THE Early 60's F100's

Where do I start for learnin bout these trucks? searched google and stuff but only brings up the fifties trucks. I want to know where to get parts and what swaps are good ideas. stuff like that.
Thanks DoOds!

 

try: [email protected]

worked for me.

 

you mean this : http://groups.msn.com/slick60sfordfseries61to66

 

http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=40&page=1&sort=lastpost&order=&pp=25&daysprune=-1

 

ask the guy at auto zone, those guys know everything, dont they ? ? ?

Whatcha need to know about, i have got a little experience from workin on my 62

 

That ford-trucks.com link will prove to be invaluable if you get a 57-60, or any ford truck for that matter. I've been a member on there for a couple of years now, and they have well thought out tech articles on about everything you could want to do to that thing.
Jake

 

Id give just about anything to have my 57 F-100 back.Theres a 59 over in the body shop where I work & its makin me crazy(er).

 

Feel free to ask i have one myself and lookin at a couple more worked on a few of em the links posted by shifftymutt and hudson custom are excellent places to look for just about anything if ya can't find an answer just ask.

 

Is there any suppliers for sheet metal patches for these trucks? If anyone has pics of cool f100's feel free to post em!

 

i never found any patch panels. i got a 1960 f100 i'm parting out.

 

LMC Truck has some patch panels for those trucks. www.lmctruck.com

 

Here's a couple of pictures of '57-60 trucks I pulled of the HAMB.

 

i got a '61 unibody i'm buildin' and drivin' at the same time. mine has a 292 Y-block, 4barrel, headers, cherry bombs and a posi......what more could you want?

unibodies are hard to find sheet metal parts for cause there are no reproduction parts being made other than the front clip (fenders, hood, grille, ect.) which are the same as the regular pickups.

ncg

 

For '61-'66 Ford trucks go here: http://www.fordtruk.com/forums/index.php
They are closing the MSN site and moved here. Stay away from that FTE site, bunch a Nazi's run the place and a million pop ups.

 

Dennis Carpenter, NPD, Mac's Antique Auto Parts, Carolina-Classics.com are just a few vendors that support those trucks. The aftermarket is growing as interest in them has as well.

 

Here is a shot I had of I that I a 58.


CBB

 

Wow, what am I typing. I guess I should'nt talk on the phone an try and type at the same time.


CBB

 

You can start by buying one or both of my 64's.

 

Comet is correct. add Sacramento Vintage and i think someone mentioned LMC already. i also like to peruse:

-BlueOvalTruck
-Classicperform.com has some
-Fordtruck.com good for reference stuff
-F100.com
-F100 article 1960

...and the most important ones:
-y-blocksforever (this is the old forum but a goldmine for reference...shorten to ".com" only for new forum)
-y-block.com (parts and excellent reference)

...got a whole folder full more of bookmarks.

 

if your 64s are in redding that is pretty far to drive and i am poor and dont want the oil companies to have any more of my money.

I LOVE Y BLOCKS! thanks for the good links!

 

Here's the look I'm going with for my '59

 

You can get alot of solid information from the guys at FTE. I am one of the 'Nazi's' who worked on an IFS tech article, contributed a little and have been with them a while listening and learning.

You'll find guys like 286Merc there for example. He's good wherever he writes. There's a bunch of new guys there, filling in where some of the older heads have disappeared. There are guys who restore trucks to a fair thee well and those who hotrod their trucks.

The accumulated knowledge among those who remain, and those who have passed on what they have learned is focused on 48-60 trucks and just as solid as the good HAMB info we get here. I'd go see them if I had a truck in this vintage-- they are some damn nice guys.

himmelberg

 

Here are some shots of my 59. As you can see she is in prety good shape..real bitch to get in, but hey she's got 4 wheel dirve, a great interior, look at that beast under the hood, and of curse I need it to pull the air stream..

 

I guess that be one of the new low emissions models eh?

 

Yep. Took all day to lay her on her side to get a shot of the transfer case...

 

Heres a shot of my 58
its got a 302/ c4. I lowered it the cheap way
flipped the front axle and raised the steering box.
rides pretty good. ended up being about a 6" drop all around

 

oops heres the pictures
got a long way to go
but its coming around
Ryan

 

i cant remember if anyone said it yet, but blue oval truck parts is a really good source of parts. there one of the few that have parts for the unibodies.

ncg

 

Sweet!! these trucks look really good in primer for some reason. I know there are crossmembers and motor mounts to swap motors/trans but is that all it takes to get one in there. pretty much just bolt in the mounts and crossmembers?

 

Bitchin truck, totally bitchin.