I am looking at buying 70s or late 60s f600 that is 4 wheel drive. I havnt seen the title yet so not sure of the year. Its a grain truck with a 14' dump body. It has 34,000 miles on it and is pretty nice shape for the age. Anybody know year and motor this has by the serial number? F65EVN81521

 

Here is a picture of the vin tag. Sorry the picture is bad. There wasnt much light.

 

Pic doesn't appear when post is quoted, so I had to type the info.
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F65 = F600 4WD (gas).

E = 361 2V FT engine.

V = Kentucky Truck Assembly Plant.

N81521 = 1972.

174" Wheelbase.

F654 = F600 4WD (gas); 17,200 lbs. GVWR

4B8: 4B = Black Heavy Duty Vinyl / 8 = 81A Standard Cab.

M = Clark model 285V 5 Speed Direct.

55 = Rockwell model H170 Single Speed Rear Axle / 7.17-1 / 17,500 lbs. Rear Axle Capacity.

17,200 lbs. Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.

182 net HP @ 3,800 RPM

470708:

47 = Cincinnati OH Ford District Sales Office, where the original selling dealer ordered the truck from.

0708 = Domestic Special Order number, truck ordered special by the original purchaser, not "bought off the lot."

*When there is no COLOR code stamped on the Warranty Plate, truck painted a non standard color, making it a Domestic Special Order.

> 1971 was the first year that F600's were available with factory installed 4WD <

 

Thanks for the great reply. You know your fords! How much do you think this truck is worth? It hasn't run for about 10 years but with new gas and maybe a carburetor clean, I think it would run. The brakes don't seem to work. They want 1,000 for it. It was completely functional when they parked it in this shed 10 years ago.

 

1000 seems normal especially considering the 4x4 axle rarity and scrap value. I have a pair of really nice lower fender extensions for that truck if you end up getting it.

 

Thanks for the reply. If I get this, how much you want for the fender extensions. I actually only need the drivers side. The other side is fine.

 

Oldest lie in the old car hobby: Ran when parked. If it ran, why was it parked?

The brake drums will be very hard to find new or used, but the other brake and etc. parts should be available from NAPA and indie auto parts stores.

Chain auto parts store (Auto-Zone, O'Reillys and etc) parts clucks are usually clueless and on trucks this old, the parts are usually not listed on their computers.

So you have to get the clucks to look in their paper parts catalogs, usually stashed under the counter.

Green Sales Co. is located in Cincinnati (800-543-4959) and has the largest stock of FoMoCo NOS (New Old Stock) parts on the planet.

It's only worth what people are willing to pay for it. The 4WD is a plus, if it works. If it doesn't work, it could be very expensive to fix.

 

This belongs to my neighbor. I saw it run and drive 10 years ago. It was just a farm truck and the farmer got too old to farm and has now died. It believe this farmer owned it for about 30 years and it has always been parked in this shed when not in use. I'm sure the only thing wrong with it is that it has sat idle for 10 years. What it will take to fix the brakes, I do not know.

 

Brakes will need new wheel cylinders at a minimum. Master and hydro-vac would remain a question mark until you fire it up and try to stop it.

Fuel, vacuum, brake and other lines need inspection.

Great truck, hope you can make it come alive.

 

Being single speed r/a 50 mph is gonna be tops. These units take 2 wheel cyls per wheel. Finding hub seals can be fun.

 

Pm me for price as we can’t discuss in the forum.

 

I see a set of AVM locking hubs in your future.. they are only 500.00... ouch I know.. I bought them