1957 F600 ?
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Hello, thanks for the reply, check out the photo gallery I have put up. To answer your questions, I can't imagine it will be more work than starting with a clear field, designing and building a house (and still adding on to it), rebuilding airplanes, tractors, lawn mowers, boats, and or just about anything else with an engine or seats.
Want something I can put antique plates on, go to shows, and yet still be able to haul something (like my tractor or an airplane)if I need to. Nice thing about the truck guys around here, they are happy to see an old truck brought back to life, so what if not perfectly original. I hope Grundy (?) Insurance will write a policy on this, have heard good things about them. Also have to find out if I'll need a CDL to drive this.
Want something I can put antique plates on, go to shows, and yet still be able to haul something (like my tractor or an airplane)if I need to. Nice thing about the truck guys around here, they are happy to see an old truck brought back to life, so what if not perfectly original. I hope Grundy (?) Insurance will write a policy on this, have heard good things about them. Also have to find out if I'll need a CDL to drive this.
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That is definitely not a 1957, although it does have single headlights, which could be where the confusion comes from. It's some year after 1960.
That said, it sounds like your plans are reasonable. The engine compartment doesn't look that bad... it wouldn't surprise me if you could drive it out of the woods under its own power with a day or two of work, if the engine hasn't seized solid.
That said, it sounds like your plans are reasonable. The engine compartment doesn't look that bad... it wouldn't surprise me if you could drive it out of the woods under its own power with a day or two of work, if the engine hasn't seized solid.
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Congrats on getting the gallery thing worked out. That is going to be quite a project just getting that out of the woods.
Judging from the grill I think you have a 1965 or 66 truck and not a 1957, doesn't matter much, its still a Ford and thats the important part
Bobby
Judging from the grill I think you have a 1965 or 66 truck and not a 1957, doesn't matter much, its still a Ford and thats the important part
Bobby
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1966 F600
The VIN Plate in your gallery is kinda hard to read, but here's what I came up with.
F60CE790571
F60 = F600 2WD
C = 330 2V Medium Duty
E = Mahwah NJ Assembly Plant
790571 = 1966
Wheelbase = 194 inches
Color J = Rangoon Red
F600 = F600 2WD (gas) 17,000 lbs. GVWR
Body code 481
4 ? = Medium Beige Vinyl ?
81 = 81A Standard Cab
Transmission A = Either: New Process 435 4 Speed / or / Clark 5 Speed Direct (A refered to either trans in 1966).
F7 ? F7 = Eaton (Model # 13802) 2 Speed 5.83-1 & 8.11-1
17000 lbs GVWR
168 HP @ 3800 RPM
DSO 12 = Buffalo NY Ford Sales District (where original selling dealer ordered truck).
Not sure of Axle code...The 4 ? in the body code was hard to make out.
F60CE790571
F60 = F600 2WD
C = 330 2V Medium Duty
E = Mahwah NJ Assembly Plant
790571 = 1966
Wheelbase = 194 inches
Color J = Rangoon Red
F600 = F600 2WD (gas) 17,000 lbs. GVWR
Body code 481
4 ? = Medium Beige Vinyl ?
81 = 81A Standard Cab
Transmission A = Either: New Process 435 4 Speed / or / Clark 5 Speed Direct (A refered to either trans in 1966).
F7 ? F7 = Eaton (Model # 13802) 2 Speed 5.83-1 & 8.11-1
17000 lbs GVWR
168 HP @ 3800 RPM
DSO 12 = Buffalo NY Ford Sales District (where original selling dealer ordered truck).
Not sure of Axle code...The 4 ? in the body code was hard to make out.
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Originally Posted by Fomoko1
If I`m looking at the right gallery all I see is about a 66 model year truck..... 
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Hi gang, thanks for the inputs and corrections, guess that's what happens when I try to decode a Ford truck VIN using a Mercury truck VIN example!!
Dumb question maybe; how do I easily tell if the that is the original engine? Have played with a few FE blocks, late 60's vintage, but haven't wrenched on one in 20 years.
I know Mopar use to stamp the engine size on the block, what did Ford do on these?
The yard owner told me that the guy he got it from said the engine had blown and had been swapped for one out of a car, he thought the truck was a 1962, I thought it looked older, did a web search, found a VIN number breakout for a Mercury truck of similar vintage, (1960) and tried to go from there.
Buffalo NY would make sense, that is close to here, but the truck has AZ tags on it..No matter, question is now, can I get it running and drive it out. Do the brakes shoes on these things sieze up to the drums like cars do when they sit?
Thanks and will keep posting on progress. Going to try to get it running before I fork over any cash, yard owner is agreeable. Price of scrap steel here is almost $150 a ton, so I hope I haven't paid too much for it....yet.
Dumb question maybe; how do I easily tell if the that is the original engine? Have played with a few FE blocks, late 60's vintage, but haven't wrenched on one in 20 years.
I know Mopar use to stamp the engine size on the block, what did Ford do on these?
The yard owner told me that the guy he got it from said the engine had blown and had been swapped for one out of a car, he thought the truck was a 1962, I thought it looked older, did a web search, found a VIN number breakout for a Mercury truck of similar vintage, (1960) and tried to go from there.
Buffalo NY would make sense, that is close to here, but the truck has AZ tags on it..No matter, question is now, can I get it running and drive it out. Do the brakes shoes on these things sieze up to the drums like cars do when they sit?
Thanks and will keep posting on progress. Going to try to get it running before I fork over any cash, yard owner is agreeable. Price of scrap steel here is almost $150 a ton, so I hope I haven't paid too much for it....yet.
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Most FE engines have 352 cast into the block on the left front of the engine. But just because it's cast 352, doesn't mean it is one. The 352 block is the basis for the (360) 390, 410 and 428. Is there a carb tag number, any sort of tag on the coil? Can you make out the number stamped on the base of the dizzy, just below the rim of the cap?
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Hi Bill, will check it out and advise numbers, is the color/shape of the valve covers and the air cleaner shape consistant with a '66?
Have you got any pics of what this truck should look like?
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Have you got any pics of what this truck should look like?
Thanks
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Bill, carb tag numbers;
top row; C5MFB
bottom row; D 5FG
Looks like an old style Autolite 2BBL, manual choke.
Didn't bother with dizzy, no tools with me this evening, and the mosquito's were hungry...
So, what do these numbers mean?
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top row; C5MFB
bottom row; D 5FG
Looks like an old style Autolite 2BBL, manual choke.
Didn't bother with dizzy, no tools with me this evening, and the mosquito's were hungry...
So, what do these numbers mean?
Thanks
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Originally Posted by cneal
Bill, carb tag numbers;
top row; C5MFB
bottom row; D 5FG
Looks like an old style Autolite 2BBL, manual choke.
Didn't bother with dizzy, no tools with me this evening, and the mosquito's were hungry...
So, what do these numbers mean?
Thanks
top row; C5MFB
bottom row; D 5FG
Looks like an old style Autolite 2BBL, manual choke.
Didn't bother with dizzy, no tools with me this evening, and the mosquito's were hungry...
So, what do these numbers mean?
Thanks
The oil bath air cleaner is the original. The engine was painted black, the red valve covers point to the size of the engine. Can't recall what color red refered to (330?). Ford used the color of the valve cover(s) to designate what engine was used from 1952 thru 1967. The valve covers are correct for 1965/67. Prior to 1965, the covers were rounded, after 1967, the covers have Powered by Ford on them, and the entire engine was painted Ford Blue for the first time.
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