Hi, all. Brand new to the forum, and brand new to owning an F-100. I just picked this '71 Sport Custom long bed this past weekend. It's a rust-free western truck with a 390 4 barrel that was replaced about 12,000 miles ago. The body is basically rust-free, with a decent ten year old repaint.

I bought it in eastern Wyoming, and was driving it back to Colorado Springs where I live. My wife was following in our Jeep. I stopped about halfway home for gas, and the started crapped out on me. The starter drive would not engage. I tried rapping it with a hammer, but nothing. Ended up having to have it towed to a local repair shop and continuing home in our Jeep. They replaced the starter motor (had to remove the passenger-side headers to get at it!), and it's ready to be picked up. Trouble is, it's still about two hours from my house, so I'll have to wait until the weekend to retrieve it.

Hopefully, this was just a glitch. I know that owning an old vehicle will not be trouble-free, and I'm prepared to do some wrenching on this, but it has receipts on absolutely everything going back about 20 years, and it looks like just about everything has been replaced or repaired during that time, so hopefully it will not need too much to keep it going. I'm hoping to use it as a daily driver on my short commute. If not, at least it will get driven regularly. Can't wait to get it home! I'll be looking to you guys for advice in the future, I'm sure.

 

that's a really nice looking truck

 

Nice truck, lets see the inside !

 

Obligatory interior and engine shots:

 

Welcome to FTE. If your gonna drive in CS, let some air out of the back tires and put a few sand bags at the tailgate when you go up Union at Woodmen and $2 hill on woodmen to Big O tire when it snows.
I have that t-shirt. I built the apartments on the southwest corner of Woodmen and Union

 

mountainrev cool looking truck. you might want to wrap your starter . years ago i had a 69 f-100 with a 390 with hedders. when the starter would get to hot. it was no go till it cooled off. oreillys sells some of the wrap that you can use. i have also wrapped the starter on my 67 Mustang. even with coated tri-y,s the starter barely touches the hedders.

 

The 4V intake manifold and the carb have been swapped, probably from a car.

390 4V's were only available in 1974/76 F100/350's and then only as a option.

1970/72: Auxiliary fuel filler tube/fuel cap located below the scallop (Bumpside) line.

1967/69's have them located above the scallop line.

 

It originally had a 360, but a previous owner swapped in a rebuilt 390 with an Edelbrock carb some years back. Only 12k miles or so on the long block rebuild. I grew up with a 390 in a Country Sedan wagon that my dad absolutely loved. The sound brings back memories (although our wagon certainly didn't have headers!).

 

Wagon w/a 390 would have been a 1961 thru 1971.

Country Squires had the 'phony' wood, Country Sedans did not.

If you post a pic of the Warranty Plate (riveted to the left door below the latch), one of us can decode all the info for you.

 

1968 Country Sedan. No "wood grain." Color was Meadowlark Yellow with off-white interior. I'll try to post a picture of the data plate.

 

Welcome to FTE in Colorado.

If cold-weather use is in the program, you're going to want to make a hot-air stove over the headers, and replace the spring in that hot-air snorkel. Without a heated spacer under the carb, the heat will be especially needed.

 

Nice Truck!

 

What a Great Looking Truck... Nice Score...

 

Welcome to FTE, and the Bumpside family! Bummer about the starter, but, man, nice truck!