53 Mercury
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Cargo Master
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From: Williams Lake B.C.
53 Mercury
So I posted my truck in the wrong year , someone just pointed it out to me.
So I shall post it again here lol..............
Just bought this 53 , it runs good and has title/papers which is getting rarer on these old trucks.
Could insure it and drive it tomorrow.
So I shall post it again here lol..............
Just bought this 53 , it runs good and has title/papers which is getting rarer on these old trucks.
Could insure it and drive it tomorrow.
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From: Orcas Island Wa.
I wonder if it was a flareside pickup originally because of the single rear wheels. Is there a big old spacer built into the hub behind the rear wheels? If the front and rear track width is about the same, I'm thinking pickup. The stakebeds had less than 48" between the rear wheels. Do the running boards appear cut off? That front bumper looks like '59-'60. This makes me miss my '53 f350. I was born in '53 and I bought it when I was 53. It later became a casualty of the recent 'great recession', especially in the building trades.
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Cargo Master
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I wonder if it was a flareside pickup originally because of the single rear wheels. Is there a big old spacer built into the hub behind the rear wheels? If the front and rear track width is about the same, I'm thinking pickup. The stakebeds had less than 48" between the rear wheels. Do the running boards appear cut off? That front bumper looks like '59-'60. This makes me miss my '53 f350. I was born in '53 and I bought it when I was 53. It later became a casualty of the recent 'great recession', especially in the building trades.
Im going to look for a dually loggers box for it I think.
I wish it were single rear wheels.......................
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From: Orcas Island Wa.
As we eased out of the recession, I wanted to re-create my old f350 pickup. I had bought a 9' bed that was a utility trailer. Then I bought a '59 f350 dually stakebed to mount this bed on. To center the rear wheels in the fenders I installed a rear axle from a '92 ford dually pickup. These are wider than a cab/chassis axle. I just deleted the outer duals and that setup will fit any single wheel bed setup. With the full floater hubs sticking out it looks like a powerwagon, military jeep m715 etc. The axle is higher geared, maybe 4:11. Of course the 60" cab to axle dimension means an extra long bed. I have seen a lot of loggers beds in BC. They just plain don't exist here in the states. I'm sure some have built them, but I've never seen one down here. They are really cool.
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I had to Google "logger pick up beds" as I had never heard of it. And I have been in and around logging my whole life.
I have seen that bed up here but it was many years ago on both a slick
and a dent. At first I thought it was a factory box the outer fenders had
for some reason been removed. But a closer look proved that wrong.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...-box-pics.html
It is so cool to be able to just copy and paste a pic from anywhere.
Thanks Admin.
I have seen that bed up here but it was many years ago on both a slick
and a dent. At first I thought it was a factory box the outer fenders had
for some reason been removed. But a closer look proved that wrong.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...-box-pics.html
It is so cool to be able to just copy and paste a pic from anywhere.
Thanks Admin.
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Cargo Master
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From: Williams Lake B.C.
I finally hauled it home tonight , it runs so smooth and quiet you cant tell its running.
But it ran out of gas half way onto the trailer , had to comealong it the rest of the way.
Back rims and tires are 16" and they guy told nme where there were 2 more 16" rims for the front.
I don't know whats up with the 50th anniversary on the steering wheel?(horn still works)
So anyway heres a few pictures.
The guy told me what size engine but I forgot already? 354?
But it ran out of gas half way onto the trailer , had to comealong it the rest of the way.
Back rims and tires are 16" and they guy told nme where there were 2 more 16" rims for the front.
I don't know whats up with the 50th anniversary on the steering wheel?(horn still works)
So anyway heres a few pictures.
The guy told me what size engine but I forgot already? 354?
