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Craigslist 66 F250 Camper Special
Posted: June 25, 2010, 2:41 pm
by Gnant
Posted: June 25, 2010, 3:42 pm
by fire truck
That's pretty nice. Why get rid of the aux tanks?
Posted: June 25, 2010, 5:03 pm
by Gnant
Call me paranoid, but inside the frame rail is the only place for a gas tank.
Posted: June 25, 2010, 6:33 pm
by Max
Do those arm rests come blue like that?
Posted: June 25, 2010, 6:34 pm
by Michelle
Gnant wrote:Call me paranoid, but inside the frame rail is the only place for a gas tank.
Not unless you drive Chevys, they use to put them outside the frame rail.
Posted: June 25, 2010, 6:41 pm
by Gnant
Yes I think the arm rests came that way. They looked original to me.
Posted: June 25, 2010, 7:01 pm
by Gnant
Michelle,
Those Chevy tanks usually killed the people who t-boned the truck. The tank popped like a big zit.
Posted: June 25, 2010, 8:29 pm
by jakdad
Gnant wrote:Michelle,
Those Chevy tanks usually killed the people who t-boned the truck. The tank popped like a big zit.
I don't care what the fault is, my a$$ ain't geared up for no cook out!
Posted: June 25, 2010, 8:50 pm
by Michelle
Max wrote:Do those arm rests come blue like that?
Max, I had a blue and white 64 CC back in the day and it had blue arm rest.
Posted: June 25, 2010, 9:00 pm
by firerod63
Max wrote:Do those arm rests come blue like that?
I've seen em in LMC in blue...
Posted: June 25, 2010, 9:12 pm
by semotrucker
You mention bigger tires on it...are they bigger than 16's ?
Cam
Posted: June 25, 2010, 9:16 pm
by Max
I've never seen them for sale in any color other than black, red or saddle (tan). I just looked at LMC's catalog online and don't see blue. Sure would help if I could find them like that.
Posted: June 26, 2010, 9:37 am
by Michelle
Max wrote:I've never seen them for sale in any color other than black, red or saddle (tan). I just looked at LMC's catalog online and don't see blue. Sure would help if I could find them like that.
I am like you Max, I have not seen them in any after market catalog that were blue, you will probably have to end up dying them. Here's an idea, you may try looking in some of the Falcon and Comet catalogs, it is a possibility that they may have them in blue.
Posted: June 26, 2010, 9:45 am
by fire truck
semotrucker wrote:You mention bigger tires on it...are they bigger than 16's ?
Cam
they're bigger overall, like 285s instead of 245s...
Posted: June 26, 2010, 9:46 am
by ezernut9mm
years ago, lmc used to sell the arm rests in a bunch of colors. i bought a pair of red ones for my old 64.
as far as i know, they dont sell them anymore.
Posted: June 26, 2010, 11:05 am
by simonscr
Jaguar xk E type and Triumph TR 7 use an Identical armrest. Found a pair of used black ones at the shop I work at. I have seen black, tan, blue, and I think green armrest in the TR 7. 2 cars that may be a good source for used door armrest.
Posted: June 27, 2010, 11:18 pm
by factorystock
Looks like a nicely preserved pickup, no doubt it was used as a recreational vehicle most of its life, not a work truck.Low mileage, clean and the most refined year model of the series, makes it worth the price. These 66 camper specials were hard to find in the 1970's and 1980's before the internet, original owners rarely wanted to sell these models. Most trucks for sale back then were rougher work horse base models.I guess original owners are now in the 70's and 80's and their familes are letting them go.
Posted: June 28, 2010, 12:48 pm
by Gnant
The fact it was a 66 camper special is why I went to check it out. It has been repainted, so don't let the shine fool you. I have dissasembled a 69 camper special to the frame and am planning on putting my 65 cab and front clip on it. I was going to make it a flatbed. It would cost way more than $6k to finish, so I said what the heck, go check it out. For you guy's in the rustbelt, this is the type of vehicle you need to come buy. It's a two owner truck.
Posted: June 28, 2010, 12:58 pm
by ICEMAN6166
the bumpside owners have a far better chance at scoring armrests as the same ones were also used in the E-series vans till 90 when the body style finally changed.
Posted: June 29, 2010, 9:41 pm
by firerod63
Maybe it wasn't LMC. Maybe it was one of my other 10s of thousands of catalogs around here. I will take another look through what I have and if I find blue, I will let you know where to get em and how much they are.
