you should bring that thing to NY and put a for sale sign in the window for 3500 bucks.

 

great looking truck!!! here's two more that look like yours.

 

FWD would be nice, but I really don't need it for what I will be using it for. I took the tailgate off cause it's a bit jacked up, but I may be able to get it straightened out. Do you have a tailgate?

 

Very cool and those look to be in nice shape as well. I am really liking the orange color!!!

 

An FE (or 300) and a manual.
That's all I needed to know.
It's cool! ;)

Yep, you've got it, ya gotta measure the stroke to really know what it is. :)
But what's it say, anyway? ;)

My new parts truck...
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/file12/F100tag.jpg
"F10YK"
F10 = F100
Y= 360FE 2v
(M=390FE 4v)
(H=390FE 2v)
(B=300 1v)
K = Kansas City (L=Michigan, my F150;)

D/SO = 25 = New Orleans
(72=San Jose)
(71=Los Angeles)
(75=Phoenix, my F150;)

Alvin in AZ

 

Mine says F10 Y RS and then five numbers following, so I guess it's a 360

 

Well, that's what it was 35 years ago. You will still have to measure the stroke to be sure. Very nice truck.

 

LOL :)
Sure enough. :)
There's a thread on the FE/FT forum...
"FE's are like a box of chocolates"

"F10 Y RS"
R = San Jose assembly plant.
S = has to do when it was finished.

My '75 F150 has a W and the book sez: February

But I'm not so sure about that since the books showed up Dec of '74 so
those are projected numbers, unless they are willing to skip numbers to
match the projection? {shrug}

I got mine on Feb 14 '75 and they had to have time to ship it from Michigan
to Phoenix (Santa Fe) and then truck it to Safford then repair the damage.
The Southern Pacific hauled GM stuff.

I told people it had 14.2 miles on it and they were thinking something was
funny since they usually had half that? Then we figured out the reason.
I never said anything to the dealership. I ordered it without chrome or a
radio because I was going to drive it through brush etc, that liitle bit of
damage was nothing compared to what I had planned for it. ;)

Lots of stuff goes on and it's funny but the "original" chrome front bumper
had air hammer marks on it and it's in the chrome shop right now getting
more added to it. $275 The cool thing about that bumper, is it -had- gone
through a chrome shop, so the plating was better than stock. No kidding,
it was obvious as anything, especially years later. :)

Alvin in AZ

 

Well I finally got around to measuring the stroke today...low and behold it's a 390. This really makes me happy, cause I was reading all the threads about crappy gas mileage and lack of power on the 360's and the only way to fix it is to stroke it or swap in a 390...not a good option for me. I guess I don't have to worry about that anymore.

I also fixed another nagging issue today, i.e. the truck was really running sluggish, especially on a cold start. Also, the plugs were white, like it was running too lean. I rechecked the timing and everything looked okay there. I started looking around the carb for the adjustment screws and found that there was an open air fitting on the carb...no hose, no cap, no nothing, just sucking air. I guess that might explain why it was running too lean.

I plugged the fitting on the carb, reset the timing and now this "390" runs like a beast. My next move is to put headers and dual exhaust on it and really open her up. Man, I can't wait...I never knew how cool it was working on these old trucks. I am like a kid in a candy store

 

$800, man you are lucky. That is a really nice truck, thats what i bought mine for, cant even begin to touch yours lol