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I seen that while searching CL. Nice truck but imho could be better. Blue drive shafts and a red t-case? Just not my taste. I really enjoy his vast knowledge on F260s. These trucks were not called f260s and they are not super rare imho. The F26 in the vin just designates it as a factory 4x4. Nothing more or less. And i thought the 66 was the first year for the other bed on a 4x4? Maybe that was just in a half ton?
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I seen that while searching CL. Nice truck but imho could be better. Blue drive shafts and a red t-case? Just not my taste. I really enjoy his vast knowledge on F260s. These trucks were not called f260s and they are not super rare imho. The F26 in the vin just designates it as a factory 4x4. Nothing more or less. And i thought the 66 was the first year for the other bed on a 4x4? Maybe that was just in a half ton?
I've been tracking 1966 F250 4x4s for years and only up to 23 of them, counting both models F260 and F262. Two of the 23 are mine. They only made 3,559 1966 F250 4x4s all together. A 10% survival rate would equate to about 360 of them. 10% survival might be a little low, but might not be too far off the mark.
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I'm not trying to offend with my rare comment, and honestly I lumped all the slicks together. 61-66 4x4s. Your numbers probably are not far off TA and my opinion of rare is probably far different than others. We have a 62 wrong box and a 63 flareside, both f250 4x4s, iirc the production number of our 63 flareside is pretty low.
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I'm not trying to offend with my rare comment, and honestly I lumped all the slicks together. 61-66 4x4s. Your numbers probably are not far off TA and my opinion of rare is probably far different than others. We have a 62 wrong box and a 63 flareside, both f250 4x4s, iirc the production number of our 63 flareside is pretty low.
My 1966 F250 2WD is not rare in that alone, but if you add in Ranger package with Parchment bucket seats and console and Deluxe Camper Special package and automatic and custom paint color it starts to look like very few others were made like this one. So rare comes in different forms. It's all a lot of fun to consider, anyway.
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Agree Chad, but rare without demand means very little as far as price goes. My 51 F4 American Coleman is the only one to have every surfaced. But who wants a true one tons truck that probably can't see the north side of 55mph. And limited parts availability. My 52 F2 MH has more value. One of only 4 known iirc with the 215 inline six and probably more demand, but then again no demand like your T.A. My 52 MH f3 almost seems common these days as the web is joining us all together.
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The 1965 F100/250 4x4 and 1966 F250 4x4 used a cab similar to the 1964 with those style of cab mounts, but some slight variations. The battery on these trucks is underneath the floorboards under that hatch that you can see part of sticking out from under the passengers floor mat. They used the rounded inner fenders, too. They also, whether Standard or Custom Cab, used the round speedometer and the metal dash bezel. Standard Cab was painted white and Custom Cab was Ford "argent" silver with a hint of chrome around the edges. The radiator support is mounted on perches that have springs to help isolate vibrations and movement that you don't see on 2WD trucks of the same vintage or the 1966 F100 4x4 .
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Agree Chad, but rare without demand means very little as far as price goes. My 51 F4 American Coleman is the only one to have every surfaced. But who wants a true one tons truck that probably can't see the north side of 55mph. And limited parts availability. My 52 F2 MH has more value. One of only 4 known iirc with the 215 inline six and probably more demand, but then again no demand like your T.A. My 52 MH f3 almost seems common these days as the web is joining us all together.
You have some rare trucks, and a lot of them from the sound of it....
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Ive been driving ye olde FRDTUFF around town a lot lately, and although I know all is tightened etc, I could swear my nose is bouncy (hood seems overly shaky) and wonder if I need new ones of these - I refurbed the ones I had when I rebuilt the truck, but man it just seems like the hood (or whole nose?) is shaky when going over little ridge like bumps in the road. Am I thinking too much? Do you have complete kits you wanna sell a fellow enthusiast? lol.
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Chad, could you give additional info. on the core support mount hardware so one could closely replicate it. Like how many lbs. per inch are the springs? Bolt specs., and rubber thickness? I am doing a body swap and creating my own 66 F250 4x4. I'm not looking to fool anyone, just for my own enjoyment. I would like to have things close to correct though. As in the proper stone deflector I asked about in another thread. Thanks
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Ive been driving ye olde FRDTUFF around town a lot lately, and although I know all is tightened etc, I could swear my nose is bouncy (hood seems overly shaky) and wonder if I need new ones of these - I refurbed the ones I had when I rebuilt the truck, but man it just seems like the hood (or whole nose?) is shaky when going over little ridge like bumps in the road. Am I thinking too much? Do you have complete kits you wanna sell a fellow enthusiast? lol.
Chad