more a chevy guy but what I've been told this is a not so common truck. I'll post pictures and the vin to verify it with you guys. But I ended up trading a vehicle to get this. But I was wondering if I could get some more info on this one. Thanks

 

Yes, not only the VIN, but if you can get all the codes off the warranty plate in the glovebox it gives a lot more info that can be handy and we can decode it for you.


Not many 61 F100 4x4's made - even less left today.


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I'll see if I can get some pics and numbers today. Thanks for the reply

 

1961 - F100 4 x 4 Styleside Pickup - 255 total production


1961 - F250 4 x 4 Styleside Pickup - 149 total production


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I had no idea that there was so little made in the production line. Now I hope everything checks out.

 

Flaresides outnumbered Stylesides by about a 10:1 ratio.


1961 F100 4 x 4 Flareside Pickup - 2,468 total production


1961 F250 4 x 4 Flareside Pickup - 1,671 total production


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Well I'm pretty excited to get this one it will be a pretty cool project. But here it is.

 

So it's looking like rare doesn't translate to desirable in this truck. I saw that another member has one and it didn't sell for too much on eBay.

 

F11 - F100-4 x 4


J = 223 1V


K = Kansas City, MO assembly plant


162144 = Assembled April 1961 for the 1961 model year


120 = 120" Wheelbase


D = Starlight Blue paint color


F113 = F100-4 x 4 - 5,600 lbs G.V.W. Rating


F = Borg Warner T-98 4 Speed Manual Transmission.


12A: 12 = Ford 9" Rear Axle / 3.89-1 / No Limited Slip / 3,300 lb. Rear Axle Capacity // A = Spicer/Dana 44-6F Front Driving Axle / 3.92-1 / 3,000 lb. Front Axle Capacity.


5,600 = Gross Vehicle Weight Rating in lbs.


114 net hp @
3600 RPM


3885 - Domestic Special Order number.


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I think they might have messed up the order of the stamping a little and it should be


F 12A


rather than


FA 12


Not the first time we have seen something similar.


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The 120" wheelbase trucks usually carried a full length 8' bed, so not considered to be a shortbed, which is roughly 6.5' long. Unless I'm mistaken you could drop a full sized sheet of plywood in the back and close the tailgate. If so, not a shortbed. It's probably the 1957-1960 style truck bed that was continued in use up through 1966 on the F250 4x4, and others along the way.


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In kind of confused by your reply. The bed is a 60 earlier bed but this truck is not a true shortbed your saying it's a f100 long bed technically?

 

In 1961 if you got a styleside pickup then it would be a longbed, yes. Can you post some pictures of your truck - maybe one showing the bed from the side? If it looks like these trucks of mine then it is a longbed.








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