I’m dead serious.
If you want the Two Tone paint, a Tow Package, Billet Hardware and some other goodies, it’ll run ya $325.000.00.
And Someone, is actually buying these things!
Oh it’s nice, don’t get me wrong but let me show you something here.
One of my Brothers picked up this completely restored 76 Ford F-250 4X4 last year with a rebuilt 360 V8, brand new interior etc. etc. etc.,
for $27.000.00.
Silly me, here I thought this thing was expensive!
It’s a sweet assed truck too, trust me, I drove it.
You will notice, the total purchase price included a custom front bumper, winch and there is a freaking tow package hanging off the ass under another custom bumper!!
Anyone who pays over a Quarter of a Million Dollars for a pickup is a COMPLETE fucking moron with WAY too much disposable income in my book.
The summer after senior year in a Miami high school, I ‘worked construction’.
When I asked one of my co-workers why he drove a Caddy, and my father (an “executive”) drove a Chevy, he said. “I can sleep in my car, but he can’t drive his house.”
They are paying for an old-school pickup with all new-school crap installed. So fuel injection and computer controlled and all that malarky.
They have gone through and completely rebuilt the body but…
A lot of old, non-computer, non-EFI, non-modern cars are being updated with all-modern crap under the old-school looks.
Which, of course, completely undoes the whole reason for having an old-school vehicle.
Sum it up There IS a sucker born every minute, so……
Leigh, did a 1964 F 250 4X4 have a two shift transfer case? Maybe a transfer case PTO lever?
I noticed that too.
Your typical transfer case from that era was a single stick. My 70 F100 was either 2WD or 4WD. Other units had Neutral and 4WD Low, as well; but still a single stick.
Not sure what their intentions are. It could be a PTO, which in this case, I’d doubt.
There is another option – a double reduction transfer case. Essentially two transfer cases in tandem to get extra deep gear reduction for really slow wheel speeds at mid-range RPM. Rock crawlers use those for their big wheels and ease of putt-putting over obstacles without bogging the engine. Why they would have that on a $325k truck is another question. It’s not exactly a mud buggy.
Leigh
Whitehall, NY
All the ones I remember, including my Brother’s were single stick.
Neutral, 4 HI and 4 Low.
That’s because to get it out of 2 WD, you had to get out and turn the hubs in.
Which BTW, my Brother couldn’t get his into 4WD.
I had to stop by on my way to Burns Or and show him the old trick of turning the hubs in and THEN, backing up 20 feet to get them both to lock in. One of his didn’t want to lock and he had no experience with them.
Once he did that they both locked in and he was good to go.
I told him he had to do the same thing when he UNLOCKED them.
They were the original FOMOCO hubs, not the WARN aftermarkets.
had to do the same thing with my 1989 4runner
lock and unlock the hubs.
damn shame. as driving and shifting the gears got my leg to burning after 1/2 hour of driving it.
sold/gave it away to guy who drove up from KY with a trailer to buy it. he already owned a 88 and was going to rebuild mine for his kid. until he saw and found out all the goodies on mine. now the kid is getting the 88 and he going to get my old truck back on the road. and the fact that I am too fucked up to keep working on it these days
he paid cash and left with a smile as I threw in the shop books as well as some spare parts I had around.
Hey, Phil, please unlatch the bonnet on your computer and top-up the ink. It’s running on empty and I can’t see the pictures of any cars. It would be criminal if you did another Irish!s type post next Friday and we couldn’t see any of the redhead girls. Then again, you could just say that you posted some, it’d be cheaper.
So what do you think the cause probably is, and how do I fix it? I’m thinking that your editor may be sipping the ink for a free high, sorta kinda like the kids and their ‘chroming’. Better check for multi-colour stains around his nostrils, also on his sub-editor who does the bottom of each page, Guido.
John-O, if you’re looking at this site on a phone or tablet, be aware that things don’t render as well as a laptop or computer. Can you move the picture around using either a cursor or moving it with your finger?
Just curious…
Igor, what picture? Just white squares visible, but we are talking about Phil & Cederq, yes?
I was moaning that I couldn’t see any pics, but if Leigh is all excited, it’s just another Phoard.
I had a 1969 F 150 with a single stick transfer lever, 2wd/4wd, neutral,4 wdlow. The grill looks like mine did, I thought someting wong with that picture.
$300,000, I ain’t gonna want to rock climb or mud bog so a double redu case is superfluous…
Your brother’s pickup is extremely nice. My brother bought a ’76 F-250 new. Same 360, same 4 speed, same underbed tool box. His was solid yellow like a construction company might buy, and it was a deal not to be passed up. I can’t remember how long he kept it or why he sold it but I do remember that it was a damn fine pickup while he had it. A little tough on gas mileage, but a great pickup regardless.
And then there’s the fact that Ford pickups back then were some of the best looking pickups ever made.
If I had the money, I’d be that fuckin’ moron.
I do love me some “Bumpside” trucks.
One problem though, from the picture – that is a 67 to 69.
Just by the style of grill.
NOT a 64.
BTW – That 76 is sweet looking ride.
Leigh
Whitehall, NY
But, Leigh, the buyer may want to drive it around, not just park it and look at it. So how will he be able to do that? It being a Ford, after all.
Apparently there is a shit load of people with money to piss away. I would rather have the original, they can keep the reproductions. Now if any of y’all are flush with extra money, mama just give me, my daddy’s-1964 Willys CJ3B Jeep. I’m thinking off frame restoration, but keep it as original as possible. It already converted to 12 volt and has a heater from 65 ford pickup, other than that it’s all original, to include the vacuum wipers
My first 4×4 was a 78 F100 XLT with a 400M, 4-speed w/granny low, going back to a 4:11 LS rear with factory 3″ lift that came with 33’s. The engine had been bored .030″ over, worked 351C heads, Edelbrock long runner 4V intake, Holly 800 CFM carb, cam to make the most torque for the 9.8 compression, and Hooker long tube headers. It was loaded with AC, cruise control, and factory AM/FM/CB cassette radio. I helped the original owner re-build the engine when it had 75K miles on it we upgraded the front diff to a spool, the rear to a Detroit Locker and cut the fill tube inside the fuel tank to make it almost even with top of the tank. That fuel tank mod was to turn a 15.5gal capacity tank to a 21 gallon tank. Ford used the same tank but lengthened the fill tube to have the standard tank but shortened the tube to have the optional 20 gal tank. It could be cut shorter to get the max of 21 gallon capacity. The valve guides were shot at 70K miles and he was having to add a quart of oil every tank of fuel.
When it had 80K on the truck my buddy, who was the OE, got divorced. It was messy and he sold me the truck for about a thousand over the cost of the rebuild. The deal was he would buy it back once the divorce was final. That never happened as the wife got everything and a hefty child support monthly. He didn’t recover financially until his kid finished college 10 years later. He had a second family when he married a school teacher that was 17 years younger than he was. I drove the truck as a second vehicle for 14 years. It had 90k showing on the odometer when I traded it in on a new 99 F150 Lariat. The dealership GM was looking for a late 70’s 4×4 and I got a fantastic deal on a trade in. They did an off frame restore and that truck was in the showroom for over a decade.
Might as well get something from Apocalypse Manufacturing for that money.
And it has an 8274 on the front bumper
1971, Eleven years old and spotted my first F-250 Hi-Boy, my buddies were all jacked up over Mustangs and Camaros, not me. Finally owned one in 1998.
The truck pictured at the top of this post is not a ’64. This body style was built from ’67 thru ’72. Awfully nice, although I wouldn’t give that kind of money for it.
There is no shortage of people who have far more money than common sense.
My roommate has a ’68 250 with a 360 sitting in the garage. Second owner (first was her dad). Thing is pretty straight, and she’ll take a pittance for it, comparatively. I keep bugging her to sell it, so’s to make room for my Silverado and Harley.
No.
If I had sick money I might consider it but thats all. Your brother got a hell of a deal. A friend of mine still drives his 70’s model ford no updates. Last time I saw it, it was in mint condition.
there a guy down the road on route 53 who has a 68-70 chevy C10 but from what I heard he wanted stupid money for it at the time. barn job, used to be owned by
his uncle, I think it was. anyway, no one wanted to give him the 50 grand he thought it was worth, so he “fixed it up enough” to drive himself. bubba job.
body looks mostly good, paint is shot to hell. looks like he went with short pipes
that stick out the sides just past the cab. but really if it was like 10 grand or so,
I talk with the bank and get it now that I know a good shop nearby.
First truck for me was 76 f250 Custom 390/auto. Good truck but terrible handling. Twin I Beam is b.s.. Traded in on 80 f250 that ruined me on Ford.
Dual shocks up front fix the twin I issue. With duals they corner awesome.