Might have found me a bumpside!

[Ludachris]

Don't want to jinx anything but I'm about to make an offer.





It's a '72 with a 360 and 4-speed manual. All original. Hoping to get this thing in the driveway soon. Fingers crossed!

 

[Fellro]

Looks like a nice one!

 

[Beach66Bum]

Wow! What a beauty!!
Fingers double crossed

 

[kiwi f150]

That looks nice and original ..... would you drive it "as is" or restore it?

 

[Ludachris]

That looks nice and original ..... would you drive it "as is" or restore it?

I would drive it as is. I'd probably look into refreshing the chassis and drivetrain, possibly add disc brakes and make sure it's prepared to tow, but I don't know that I'd completely restore it. I like that original look. I'd likely never have it repainted. That's been the toughest part in my search, finding something that has original paint in decent condition with some patina, but not swiss cheese.

 

[Beach66Bum]

Did you get it!?

 

[Ludachris]

Did you get it!?

 

[fatherdoug]

Hope it goes through! Nice truck.

 

[Kaajot]

That's neat.

Is this the first "Custom" series? I have a '92 F-150 Custom, didn't know it went back further.

 

[Ludachris]

Escrow payment funded. One step closer.

 

[Ludachris]

Waiting for the transport company to come back with a pick up date... I'll celebrate when it's delivered.

 

[heavydoc]

Love the new avatar and banner pic

 

[Ludachris]

Potentially having it picked up for it tomorrow, delivered on Monday! We'll see.

 

[Beach66Bum]

Potentially having it picked up for it tomorrow, delivered on Monday! We'll see.

Oh ya! Then picture time for us on FTF!

 

[Ludachris]

Loaded on the truck as of yesterday.

 

[Beach66Bum]

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Loaded on the truck as of yesterday.

 

[Ludachris]

She’s here! The girls are trying to come up with a name.





I’m just sitting here enjoying the smell of a vintage vehicle again.

 

[Fellro]

Looks like a nice base to start with, congrats!

 

[Ludachris]

I'm really happy with it. Bummed that the grille has some damage but outside of that and a dent in the bed on the passenger side, it really is in pretty good condition. It's been a simple, no frills work truck its whole life. No factory radio, no power anything, no creature comforts outside of the heater. It has 94k miles on the clock and the seller believes those to be the actual miles, as it's been in the family the whole time. His uncle bought it new and passed it on to his dad, then he got it. And it looks like that could be the case.

Time to get on eBay and some other sites.

 

[Fellro]

That grille dent might be able to be worked out of it. Side dent could be a bit trickier, but not impossible. Front bumper may or maybe not be salvageable.