Another 62 needing some decoding help!
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Another 62 needing some decoding help!
Hey fellas,
A couple weeks ago I posted a listing to a 62 F100 I found and planned on keeping. I still have the truck and am currently putting a new timing chain in it, but when in Oregon a few days ago I came across another factory 4x4 at a steel for $600. I couldn't pass it up because where I live in Kentucky these old 4x4s are virtually nonexistant. So I brought it back on a tow dolly and it looks nice parked beside my F100 4x4 SWB. I could really use some help decoding this as well if at all possible:
V.I.N.. # F26CR311445 W.B.: 120 COLOR: J MODEL: F262 TRANS: F AXLE: B4B MAX GVW LBS: 6600 CERT. NET HORSEPOWER: 135 NET HORSEPOWER RPM: 3800 D.S.0.: 740734
Thanks a ton for all your help. I am really excited about this truck as well. It still has the original 292 and I'm going to leave it in there. I just found a 4 barrell intake for it on ebay and it arrived the other day. I love these old Flaresides!
A couple weeks ago I posted a listing to a 62 F100 I found and planned on keeping. I still have the truck and am currently putting a new timing chain in it, but when in Oregon a few days ago I came across another factory 4x4 at a steel for $600. I couldn't pass it up because where I live in Kentucky these old 4x4s are virtually nonexistant. So I brought it back on a tow dolly and it looks nice parked beside my F100 4x4 SWB. I could really use some help decoding this as well if at all possible:
V.I.N.. # F26CR311445 W.B.: 120 COLOR: J MODEL: F262 TRANS: F AXLE: B4B MAX GVW LBS: 6600 CERT. NET HORSEPOWER: 135 NET HORSEPOWER RPM: 3800 D.S.0.: 740734
Thanks a ton for all your help. I am really excited about this truck as well. It still has the original 292 and I'm going to leave it in there. I just found a 4 barrell intake for it on ebay and it arrived the other day. I love these old Flaresides!
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From: Simi Valley, CA
C = 292 2V
R = San Jose CA Assembly Plant
311445 = 1962 - Assembled July 1962
120" Wheelbase
J = Rangoon Red
F262 = F250 4WD / 6600 lbs. GVWR
F = Borg Warner T-98 4 Speed Manual Transmission
B4B: B4 = Spicer-Dana 60 Rear Axle / 4.56-1 / Limited Slip / 5200 lb. Rear Axle Capacity // B = Spicer-Dana 44 Front Driving Axle / 4.55-1 / non Limited Slip / 3,000 lb. Front Axle Capacity
6600 lbs. Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
135 net HP @ 3,800 RPM
740734:
74 = Seattle WA Ford District Sales (Zone) Office, where the original selling dealer ordered the truck from.
0734 = Domestic Special Order number. The truck was special ordered by the original purchaser, not bought "off the lot."
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Wow Bill thanks for the insight! When I first saw this truck I knew it looked like a truck on steroids. I towed it back on a tow dolly behind my 97 F350 Crew Cab Diesel and believe it or not I could really feel the weight of that truck.... and that's with the driveshafts out of it. This truck is huge and is heavy as well. It turned a lot of heads. They say you can get 35's on these trucks stock being a high boy and all (even though they didn't call them that until 74). It is the kind of truck a lot of people ask about, and it's the first thing I've ever owned that has had a gear ratio lower than 4.10s. It should really move with even that 292 in it!
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