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I acquired what I was told is a 1969 950 super duty. I can’t find anything about the truck I have. Has duals in the back I’ve never seen except for a dump, but I have a different body style. Please let me know what I have. I know nothing about it or “N” series trucks. I can’t wait to get this running!
G11066 = 1969 numerical series, late in production as numbers ended in the G30xxx range per the MPC.
146 = 146 inch wheelbase
No color code. This appears to be red, which, if original, would be a standard color. But no code indicates color was part of the special order.
S950 = NT950 gas, 47,000 lbs GVWR
4B81
4B = Black Leather Grain Vinyl
81 = 81A, standard cab, cab and chassis vehicle
C = Fuller model RT-510 ten speed direct transmission
D5E
D5 = Rockwell model SQHD Hendrickson tandem rear axles, 38,000 lbs capacity, 5.83 ratio
E = Ford-Rockwell (Timken) 9,000 lb capacity front axle without hydraulic brakes.
47000 = 47,000 lbs GVWR
222 3200 = 222 Certified Net HP @ 3200 RPM
158447
15 = Newark District Sales Office
8447 = Special Order Number
The truck series and model indicate it's a tandem axle truck. In '69 there were few, if any, super single setups. Thus, all medium and heavy trucks were DRW. Not all were tandem, but there were tandem axle models going back into the '50s.
The tandem trucks were designated with a "T". They started at the 700 level, so you have T700 or T800 etc, that are F series trucks with tandem axles. The N series started in '63 and offered the NT850 and 950 under the S85 and S95 series numbers. U85 & 95 were T850/950 diesels, and W85/95 were NT 850/950 diesels.
I don't know production numbers, but Ford sold a bunch of tandems. Including going back to the F series (600s I think) "rubber band drive" models with a regular live axle connected via belts between to duals to a dead tag axle.
If it's not running, this will be a good run through to see how easy/hard it is to get parts for the Super Duty V8. Tune up parts like cap, rotor, points and wires are the same as any other Ford V8, as long as you get wires for a larger engine. Timing is 6 degrees. Idle circuits might be on the rear block of the carb as the carb should have a governor.
Carb kit can be found with the list number on the choke housing.
