Slick 60's

I've gone off the deep end once again into that sweet mix of smooth lines and long bodies. Many thanks to Jonas (and his brother) as my second slick should be in the drive come the end of the week.

No photos yet, but good conversations and descriptions.

1961 Uni longbed. 292, 4sp. blue and white.

It will be my first straight axle and dealings with generators


This one will sit till my 66 gets it's seat recovered, headliner installed, brakes redone, and water pump replaced.

Congratulations! I would like to have one of those myself.

Couldn't wait for Barrett-Jackson, could you Gregg?

it is a sickness! congrats

congrats.

dont be scared of the generator

Nor the straight axle

Gritsngumbo wrote:Nor the straight axle

yeah..... they can be changed out for something else.

nice buy Gregg!

Bill W wrote:

Gritsngumbo wrote:Nor the straight axle

yeah..... they can be changed out for something else.

nice buy Gregg!

yes they can , one with gears !

I was going to say the sound of the yblock will calm you down, but after thinking about it will just probably increase your fever! whatever, still good medicine!

well it's in my driveway. certainly a project. I was sad to see a whole in roof at the side along the edge of the cab and the whole inside along the edge is really rusty. The hood is really bad, i'll just get a different one. seems to have a ton of surface rust, but no visible holes in the floor, but im sure if I brushed or poked they would be there. All that said, I pretty happy with it. Im slightly worried about what is under the drop in bedliner, but from the bottom I didn't see any holes. Looks like my first real use of my welder will be along the roof edge.

Here is all the photos
http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m29/ ... 61Unibody/

Here are a few if the highs and lows

Nice find Gregg that one will keep you busy for a while. Looks like you will get to sharpen your welding skills for sure.

indeed. I need to get a rubber plug or something to cover up that 2nd gas take hole in the bed till i can something better. I can only imagine where all that water went, and what it did to the metal

cool truck!

I can see why it wont start!, the earth lead is off the battery!, good looking project Gregg!

Tin tape makes a great temporary patch to keep the weather out. But good luck getting it off! Cool truck!

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Congrats!

F7BIGJOB wrote:Gregg, is that a real F250 w/ F100 nomenclature on hood? Or did someone change out the drivetrain?

im not sure yet, no door tag, so I need to look at the frame and dig around the glove box and research the difference between the two. # of leaf springs/rear end options and so on.

here is a video if you have a spare 15 minutes and want to see/hear my walk around.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38BGWstxXNs

So he went for the shotgun/canoe trade after all!