burritoman-- Buy It Now, is what BIN stands for!
Check out ebay auction #2485250795, it is one Bad A$$ Crewcab!
Didn't sale though!

 

Wow, ended without a sale, reserve not met, pretty steep too! That one is a 72 shortbed, very clean.

I'd settle for a beat up one but got to be a long bed for me :-)

 

Hey, I just found this thread while hunting for information on MY 1970 short bed, 4 x 4, "Crew Cab Special" Did anyone ever find any production numbers for sure? I do have a picture of my emblem if you wanna see it. It only has it on one side though. The other has the little plate where it goes but the emblem itself is gone. Anyone wanna trade a '70 sport custom long bed for a good short bed? My long bed on my other truck has the toolbox on the side.

 

Any of you'ns that were interested in this still around?

 

So folks, you think the old crew cab camper specials are coooool? so do we

I've had a 1970 Camper Special Crew Cab for 19 years (some parts are 1969 {bendix steering unit} and the truck was first was registered in 1971. Bought it back in 1986, with one son 3 years old and as turned out one daughter (born a couple of weeks later) in mind for weekends away camping.

Travelled many miles (Km's up here in Canada) with a 11.5ft camper, tricked out with air, microwave, TV etc back in the eighties

After a cross continent trip (Alberta Canada down to Yellowstone park, across to Chicago {met some real nice chop shop guys when the electrics broke }, on to Detroit and up to Toronto and Montreal, then back down through the States back to North Dakota for a fishing trip) the clutch blew to pieces just as we turned into our street.

Done a number of trips down to the Black Rock desert in Navada for land speed records (Thrust - Brits I'm afraid) and many camp outs in the Canadian Rocky mountains.

The motor is a 360 four on the floor (same two barrel Holley carb as found on the UHaul trucks). I had it rebuilt ready for Propane, but never converted it (maybe soon with the $ of gas), best after market additions were headers and cuise control.

The thing pulls like it could climb a vertical wall, and gets the same mileage if it is empty or loaded past legal. 3660kg (x by 2.2 for lbs) with empty tanks (three, two side and one behind the seat) and camper loaded.

My son (now 21) and I have been rebuilding the body and interior from the rails up for the last 14 months (three / four months break, once for a case of gout, did it hert or what , and another couple because you just can't work every weekend on your truck {a bit of wife trouble})

All rust has been cut out, Taiwan sheet metal (fenders, cab corners, door bottoms and front cab mounts), plus an 8 x 4 sheet of steel nearly used up. Had roof corner rotted out, inner front fenders and radiator support panel needed many many patch plates. All panels have been coated with red oxide and tremclad before an asphalt spray coat, so we hope it last for many many years to come.

Just the side panels on the box have taken <150 hours of welding, bondo and our patented method of rust protection. That is, buy 2 sheets of 8 x 4 x ~1/16thk black ABS plastic sheet ($17 a sheet from GE) and build fender and side panel plastic inner liners, held in place by a couple of self tap screws and sealed with good quality silicon caulking to the body panels.

Our truck colour WAS ****ty Beige with off white front and rear bench seats and door panels with black carpet. Bought some 1986 Grand Marquee (leather) front seats and a set of 1986 Crown Vic front seats for the back, mounted on home built frame rails c/w large amp and 9" base speaker, 10 CD Sony changer and matching Sony radio.

Colour scheme, Matt black metal interior surfaces, new foam backed head liner, moulded carpet and seats in maroon. Door panels, pulls, visors etc. dyed to match by a local custom car outfit for a really good price because we were building the truck ourselves. I bought a lot of vinal and foam, doing padded kick panels, door bottoms, vert panel between doors, and the step well into the rear door openings.

After so many man hours I'm still holding back on spraying the outside ourselves, going to have a metalic red, should look Sweet (plucking up courage, don't want to spoil it) once the bondo and body prep is finished.

Greetings from Canada - Dave M.

 

Dave M, sounds like you have a real nice truck. I am in the process of buying a 70 F260 Crew that is in pretty good shape for having been parked for probably about 15 years here in AK. It can't run as it has a bad 360 but the cab mounts are in real good shape and it doesn't have much rust. Even the fender liners are whole. It was a construction co. truck that has some dents and needs a tailgate, but it was originally rubber undercoated which save the cab mounts. And the best thing is I'm getting it for $1500 next week.

 

It was a factory option from circa 1968 to 1986. The Explorer special was most popular with F-series but, Broncos and Rancheros also had explorer packages.

I had a 1972 Camper special, Explorer Special,

The Explorer special factory options on my truck were,

Power steering
power brakes
Leather/vinal door panels with chrome inserts
cloth/vinal seat
Factory air/conditioning
two tone
standard chrome package, with Ranger xlt full Tailgate chrome, non woodgrain.
Explorer badges.

The Camper Special options were

4 barrel 390 v8 with cruiseomatic
Camper wiring and altenator
Duel Battery
Super Cooling
camper special tool stowage box
anti sway bars

A very cool truck, could haul a ton at 100 mph, got 15mpg if you kept your foot out of it. Wish I still had it.