Gentlemen,
I usually hang my hat over at Team Chevelles, but I have a Ford pickup question that possibly someone here could answer. I'm the original owner of a '70 Chevelle, and I had a contractor out to do some work for me today. He asked me what I had paid for the Chevelle in 1970 and I told him $3000.00. He replied that he thought that was very expensive because he only paid $1600.00 for a brand new Ford F150 in 1974. I asked him if he still had any of the stuff he was smoking back then! Does anyone here know what a new F150 ws going for back then? We have a friendly bet going on this. Thanks guys. Man. I gotta say...I really like that new 2005 Mustang! (Mid life crisis!)

 

$1500.00 for a 1974 F-100 is a cause for a "What are you smoking alert" A fleet purchase wouldn't net an F100 in 1974 at such a low price.

My dads 1976 F-100 Custom with NO options at all , stickered for $3600.00 new. I remember this very well..cuz when he purchased it....I was approaching car buying age , thus I paid close attention to things of this nature.

I would venture that a nicely decked out F-100 in 1974 would have been in the $4500 to $5500 range....a sparsley equipped Custom about a grand or so less.

 

Thanks for the quick answer! I have some old Life and Look magazines buried somewhere at home. I'll have to see if I can dig them up and see if there are any ads in them for the F150. Thanks again.

Jerry

 

To answer this sensibly, you need to let us know what Trim-line & options are on this truck.


My 78 Ranger Explorer with hardly any options listed retail for $9250.00

 

I have the bill of sale on my truck that was bought new and it was around $4500.00.

it's a 1976 F-100 Ranger with a 302, a/c, p/s, heavy duty bumper. It does have the chrome trim on it. I think it might be a custom. I think it has that on the glovebox. Can you imagine a truck tripling in just two years? If I was smoking crack I guess so!!

 

My dad paid $4300 for his '73 F350 Super Camper Special Ranger XLT that he special ordered in October of '72. It is fully loaded. $1600 for an F150 seems a little low, but if it was just a custom 4x2, it could be possible. FWIW, cars went up in price almost 40% from 1970 to 1975, mainly in the '74-'75 time frame.

 

My 79 custom f-250 wa around $9000 originally...taxible value..

 

you can also try nadaguide in a search engine and if you search a little bit you will find what you are looking for

 

My dad and i have a 79' F-150 Ranger lariat, SB, 4x4, 351m. He said when he bought it new is was around $9500.00, i believe. I love this truck and we still have it in the garage and in pretty much mint condition. Wish i could find one brand new.

 

My first truck in 1972 and just out of high school
F100 6cyl 3speed no power no air
basic stripped down truck
out the door 2700.00

 

The only new truck I ever bought! A 74 F-100 (no such thing as an F-150 for that year I don't think.) Mine was bare bones - three options; a spare tire lock, an optional rear axle ratio,(3:50 - 1) and "ivy glow" paint

$2900.10 incl. tax & all.

marc