Newly purchased: 1970 F100 Custom
 

The previous owner told me the truck was all original but I have yet to look for all the numbers on the truck etc. it has a 302 with a 2 barrel carb and 3 speed on the column. This is my first classic vehicle and I love it. It's a lot of fun to drive and just cruise around in. I have the links to the photo album so tell me what you guys think. I paid $4200 for it and with the way it runs and looks I think I got a pretty good deal. Also any tips or pointers on anything would be appreciated cause like I said this is my first classic.

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I've always loved the blue and white trucks. Good snag!

1970sportcustom1988, Welcome to :-X25 and the Bumpside Forum. :-wink

Don't sweat the numbers, Ford trucks don't comply. Nice rig.


John :-X06

Looks great. You will have lots of fun with the truck and this forum!!

Welcome and you got a awesome new truck to drive around price doesn't seen out of line from the way it looks been taken care of over the years. What kind of mileage does it have on it.

128500....for now.

What he means by this is that the most you can do with a Ford is get it date-correct. Only look at the first two digits of the casting number. That's your date code. The rest is irrelevant. If your stuff all starts with D0 or maybe a C9, you're good to go.

You could have spent a lot more and had a truck not nearly as nice as that one appears.

You cannot go by casting or ID engineering numbers marked on parts to ID what vehicles they fit or the years they were used.

For one thing, FoMoCo replaces 10's of 1,000's of part numbers EVERY :-X09 YEAR!

When the part numbers change, so do their casting and ID numbers.

Block and heads have date codes, but this doesn't mean that these dates were used specific years.

How many parts are specific to 1970 F100/350 only? The grille.

I know! I found the truck on craigslist when I was still just contemplating getting one. And as my wife and I were looking around there were people posting trucks that honestly were no where near as good as shape as mine and wanted $3-4,000. The only thing mine really needs is a paint job because the paint that's on it is faded etc..and has some surface rust.

F100 SuperNationals 3 day truck show and swap meet held the 3rd week of May in Pigeon Forge.

In 2008, I attended this event when it was held in Knoxville at the zoo parking lot.

That sir is a very good idea. :)

Wow...........you got a winner there! Perfect run around truck and wish I could have another one like that. Hope you have lots of fun with it.

Does anyone know any tips for getting really hard water spots off of glass? I've looked on LMC and I can replace the doors and back glass with tinted glass for around $100 bucks but, I'd like to try and get the spots off before I try it. Thanks.

Nice find! I've had good luck getting water spots and other crud off of the glass with fine steel wool and window cleaner, just be sure to keep the steel wool really wet. I imagine vinegar would help with stubborn water spots but I've never had to go to that point. Anyone else used steel wool, and if so, what's you're cleaner of choice? Always looking for good tips!