Since then I have come to purchase/rescue/recycle several other poor trucks that would have otherwise gone to waste or been scrapped. The next one i picked up for 400 bux and it was a short bed with a supposed rust free bed amongst other goodies. However, his idea of rust free is far different than mine although it doesn't look bad in the pictures.
In the end, only the bed, frame, suspension, and axle were saved because he sold off the good parts before i could there and everything else was ruined beyond repair.
After that, I picked up a 71 which also ended being too far gone to repair...but the money let me buy this two weeks ago.
That is a 66 ford f250 that was used as a drag truck. The suspension has been completely overalled and lowered with beams and shackles and came with a rebuilt c6 with only a 1000 miles on it. Also had factory power steering and brakes as well. However, the bed is trashed and the cab has a lot of "interesting" patch panels in it along with a nice hole in the floor for the vacuum tank due to the dual carb 428 he was running it. It also had a title thankfully.
However, the reason i bought that truck, beyond what i have mentioned, is that it came with a disassembled rust free front clip, including the core support...all for 500 bux!!
And then late last week i saw that someone was going to scrap a 64 slick on one forum because he could get 400 for it in scrap. I had looked at the truck previously and offered him that for it but he wouldn't take it at the time. But luckily for me, he couldn't find the title and would therefore have to tear the truck apart to scrap it. After some haggling and talking, I ended trading the guy some old air ride parts and 50 bux for the truck lol and picked up on tuesday. Just cleaned it today and figured I would snap some pictures..
The bed is actually in very good shape for this area, as is the tailgate, hood, outside trim, and seat. However, the cab is in terrible shape as is the front clip. The rear bumper isn't bad either but the front is twisted. The motor is free and I believe it is either a 302 or 289 but I'll have to run the numbers to be sure.
Although I hate scrapping some of this stuff, I do feel better that a lot of it can go to use instead of rotting in a field so if you need anything let me know and I probably have it lol as I plan on getting more of them to finally build my short bed project...one day ill find one with the short bed trim, which would be sweet!!
thanks for looking,
Justin
