THE Early 60's F100's

heres my '65

 

chazzin~
that thing is crazy! i like. what you got under the hood?

ncg

 

thanks its got the old 390. pretty strong motor. but its my daily so its pretty tuff on gas$

 

Dang now I want to keep one of mine. But I do need to cut back on the number of untouched projects sitting in other people's yards.

 

Okay i gotta ask how you got the front end dropped did you go with the volare front graft or did ya figger sumthin better out.

 

VERY nicely done, chazzin! THATS what i'm talkin' 'bout.

 

Man I saw that thing at dixie fried this past weekend. WOW. What a sweet ride. It made me want to take mine in a new direction. I'm istalling a Aerostar clip in mine this weekend. Hopefully that will get it low enough.

Here is a pic of mine. This is an old pic so it looks a little different now but not much.

 

any one want to trade me a 58-60 panel for a 65 galaxie 4 door hardtop?

 

everything is stock up front except for the bags and dropped i-beams, but if i could do it again i would swap it all out. the i-beams are a pain

 

im run a y-block in my 61 unibody. 4barrel & headers are the only mods and i'm gettin 6.3 miles per gallon! runs a little rich still, but cant figure it out. luckily its not my daily.....yet.

ncg

 

did you modify the beams then to get the drop or do you just have it bagged to drop when parked looks pretty good either way i've been toying with the idea i know someone makes beams called dream beams but their like a grand or more.I know a couple people that swapped in a front section to do it, and a couple that flipped the body of the truck on a country squire wagon frame and that worked out pretty good.

 

can u bag with ibeams?

 

i just enjoyed the pics, not that anyone cares

 

um i bought dropped beams, ithink they were called dream beams, but they didnt cost that much. and yes you can bag with beams. thanks

 

Great thread. I've always loved the 61-66 body style but the 57-60 style has really started to grow on me.

Here's my (rough!) '62 Merc uni:





It's getting a new floor in the next couple weeks. There are a variety of patch panels available for these trucks at the vendors mentioned earlier.

 

Nice find there a merc uni sweet.Can't wait to see what ya do with her.

 

Thanks! The nice-and-low stance in the first pic is due to a flat tire on one side and a missing wheel on the other but I'm hoping to get it that low when it's running. I'll be sticking with the solid front axle.

I'm also going to keep the factory paint scheme, only with slightly different shades. Probably a satin or flat red on the bottom, white pearl on top, and a nice subtle stripe in between. Wide whites, painted steelies, and a 223 inline six for cruisin'...

 

Here are the most recent pics of my truck.

 

Here's my dads.

 

I love my '60. She's daily driven, and this weekend I'll be finishing up her 292 Y-block swap.

 

thats nice! man i forgot about this thread.

 

I just wanted to post pics of my 65. Just installed droped I beams today. I have big plans for it. I'll show updates soon.

 

Big Plans? Heck, nothing wrong with it right now....except for the wheels.

 

hey guys ive got a 63 shortbed uni its been sitting since 95 when my pops parked it been toying with getting it runnin anyone used the speedway motors front disc set up i cant find cheap wheel cylinders for the front also wondering about how low you can go with these wondering thoughts on front end need to do it on the cheap options are drop axle remove leafs and install bags who knows

 

Luckystrike: did your '65 have twin I-beams? what year did they move to that?

 

Man, that's hard to read! First thing you need to buy is a keyboard with commas, periods, and other punctuation! LOL

 

My toy is four wheel drive so it would not have the twin I-beam set up. I'm not sure what year they started that but I'm thinking 60 or later.

 

"58s are the best looking of all the SQUARE Fords.

 

Not a fan of the 58 hoods, I've got to say that the 59's are my favorite of the genre.

 

'65 was the first year for the twin I beam.

Tom