Guys, I am new to this site and was hoping you can shed some light on a few questions. I just purchased a 64 short bed 4X4, it has 44,000 original miles, 292, 4 sp, i think it has the original tires. Runs good, everything works, body is good and straight, other than some small rust in the rear passenger side of the cab. Dana 40 front, 9" rear. My question is, how rare of a truck did i stumble on to. This is the only one I have been able to find.
It really does not matter how rare it is, I just like the truck, and plan on fixing the small things and just playing around in it. But I am cruious as to what I have found. The last question is what would be the going price for a truck like this. I will try to post some pics of it later this week end.

Thanks in advance.

 

Welcome to FTE crazyfast5.0, sounds like a nice truck you bought, can't wait to see some pic's.

 

Welcome to FTE

Is your truck a short bed Flareside, or Styleside?

Does it have 44,000 miles...or not?

The odometers of these trucks only read to 99,999.9 then return to ZERO.

So..it could have 44,000 miles, or 144,000 miles, or 244,000 miles, or?

Then there's this: Even though illegal, most used car dealers rolled the odometers back. This was a VERY common practice back then.

Are the tires original? Back then, tires were lucky to last 20,000 miles before it was time for replacements.

The tires were bias-ply. Radials were not offered for trucks until the 1970's.

In fact, the FIRST US vehicle to have radials as standard equipment was the 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado, which had front wheel drive.

What make are the tires? What is the exact size?

The original tires were Firestone GUM DIPPED 15 inchers on F100's. The sizes varied depending on what was ordered.

This is what was usually available: 6.70-15; 7.00-15; 7.10-15; 7.75-15.

 

Welcome to FTE

Is your truck a short bed Flareside, or Styleside?
Flareside

Does it have 44,000 miles...or not?
It appears to correct

The odometers of these trucks only read to 99,999.9 then return to ZERO.
I realize this and have seen it done many times, the odometer does not look have ever been tampered with, as far as removed from the truck anyways. I know there is not really a way to tell this, just looking at the fastening hardware.

So..it could have 44,000 miles, or 144,000 miles, or 244,000 miles, or?

Then there's this: Even though illegal, most used car dealers rolled the odometers back. This was a VERY common practice back then.

Are the tires original? Back then, tires were lucky to last 20,000 miles before it was time for replacements. They look to be, they are bias-ply, 15" I will have to go look again for specific model. They do appear to have tubes in them, I think that is the only reason they will still hold air.

The tires were bias-ply. Radials were not offered for trucks until the 1970's.

In fact, the FIRST US vehicle to have radials as standard equipment was the 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado, which had front wheel drive.

What make are the tires? What is the exact size?

The original tires were Firestone GUM DIPPED 15 inchers on F100's. The sizes varied depending on what was ordered.

This is what was usually available: 6.70-15; 7.00-15; 7.10-15; 7.75-15.

We did take the water pump off, Sunday, as it needs to be replaced. Still cooling but howling badly. We did drive it around our hunting lodge, we have a commercial hunting lodge on 2500 acres, and it did very well. Other than the lack of A/C, it was over a 100F. Everything works on the truck, hit the key and it is running. The more I am around it the more I like it, I have always been more it to HP and speed, but this is cool.