Slick 60's

I stopped to look at a 65 CC long box tonight along HWY 34. It was saggin bad. The skin was pretty good, but the box floor and the cab mounts were toast. Had a 352 with a 4 speed. Here's what I'm not sure about. It had an AC compressor on the engine, but the only line coming from the compressor ran to what looked like a 1 pound bottle, and then out to a Neatly coiled air line on the inner fender, capped off with an air chuck. Does this truck have it's own mobile compressor? I may have to go get some pics Sunday.

Engine driven compressor. They are popular with the Jeep crowd for on-trail repairs...

sounds like a homemade air compresser to me. seen more than one ac pump being used for an air compresser.

i have done that. on an amc the outlet side is 1/2" and perfect for a milton quick coupler. just add hose. lol. i think the ford outlet is the same size.

Cool, I had never seen that set up before.

There was an accessory package that came from ford with a generater mounted under the hood. Forget what years this was done, sometime after our trucks , perhaps the early 70's. It was electric start and worked off the trucks battery. Just a piece of trivia that might be of interest to someone.

Rich

when I first saw this POST I thought we where going to talk about Aliens, UFO'S,, Roswell NM Area 54

Rich,

That was a small Onan generator under the hood. It was an option on the "Camper Special" package.

Fred

I didn't see the UFO's untill later that night when the beer ran out

Maybe you should try some of Pat's whiskey.

fmartin_gila wrote:Rich,

That was a small Onan generator under the hood. It was an option on the "Camper Special" package.

Fred

i believe you could get it on the "contractor special" package as well fred.

the one i almost bought was a contractor special.
too bad the generator was the best part of the truck, would have made a nice donor for a slick but otherwise it was in bad shape.

Wow never heard or seen a contractor special, did it have special badging? Not a bad idea, but I bet they didnt sell many!

yes.

http://www.fordification.com/tech/trim.htm#1967-1969

about halfway down the page. we are talking about 67-72 trucks now.

Thanks for the link, Chris-I've never seen some of those emblems.

keith has all kinds of good info over there. spend some time browsing through all that stuff. you'll be amazed.

Pat's whiskey? If it will get ET to my house, I'm in!

ezernut9mm wrote:keith has all kinds of good info over there. spend some time browsing through all that stuff. you'll be amazed.

they even got bump-wiki now.

we need that for slicks

lol. brian, we need someone as ocd as keith to do all that. i know it ain't gonna be me.