F3000

Fordman · Post by **Fordman** » March 26, 2010, 12:12 am

here sia truck that just came into the recycle center i vist all the time. i thought you guys might want to see it and or get soem parts from it. it is a fresh unstripped truck. anyway it is for your viewing pleasure reguarless. i forgot to edit and clean up any of the pictures. i will do that pretty quickly.

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » March 26, 2010, 7:23 am

craig, i want that hood scoop now!!!!!

Hawkrod · Post by **Hawkrod** » March 26, 2010, 8:32 am

Yep, get back and grab that hood scoop ASAP, they are worth a serious good chunk of money! Hawkrod

Here are the last two from eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 0348493962

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 0591299733

Michelle · Post by **Michelle** » March 26, 2010, 9:14 am

There are lots of good parts on that truck. The raised roof headliner is next to impossible to find that is not broken. The instrument panel has the air pressure gauge and tach in it, and probably the S/W heavy duty speedometer. I wish it was setting in my back yard, it would be stripped cleaner than a checken with in a week.

Fordman · Post by **Fordman** » March 26, 2010, 11:58 am

i'm goin back out today. i was going to get a list and start removign parts. i got the bumpside arm rest off yesterday. and i had started on the hood scoop but ran out of time. so far i have 2 open messages 3 pm's and one phone call all abotu the hood scoop. i have to get it off first. what year would you call this truck? that bed is so long it is unreal.

36truck · Post by **36truck** » March 26, 2010, 5:45 pm

By the hood emblem It looks like a 68 or 69.

Fordman · Post by **Fordman** » March 26, 2010, 6:30 pm

i wondered about those hood emblems. i stripped alot of the truck today and took some pictures. here are the extra pictures i took. the headliner isnt torn up it is dirty. i thought about getting those air horns for myself. that might be cool. oh and check out the speaker hole in the dash. that looks very professionally done or maybe a factory deal. but i have read the factory never did those so i don't know.

Fordman · Post by **Fordman** » March 26, 2010, 6:31 pm

and what size botls are those that hold the arm rest on. i tried a 3.8 socket and it didnt seem to fit over the head. i couldn't get a 7/16 into the arm rest.

jimbo66 · Post by **jimbo66** » March 26, 2010, 7:53 pm

I'd like to get that speedo/tach set up from you!

factorystock · Post by **factorystock** » March 26, 2010, 11:20 pm

Last year of the classic styling era (1969) it was replaced by the boring boxy looking lousiville in 1970. Must be a 8000, never was a 3000, which means it probably has a diesel engine. Does it have a bench seats or separate seats?

Fordman · Post by **Fordman** » March 27, 2010, 1:45 pm

i sold the cluster already yesterday about 4.

it does have a cat in it i think. i saw yellow anyway. i has two seats one is a air ride seat. pretty cool. i thought about it but i dont know where i would put it

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » March 27, 2010, 7:22 pm

i saw this truck today. quite a shame it was rolled into a box trailer and crushed the left front of the truck.
the engine looks like an 1180? i can't remember, but it's a v8 cat for sure. it has a 5x2 transmission(s).
michelle, that head liner looked like it was complete and in good shape.
it does have two separate seats. the drivers being an air ride, but i think the brackets will work with mustang buckets. fordman is going back for them i think. they looked similar to what jim is selling for the bumpside trucks.

Michelle · Post by **Michelle** » March 27, 2010, 10:28 pm

The drivers seat is more than likely a Bostrom Viking T bar. It is not an air ride seat but is mechanically adjustable to the drivers weight, it has a torsion bar and will ride just a good as an air ride. The best part is that you don't have to run air lines to it to make it work. My N has one of these type seats in it. I do not think any of the F or N series had factory air ride seats. My truck has a good headliner but if you guys can get the headliner out in one piece it would be well worth the effort to save it. They are getting harder to come by with each passing year.

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » March 27, 2010, 10:35 pm

you are probably right michelle. there was a lever on the side that seemed to work like a ratchet. i didn't look too closely at it.
i am going to have to convince him to pull the headliner. he does this to make money, so i will have to talk him into getting it without really having a buyer lined up.
i really want the "ford" plate that goes across the top of the grille for a decoration in my basement. i didn't have the tools to get it taken off today.

Fordman · Post by **Fordman** » March 28, 2010, 1:53 am

if i go after that air horn and hood lights the headliner will have to come down i think. i really don't have a place to store it though. and it is a F8000. i looked at the emblems wrong oops. that cat motor was a 1160 re manufactured i think it said above the sticker. i told chris we should drop that in one of our trucks. lol i'll get the front ford bar for you. and i Will look at that seat again. i also say that teardrop looking lever on the side of the seat. it jambed me in the behind once or twice while we were removing rubber from the windshield to get that out. i hope it road home ok.

Fordman · Post by **Fordman** » March 28, 2010, 1:55 am

oh and those seat brackets to me didnt look like the bumpside seat bucket brackets to me. they looked more like the older style like you were saying. they arent angled back really. i would have liked to have drove a truck like this. i think its really cool just sitting in it.

Michelle · Post by **Michelle** » March 28, 2010, 9:30 am

If you do save the headliner I may be able to sell it for you, so let me know.

Fordman · Post by **Fordman** » March 28, 2010, 3:03 pm

if you can sell it do it. i will try to get it out without damging it. i'm pretty sure i can do that. i'm not sure where to store it until then. maybe in another truck out there.

factorystock · Post by **factorystock** » March 28, 2010, 5:50 pm

Everyone should keep their eyes on the extra heavy duty models for great parts. When Ford raised the roof line on the F 800 and up, they also raised the standard bench seats with higher brackets for more leg room.

flareside64 · Post by **flareside64** » March 28, 2010, 7:12 pm

When you remove the headliner and your carrying it outside, be sure its not a windy day...those cardboard headliners like to rip easily... It happened to me once...not cool.