Well, I've been keeping my eye out for the perfect truck for about two-and-a-half years now, with intentions to actually buy about six months ago. My wife turned in her lease car back in September and started driving the van, which was my backup vehicle. I have ridden my bike exclusively through the fall and winter, (about 95 miles round trip to work and back every day,) and feel that I have paid my dues enough no to get my truck. I've been watching Ebay all this 2-1/2 years and have seen some likely candidates come and go. I had my eye on a local truck (see this thread,) but when I finally got the chance to look at it, man was it rusted out. It was a shame because the body was straight, and the motor looked clean and well taken car of. But I didn't even bother starting it up. I am not exaggerating when I say you could literally hear the rust fall everytime you touched the truck. When you opened the door, you could hear it. When you closed the door, it sounded like gravel sliding out of a dump truck. And when you closed the hood -- man it broke my heart. It's a shame and a crime that someone would sit a perfectly good truck out like that and just let it rot because they were too stingy to sell it at a fair price. He wants $1500 for it now. But it's all rusted from the inside out. This truck is nothing but a motor and transmission.

So, I went up to Tennessee last week to look at a 72 I found on Ebay. But when I got there it had too many issues. It seems the 390 and the 4-speed trans were not factory, they were installed by the owner, and I didn't like the looks of the transmission mounts. Not to mention the fresh oil all over the top of the motor and the trans, the questionable wiring under the hood, the misaligned belts and pullys... just too many other things. The Ebay description did mention a rear main seal leak, but I was not prepared for all the other mess I saw.

Anyway, the search continues. I'm prepared to pay a fair price. My ideal truck is a 68-69 Ranger with 360 or 390 and three- or four-speed manual trans. But, I'll settle for a 68-72 F100 or F250 with the same features. I'd also like to find one with two fuel tanks and the running lights on the cab. I would consider an automatic if it was just a really good clean truck, but I'd be less than satisfied, I'm afraid. This truck here is making me consider it now.

Please not that I have inserted three links in this message, so don't confuse them with those other links that automatically insert themselves.

 

Welcome back; keep looking there's always another one here & there.

Mitch

 

her is a prospect for you
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1967-...em300206376354

 

How about this one:

http://tampa.craigslist.org/car/607073005.html


Or this one:

http://tampa.craigslist.org/car/579221007.html


Both close to home...