1963 Unibody decode please

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May 30, 2010 | 12:27 AM

Shorty 66

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1963 Unibody decode please

Just bought this truck for $400. Needs a battery and a radiator. Here's the tag info.

Vin: F10JK360002
W.B. 122
Color B
Model F100
Body 66B
Trans A
Axle 13
GVW 5000
HP. 114@3600
DSO 51

Thanks for the help. I'llget pics soon.

May 30, 2010 | 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Shorty 66

Just bought this truck for $400. Needs a battery and a radiator. Here's the tag info.

Vin: F10JK360002
W.B. 122
Color B
Model F100
Body 66B
Trans A
Axle 13
GVW 5000
HP. 114@3600
DSO 51.

F10 = F100 2WD

J = 223 1V I-6.

K = Kansas City MO Assembly Plant.

360002 = 1963, assembled December 1962.

122" Wheelbase.

B = Caribbean Turquoise.

F100 2WD, 5,000 lbs. GVWR

66B = Unit Body Pickup-Custom Cab.

A = Ford Type 3.03 3 Speed Manual all Syncromesh Transmission.

13 = Ford 9" Rear Axle / 4.11-1 / non Limited Slip / 3,300 lb. Rear Axle Capacity.

5,000 lbs. Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.

114 net HP @ 3,600 RPM

51 = Denver CO Ford District Sales Office, where the original selling dealer ordered the truck from.

May 30, 2010 | 11:21 AM

Shorty 66

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I can't get the pics to load up but the truck is a big back window that is pretty strait, running driving truck. Is there anything that says its a big back window. I know it wasn't added but I never have owned any of these trucks older than 65. First unibody ever for me.

May 30, 2010 | 12:42 PM

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No there is nothing other than the custom cab designation. It had to be CC to get the big window and not all custom cabs have it.

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May 30, 2010 | 02:42 PM

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From: seattle

For 400 clams and straight...if its relatively rust free...I would say thats a good deal...from what Ive seen of the integral bodied pickups, their primary rust area is the front of the bed/rear of the cab and the area on the sides where that panel is welded to the side of the truck.
Either way though a big back window truck is a big back window truck...a hard thing to walk away from...a few years ago I saw 2 at a local yard that came in together...super super clean, straight and rust free trucks...mostly complete too...unfortunate for me they had both already been sold