prediction....most valuable Slicks in the future

Garbz · Post by **Garbz** » April 29, 2008, 8:08 pm

Rarest will be a wrong bed 61 as there are none....

All were Style side Unis or Flairsides......

Garbz

robert porterfield · Post by **robert porterfield** » April 29, 2008, 8:23 pm

i'm with ice on saveing the fridge style beds for the 4x4's around here most of them are rusty or the bed has been beat clear off the frame...........

Gary Seymour · Post by **Gary Seymour** » April 30, 2008, 5:16 am

Garbz says no wrong beds in 61 - so Ford intended the Unibody to be THE truck for 61 - 63??? What is the reason for both unibody AND wrong bed trucks? Was the unibody design that weak? As far as future value, I have to agree that the uni's will keep gaining popularity - especially big windows. they have a custom look to them right from Ford. But, I believe they are all decent investments - easy to work on, lots of fun for the $$$. It's great to appreciate trucks when muscle cars are out of this world.

63BIGWINDOW · Post by **63BIGWINDOW** » April 30, 2008, 7:47 am

My prediction is the most valuable will be my 63 big window,since it will most likley cause me to be divorced

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » April 30, 2008, 8:08 am

Gary Seymour wrote:Garbz says no wrong beds in 61 - so Ford intended the Unibody to be THE truck for 61 - 63??? What is the reason for both unibody AND wrong bed trucks? Was the unibody design that weak?

I think it had flaws Ford had not anitcipated. A guy I met that runs a parts store here, told me he used to have one he and his wife went camping in. He told me he was up in the Crowsnest pass with a truck camper on, rounding a curve on a mountain road, when his wifes door flew open. He regrets not stepping on the gas at that juncture, but the point is, the doors would fly open (or not open at all) with a load on them.

Farmers and others who worked the trucks figured this out pretty quick and avoided them like the plague. Might explain why there are so many wrong beds here in my farm-based community. Ford had to scramble to get those sales back, so the only beds they had ready to go were the previous years' (fridge) ones. It took them until 1964 to retool a separate box.

beagle · Post by **beagle** » April 30, 2008, 9:36 am

I think the rarest will be the '63 BBW Uni CC.... In '63 you could get a flare side or a wrong bed for the full model year, and by then most buyers had seen the wear and tear on the Unis from '61 and '62...any one ever see the sales figures on Slicks from those years?

The Big M · Post by **The Big M** » April 30, 2008, 2:12 pm

Slick Fan wrote:

Looks a little funny with the '61 grille. Nice truck though.

Gritsngumbo · Post by **Gritsngumbo** » April 30, 2008, 2:56 pm

63BIGWINDOW wrote:My prediction is the most valuable will be my 63 big window,since it will most likley cause me to be divorced :wink:

There's a big difference in "valuable" and "expensive" LOL

Gritsngumbo · Post by **Gritsngumbo** » April 30, 2008, 3:03 pm

The Big M wrote:Looks a little funny with the '61 grille. Nice truck though.

Yeah, but this way you know it's a FORD!