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Posted: 7/11/2020 7:20:43 AM EDT
[#1]
Fantastic!
Glad you found your F100! I have my Dad's 69, 360 2 barrel, auto with disc brakes. Looking for a new wheel and tire setup  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/11/2020 7:21:57 AM EDT
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Awesome!
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Posted: 7/11/2020 8:01:11 AM EDT
[#3]
Great story and beautiful truck.
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Posted: 7/11/2020 8:34:23 AM EDT
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Oh my my! Oh hell yes! She is looking sweet OP!
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Posted: 7/11/2020 8:38:56 AM EDT
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That is way cool. Glad that you got it back!!
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Posted: 7/11/2020 8:41:35 AM EDT
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Looks awesome. I learned how to drive in my grandpa’s 1968
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Posted: 7/11/2020 8:42:00 AM EDT
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Mine was a 73 F100 Ranger. Two-tone, brown over baby-shit orange. My dad has some awesome taste...
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Posted: 7/11/2020 8:51:25 AM EDT
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Awesome!
My Dad was a paving contractor in the late 60's and early 70's in San Marcos Tx, until a health crisis hit him at an early age.. It was 2nd through 8th grade for me. Very formative years. He daily drove a 1972 F-250 and also had a 1970 red one ton flat bed dually, set up specifically for a goose neck. Those memories have always stuck with me. That is why my classic is set up as a work truck homage. I would rather of had a Ford, but fate took me to the Chevy and that's ok too. Black Betty is truly a fantastic looking truck! I love it! And it makes me remember my Dad.....thanks. |
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Posted: 7/11/2020 9:38:08 AM EDT
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‘73 F100 Ranger XLT was my first ride. I bought it used in ‘76
360 Auto Trans - AC - Power - Power, that had after market Holly 4 I had it up until ‘98. Sold it when I moved initially a place with nowhere to park a third set of wheels Two engine rebuilds and one trade out. Several rounds of transmission work. It chugged has. 8 MPG town, highway |
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Posted: 7/11/2020 1:01:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wow Original steering wheel?  Not original. I save up 2-3 paychecks when I was 16 to by the Grant steering wheel. |
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Posted: 7/11/2020 1:02:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Beautiful! Straight 6 with a 3 on the tree I hope! 5.0 fuel injected w/AODE from a 93 mustang. |
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Posted: 7/11/2020 1:22:43 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/11/2020 1:24:20 PM EDT
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Quoted: My dad bought me a 1969 Ford F100 when I was almost 15. It was already painted black when I got it and had gray tweed interior. I went through a couple engines in it being your typical high school kid doing magnificent burnouts lol. A few years after high school I traded it to a buddy for a mustang with the intentions of buying it back but never did. He sold it in ‘06 and I lost track of it. I’ve fished around for it off and on and when my dad died 4 years ago I really wanted it back. The buddy I sold it to was going through some old paperwork and found the guys info that he sold it to and called. Turns out the guy still had it and had kept it in his barn down In Stephenville for the last 14 years with the exception of a few short trips around the block and letting his son take it to prom. It’s been driven less than 500 miles since I sold it. He did have the interior redone as it is now which I have no complaints about. I made the trip down to Stephenville on Wednesday and talked him out of it and brought it home. First thing I did was washed the barn dust off of it, shined the tires, and took my wife for a spin. It’s got drum brakes in all 4 corners and they are a little squirrelly after the years so it’s gonna get disc brakes all the way around. Gents, meet Black Betty. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/420595/4D497103-3337-4C18-BEC5-89529E250FCE_jpe-1498508.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/420595/1436E95A-05CC-4A6A-B3D5-5F38C6EBBD30_jpe-1498511.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/420595/AF72DD90-EB0F-4041-865A-2ADCDE41863E_jpe-1498512.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/420595/4728F403-6CE0-4901-839B-E60B8B4370DB_jpe-1498513.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/420595/E0AF45EC-A7C2-43DE-BC81-FD5338818A6E_jpe-1498514.JPG cool story cool pics love the truck congrats |
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Posted: 7/11/2020 1:25:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Fantastic! Glad you found your F100! I have my Dad's 69, 360 2 barrel, auto with disc brakes. Looking for a new wheel and tire setuphttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/305241/IMG_20180812_070731_297_jpg-1498869.JPG that is kick ass |
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Posted: 7/11/2020 1:26:47 PM EDT
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Supercool happy ending!
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Posted: 7/11/2020 1:34:01 PM EDT
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I could get this really cool mustang I’ll trade you for. Let me know.
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Posted: 7/11/2020 3:35:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I could get this really cool mustang I’ll trade you for. Let me know. I’ll ponder on it for a while. Lol |
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Posted: 7/11/2020 3:38:09 PM EDT
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Actual cool story, bro. Looking forward to pics as you continue to restore it.
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Posted: 7/11/2020 4:03:55 PM EDT
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Ole' Blue...
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Posted: 7/11/2020 4:19:32 PM EDT
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Quote Historyi like that one the best!!!! |
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Posted: 7/11/2020 4:24:45 PM EDT
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 1970 Ford Truck Commercial - Featuring it's Twin "I" Beam Suspension What I remember about F100 pickup trucks. 
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Posted: 7/11/2020 4:25:32 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/11/2020 4:43:21 PM EDT
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Any of y’all F-100 enthusiasts know where I can find wheels like these? I’ve also seen more dome shaped caps instead of being stamped.
I’m thinking about either painting my 59 Academy Blue but adding metal flakes.  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/11/2020 5:58:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryTwin I beams are very rugged but it sure doesn't ride as smooth as it looks in that video. My F100 has always felt like you're riding in an old truck. Plus, an alignment lasts about three minutes but it doesn't seem to matter much anyway. ETA grammar |
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Posted: 7/11/2020 5:59:29 PM EDT
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I like the old Fords. My neighbor has a 70's Highboy. Always wanted one after growing in rural America and helping my neighbor out who always had one. I settle for my 1995 Ford Bronco that I fixed up.
Your truck is very nicely restored, OP! |
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Posted: 7/11/2020 6:00:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryNice truck, I've seen that pic before. It's red twin rolls around my town. |
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Posted: 7/11/2020 10:17:57 PM EDT
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I had a 1977 F-100 Custom that I inherited when my Dad died. It was Carolina blue and white. He had put a cap on it and we went camping in the year before he passed away.
Having a pickup truck on a college campus makes you very popular when someone needs to move! A few years later I made the mistake of trading it in on a used 1980 Suburban. My wife thought that was better for us because it had 4x4. Bad, bad mistake. |
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Posted: 7/11/2020 10:20:24 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/11/2020 10:27:30 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/11/2020 10:32:35 PM EDT
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bitchin ride.
great history. |
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Posted: 7/11/2020 10:34:36 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/11/2020 10:36:18 PM EDT
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That’s fucking Rad!
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Posted: 7/11/2020 10:40:29 PM EDT
[#33]
Cool truck, and neat story!
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Posted: 7/11/2020 10:46:14 PM EDT
[#34]
Sexy
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Posted: 7/11/2020 10:52:25 PM EDT
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I learned to drive a manual in my grandmas ‘69 F-100 Ranger farm truck. 390 with 3 on the tree. Every few years she’d repaint it with house paint, LoL.
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Posted: 7/12/2020 7:38:16 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/12/2020 7:42:03 AM EDT
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Suh-weeet!
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Posted: 7/12/2020 7:49:40 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/12/2020 7:58:29 AM EDT
[#39]
Nice!! I love old trucks.
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Posted: 7/12/2020 8:08:30 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/12/2020 8:14:46 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/1/2020 8:48:39 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/1/2020 8:50:19 PM EDT
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You are my hero!!!!!!!!! Congrats. Bad ass!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: 8/1/2020 8:54:15 PM EDT
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Beautiful!
Congrats on getting it back. Please tell us about it. Engine? Transmission? Just noticed it's a short bed. Talk about a popular truck. |
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Posted: 8/1/2020 8:57:46 PM EDT
[#45]
Damn that's a beautiful truck. Those lines. That interior. Damn.
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Posted: 8/1/2020 9:01:35 PM EDT
[#46]
Nice truck. I have a '76 with a 390.
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Posted: 8/1/2020 9:12:53 PM EDT
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Dang, that is sweet. Enjoy it!
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Posted: 8/1/2020 9:55:04 PM EDT
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Truck yeah
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Posted: 8/1/2020 10:11:26 PM EDT
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I have a 1970? F100 that has been in storage for 15 years. It was my grandfathers. It was in a barn and not driven for the last 7 years of his life. It was a farm truck. Not abused, but nothing special either. Are they worth anything? It has the 6-cylinder engine.
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Posted: 8/1/2020 10:20:19 PM EDT
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I had a 71 and 72 around 1989-90 when I was a teenager. Both standard trans; I believe it was the 71 that was three on the tree. Lineage would occasionally jam up and you’d have to pull over and fiddle with it.
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