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About 2 months ago I started looking for an older truck to use for runs to the lumber yard as I have a number of bigger projects coming up at my place and I have been totally limited by not having a running truck. I live on the farm my great-great grandfather built, and the farm came with a number of trucks, but none of them running.
I found this truck on Craigslist for $2500 and bought it. It was bought new by the last owner, who just passed away (at age 89).
I am new to trucks from the 70's. This is the newest truck I own, so am looking forward to all the upgrades (my other Ford truck is 48 years older than this one). Anyways, since the Model T forum has been so helpful, I thought I would search for a forum for this truck and am so relieved to see this site exists. I will probably ask a lot of questions, so thank you in advance!
The seller told me that story you like to hear...it was his uncles, he drove it a few miles from the farm to town every few days. It was Ziebart'd back in the day, its got those plugs everywhere, and the undercarriage was treated too. The bed has always been covered with a topper (which I'll remove but keep since it is the age of the truck). And Silver, you are right, from what I can tell it has never been hit or hit anything. It has been bondo'd in some spots and repainted, so not completely original.
Since the seller loves doing bodywork and painting, he gave me a deal on cutting out the bondo and replacing with metal, and then a repaint (this time without runs). I thought hard about it and decided to have the work done since I got the truck cheaper than I had planned. This should be done by Easter. The truck is, in my opinion, in the perfect condition to warrant the body work. Too good to not have it done, and just bad enough to not have it done.
Yes, 3 on the tree. The seller said a kid stopped in to look at it and had no idea what to do with the column shift. He couldn't visualize the "H" pattern sideways. Luckily my first car was a 1953 Ford which has the same set up so there shouldn't be much of a learning curve with this except getting the feel down.
Yes, 3 on the tree. The seller said a kid stopped in to look at it and had no idea what to do with the column shift. He couldn't visualize the "H" pattern sideways. Luckily my first car was a 1953 Ford which has the same set up so there shouldn't be much of a learning curve with this except getting the feel down.
A three-on-the-tree is prolly the best theft deterrent out there these days... and if someone does try to steal it, you'll need to look only as far as it coasted to a stop.
Haha! I already had that thought. Actually, I was imagining taking it in to get the oil changed at a Jiffy Lube or something and watching it come crashing through the wall of the waiting room as the 18 year old kid tried to figure it out. Needless to say, I'll be changing my own oil. Funny thing is I have an old Model T, and it doesn't drive like any other vehicle either. It is in no way intuitive. 3 pedals, 1 is for clutch engage, one is reverse, one is a transmission brake. Then there is a lever on your left that has 3 settings. All the way back to the seat is the parking brake, 90 degrees to the floor is neutral, and all the way forward is high-gear. To get going in high, you have to push the right (clutch engage) pedal in halfway, throw that lever on your left all the way forward, push the right pedal all the way to the floor to get it going while simultaneously increasing the throttle lever, and then all at once let up on the pedal to engage the high gear while quickly decreasing then increasing the throttle lever. WTF?
Yeah these new trucks are great with all that new age technology aren't they Rglow,LOL. I swear the early farm and construction equipment was based on the model t in how they operate. Welcome to FTE, sure like that fishermans cap, keep it well protected as that one looks like it's in really good shape. Is that radio AM only or a town "n" country.
Congratulations on the truck and welcome to FTE! I have a 79 3 on the tree and my wife gets a kick out of me shifting through the gears.. Anyways, good luck
Great Looking TRUCK!! Nice straight front bumper, bed looks to be in really good shape, and my favorite, A 3 speed COLUMN shift!! I have a soft spot for those, every one I have looked at, I have bought. Nice score!! Keep up the pics!
I'll confess, I'm not doing the bodywork as I don't have the shop or tools, but I stopped in to see how my guy is doing. He apologized for being a perfectionist and being slow! I told him I appreciated not rushing the job. He cut out the rust on the front fenders and replaced with new metal and is doing so all around the truck. It looked ok before, but the more he does, the more he's holding the rest of the truck to a higher standard, so all the little dings he sees he is now taking out.
Yeah he is going all out. I'm racing to finish up the Model T in the meantime. Interestingly restoring this truck meant a lot of woodwork! Just for fun, here is what a Ford looked like approximately 50 years prior to our F-series dentsides. Windows were plate glass. You sat on the gas tank and removed the seat to fill. You could only buy a rolling chassis from the Ford factory, and took it to a carriage builder to finish it in whatever style you needed. No oil pump. No water pump. Crank start. And the Ton truck (which mine is) could haul a ton of...whatever... at the massive sacrifice of speed due to the 20 hp motor (my lawnmower has more horses). This truck tops out in high gear at 15 mph.
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