old ford pickups

Case e · Apr 3, 2015

The message about the 67 Ford got me to thinking how easy those old pickups were to work on. Here is a picture of my dad changing the oil in his 68 ford with a strait 6 and a 3 on the tree. I would like to see anyone be able to take the oil filter off like this on a new one!

Case e · Apr 3, 2015

Yes there is a motor in there too!

C.R. · Apr 3, 2015

That brings back memories,my first pickup was a 1968 Ford 100 with a 300 six and the 3 on the tree simple to work on , and not too bad looking either mine was dark blue . Ahh the good old days

wjytexas · Apr 3, 2015

yep, my first truck was a 1970 F100, short wide bed, 360 V8, 3 on the tree. I added an 8 track and eventually hang down air. drove it to over 200,000 miles. it was red and white and my girlfriend had red hair. a good match.

Chris Jones · Apr 3, 2015

Yup, I had a 77 Ford with a 302 V8 and could and did do that too. No air conditioning. No power Steering, No power brakes. 3 in the tree shifter. Yea parking took more effort and I could get a red neck without doing farm work just from the sun coming in the rear window, but I liked it. I hated the previous owner however and ended up passing on the many hidden problems.

Donald Lehman · Apr 3, 2015

1963 Dodge Power Wagon with the slant 6. The left hand side of the engine compartment, you could dropped a pony in there with room to spare. Had a GMC with the straight 6. You could sit on the fender well while you serviced the engine. Those were the days.

Tom in TN · Apr 3, 2015

I had a 1966 Ford 3/4 ton pickup (I don't think they were using the F-250 disignation back then, but I'm not sure). Inline 6 with manual four speed. No A/C, no power steering, no power brakes, no radio, and rubber floor mats. When the inside of the truck got very dirty, I'd turn the garden hose onto it. Very easy maintenance. I'd love to have a new one with the same features.

Tom in TN

RLA · Apr 3, 2015

Back when the Obamma adminst was saving the car companies
we had Cash For Clunkers?? Dumbest thing that ever happened
We had people trading in F150 with a 300 six. We had to destroy
the engines & drain all the fluids.. If you dumbed that lock up
crap in anything the engine would seize up in a minute. If you
did that to a 300 six, start up it would hammer away away for
1/2 hour, it would lock up unless you put your foot in it.
Just bring a grown man to tears to destroy something that is Good.

DeltaRed · Apr 3, 2015

My first pickup was a '61 Ford F-100 'unibody'.223 six,4 sp. Red in color,one 'cheerybomb' muffler.Everyone called it "the Bomb"

Alan K · Apr 3, 2015

Never seen a human powered one lol. I have one similar to that in my yard that I want to sell.

Prawn Farmer · Apr 3, 2015

Anyone remember having to change out a stubborn king pin on them back then? I used a rose-bud and body jack. Wonder what happened to the twin-I-beam suspension that Ford used on them?

Tom in TN · Apr 3, 2015

prawn,

I worked in a garage when I was in high school. There were two real mechanics and me. We changed a few kingpins. One of the mechanics had what we called a "porta-power". It was a small hydraulic jack on the end of a hose that attached to a hand operated hydraulic pump. We could set the porta-power under the kingpin, wrap a chain around it and the upper control arm, and jack the kingpin out of the top of the steering knuckle. Not easy, but better than pounding it out.

Tom in TN

Prawn Farmer · Apr 3, 2015

Yep.Learned about that on my 2nd one LOL. I have a crooked little finger that I broke on my left hand when the chain slipped off a 2-ton bottle jack while working on my '65 Ford about 40 years ago with a buddy.

merlynr · Apr 3, 2015

(quoted from post at 05:22:17 04/03/15) That brings back memories,my first pickup was a 1968 Ford 100 with a 300 six and the 3 on the tree simple to work on , and not too bad looking either mine was dark blue . Ahh the good old days

My son-in-law's brother bought a 76 Dodge power wagon with slant 6 and 3 on the tree and neither of those guys had ever driven a 3 speed column shift. They hauled it home and I was there just after they unloaded it and they were discussing the 3 on the tree and it was amusing listening to them until I stepped in helping them with the mystery. This truck hadn't been licensed in a few years but ran good as I drove it down the lane and the shifting came back to me as they looked at one and other. Kinda like riding a bike....

Pair-a-dice farm · Apr 3, 2015

My 1st truck was a 1966 F100 with a 352 V8 and 3 speed on the column, It had 1 belt and 2 hoses.

GVSII · Apr 3, 2015

Tough job on a light car or a pickup.Just think how much work it is on a heavy truck.
As to the "twin I beam"front end,lots of guys bad mouthed them but the only front end that was stronger is a single beam or a solid 4 W/D beam axel.I think they are still available on F 250 and up in 2 w/d.Not sure about that though.

SparepartsTN · Apr 3, 2015

Finding a shop that can do alignments on the twin I beam front end is getting difficult. After much searching I found
TAFA Inc. in Nashville, TN. that still does them, they still have the proper tools but have to call in a couple of
retired guys to use them.

ericlb · Apr 3, 2015

i hear that, pic of my '83 chevy i just painted with my '71 f 350 behind it, the old ford, you open the hood and that filter is just there, nothing whatever in the way! points ect are right there too, on the rare times it actually needs a set just cant beat the old trucks,

merlynr · Apr 3, 2015

(quoted from post at 11:54:23 04/03/15) i hear that, pic of my '83 chevy i just painted with my '71 f 350 behind it, the old ford, you open the hood and that filter is just there, nothing whatever in the way! points ect are right there too, on the rare times it actually needs a set just cant beat the old trucks,

My 71F350 with a 72 grill. Your 71 with a 70 grill?

Ferd · Apr 3, 2015

My 73 XLT. I'm the second owner. The truck hasn't been restored - still the original paint.

fixerupper · Apr 3, 2015

I've never owned a Ford. I have Ford stock but never a vehicle. For some reason I've had the hankering to get an old Ford 6 cylinder half ton just to putt around with. It would have to be something from the seventies or older. I've driven a couple of half ton six cylinders with four speeds from the 80's and low gear was geared too high for me. It might be awhile though, I have three pickups now, two too many!

GregCO · Apr 3, 2015

I owned two half ton trucks with king pins when I was young. Got good at changing them too. Once you learned the tricks they weren't bad at all. That twin I beam front end that Ford had was pretty nice once you had a good front end guy bend everything where it needed to be. The only adjustment they had was on the toe. The rest was done by bending the beam. The good part was that after you had it done one time all it ever needed again was a toe set.

Greg

GregCO · Apr 3, 2015

I owned a 75 F100 for many many years. It had a 300 6 with a three on the tree. Plain Jane. Power nothing. Had a heater and a rubber floor mat. I wanted a lower first gear and ended up putting a 4 speed out of a 3/4 ton in it so it could get up the boat ramp with a camper on it with ease. Bolted right in. Honestly probably one of the best vehicles I ever owned. It was not the fastest thing in the mountains, but it was steady and got great mileage for what it was. That thing hauled a 8ft camper and pulled a boat all summer for me for 10 years and it was 10 years old when I bought it.

Greg

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