I dropped my wife off to get some groceries after church this morning and drove around the industrial park neighborhood to keep our 16 month old daughter appeased. I ran across this and am glad I did!! The lettering that was painted over is 'Weedsport Fire Dept.' I Googled this and saw that it could be an upstate New York truck.

Either way, it appeared to be complete. I couldn't help myself and popped the hood to see a very clean flat head V8. I did not open the drivers door but noticed it had a 5 speed transmission with first gear located all the way to the right and back, and then second gear was where first traditionally would be. I am very curious what the owner has planned for it and if they are on this forum I'd like to say, NICE TRUCK!!

 

Sweet! For sale?

 

Nope, just sitting outside of a business building. No one was there, being a Sunday.

 

It's a teaser! Some sadist knows that there are people drooling over it, but will refuse to sell it for whatever reason.

 

Oh, it's for sale, just have to hit the magic number.

 

If this F7 is a standard F7, the magic is, it has hard to find a 5 speed overdrive. 5 direct was an option.

 

But it also has RH-5° widow makers. Finding replacements for the 8 x 10" pattern will be difficult. Only Ford used that pattern. The three piece Firestone R-5° style that were also optional are better and safer, but not without their issues and critics. The tubeless 22.5s that were optional through the early 1960s are made of unobtainium. Stu

 

Overdrive or not only fourth and fifth are synchronized in the F-7 and F-8 trucks. When Chuck rebuilt his F-7 Coleman he installed the 1953 era synchronized overdrive transmission. Neat truck though.