What's your story?

[LM14]

As a kid, the guy across the street had a very nice cinnamon and cream 2 tone short bed. It sounded good and looked even better. It had deep Cragars on the back and skinnier ones on front. Fast forward 10 years (around '75 or so) and I see the truck at a friends house. I stop and look at it. That great sound came from a 427 medium riser and it had a top loader 4 speed out of a Mustang behind it. Fell in love with that truck.

Louisville, KY after slick stock last year and cut a big window section out of a truck a member there owned. It's ready to go into my truck now.

Also traded the '57 for a '66 short bed (tan and white). It was needing some work, the kind that can cost a lot of money and you don't really notice, so I traded it off.

Always liked them, had to own one. So far I've owned 3. Neat little trucks. Still need to build a '64 short bed to mimick the one I watched across the street while growing up

SPark

[tomsrod]

In 1979 I saw an ad in the local paper for a 1966 F250 camper special. I just sold a 1972 F250 and soon after realized I missed having a pickup. So I went to look at the 1966 F250 and immediately knew I had to have it. I paid $1000 for it and by today's prices it would easily be worth $15,000. Beautiful blue and white 352 automatic with the side tool box and a factory compass. I sold it to a kid two years later and have regretted it ever since. I went to his hometown twice looking for it, but never found it. I've often wondered what happened to it. I bought my current truck from the For Sale ads on FTE in 2001 after seeing one fuzzy old picture and had it shipped here from Montana. I'm keeping this one and am looking for my next slick project.
Great post Greg, looking forward to reading everyone's story.

Pat

[ThinLizzy13]

6 years ago at the ripe old age of 19 I knew absolutely nothing about cars, but wanted to learn. I figured the best way to learn was to go all in and buy something that needed work so that I would be forced to learn. I knew I wanted a truck, and it had to be a Ford. My uncle had a '63 F100, and I just loved the styling of it. I had to have something like that.
I found a 65 F100 flareside with a 352 and a 3 speed on craigslist. My uncle and I went to look at it, and I ended up taking it home. Between my uncle's help and eventually this website I was able to get it up and running. It was a fun truck and I loved driving it.
I eventually sold it to get an engagement ring. It stayed close though. It went to my brother in law to my mother in law, and is now owned by a guy who lives just down the road. Still see it zippin around sometimes.

[yellodog]

always loved the fastback mustangs, even as a little kid. when i got old enough to own one, it was around the mid seventies, so there were still quite a few around. bought a 67 that needed a clutch, and despite no prior automotive experience, i put one in. things snowballed from there, i got a job wrenching at a dearlership and met some real ford gearheads, all my money and time went into cars which by that time weren't all mustangs. a couple fairlanes, a torino cobra, another 67 fastback, a 69 mach, a 70 fastback. then life caught up with me and i took 15 years off from the car hobby. around 2000 i bought a 67 fastback, kept it for a couple years and sold it to help finance a bussiness. thats going well but took up much of my time, so cars took a back seat again till last fall when i decided to start looking. another mustang, fairlane, torino, or galaxie was on my list, whichever i found a good buy on. then i saw this truck on craigslist. wouldn't hurt to go look at it. solid truck, drove nice, half the price of a car in the same shape, whats not to like? drove it home. spent a bunch of time & some money to make it the way i wanted, going to enjoy it now.