Working Ford Trucks Only
#346
01-15-2012, 08:28 PM
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Well I have a '52 dog house on my 50 F-4 got it that way.
#347
01-15-2012, 09:17 PM
Nothing personal, just taking a swipe at our friend Bob Jones. Friendly jabs fly back and forth between the 48-50 guys and 51/52 guys.
Dick - I think you're on to something. WWII surplus Power Wagons were everywhere post war. But as Korea heated up it's likely the surplus supply dried up. Also, it's interesting that during the Bonus Built years there were only about 300 F-2/3s converted each year. Some of the low production was due to the competing Power Wagon's reputation, but the bigger reason had to be purchase price. I have a copy of the Branham Automobile Reference Book (1956 edition) that shows the base price of a 1950 Power Wagon (B2PW126) was $1750. The 1950 F-2/3 Ford base price for a comparable Express bed pickup was $1410 for the V8 model, but then you had to add $1440 for the R3-4 Marmon-Herrington option. An $1100 difference in initial cost was nothing to sneeze at in 1950. Stu
Dick - I think you're on to something. WWII surplus Power Wagons were everywhere post war. But as Korea heated up it's likely the surplus supply dried up. Also, it's interesting that during the Bonus Built years there were only about 300 F-2/3s converted each year. Some of the low production was due to the competing Power Wagon's reputation, but the bigger reason had to be purchase price. I have a copy of the Branham Automobile Reference Book (1956 edition) that shows the base price of a 1950 Power Wagon (B2PW126) was $1750. The 1950 F-2/3 Ford base price for a comparable Express bed pickup was $1410 for the V8 model, but then you had to add $1440 for the R3-4 Marmon-Herrington option. An $1100 difference in initial cost was nothing to sneeze at in 1950. Stu
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02-18-2012, 09:57 PM
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#353
03-15-2012, 11:58 PM
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Wish I could have purchased the Old Navy 51 when trucks were removed from all of the stores. Ironically, the truck was inside an Old Navy store that was built in a mall that was previously a Ford production plant in Milpitas, CA.
These are from the local county's fire department archives.
These are from the local county's fire department archives.
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03-16-2012, 08:54 PM
#356
03-16-2012, 10:26 PM
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All of the Old Navy stores that I've been to always had a Chevy. The only reason why this store had a Ford is, I think, because the mall was an old Ford factory that closed in the 80s, I believe. It was the San Jose Ford Assembly Plant that was actually in Milpitas, CA.
#358
03-20-2012, 12:01 PM
I was looking thru the "new" crashed thread and thought I would add my Still Working Truck. She's a 1956 F600 that started life as a propane delivery truck. They then retired her, added a duel spool 22ton deck wench and 14ft boom to set tanks with. I bought her for $450.00 and drove her home; aprox. 125mi. I added a front wench and pertronix ign.; she fires right up and is street legal as a logging truck! $15.00 every 5 years!!! 
'33 Chevy
'75 Linicon MKv
Pick 'um up.... Drive 'um home.... carefully! lol
'33 Chevy
'75 Linicon MKv
Pick 'um up.... Drive 'um home.... carefully! lol
#359
03-20-2012, 04:11 PM
