My new ride....1970

[taxreliever]

1970 Ford F250, 360 - V8 - 4wd, made in Manwah, NJ plant.

Next to the girl!

 

[DNFXDLI]

Nice Ken!..looks to be in decent condtion!

 

[Austin]

KEN! I'm going to have to visit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[LEB Ben]

Good looking rig Ken, glad you added another blue oval to the stable.

 

[taxreliever]

Nice Ken!..looks to be in decent condtion!

It's only got 52k original miles on it. NO rust underneath....when I get a second, I'll take some engine bay pics and underneath....the thing is a tank.

It was a local fire department rig and had been from 1970 when they had this thing custom built to 2008 when it was sold to the fire chief.

KEN! I'mma have to visit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anytime bro!

Good looking rig Ken, glad you added another blue oval to the stable.

Thanks Ben....I'm super psyked about it......I can drive my show baby all summer and during good weather and drive the other one every other time! Love it....would like some of your guys suggestions on doing some minor tinkering. I'm putting the original rims back on it and maybe some street tires for better winter driving. The rims had been sand blasted and primed and ready for paint after tax season....what color? Red, Black?

 

[Austin]

Nice pick. I'd go with white on the rims (I'm a sucker for white steelies on vintage trucks!)

 

[DNFXDLI]

Powdercoat them black.

 

[73F100Shortbed]

Nice truck!!

 

[smokey]

Nice truck great condition for a northern truck.

 

[taxreliever]

Nice truck!!

Thanks!

Nice truck great condition for a northern truck.

Thanks....it being a fire truck was stored indoors it's entire life.....pretty cool! I'll take some detailed pics and post them as soon as I get a breather.

 

[O'Rattlecan]

Awesome truck. You'd have to pay a good deal of money for a beauty like that around here as well!

Stay away from black wheels, jmo. I'd go with white.

Ryan

 

[m78]

Thats looks like a sweet deal Ken, Do you mind saying what it cost you ?

Congrats on the soon to be new baby. Are we going to have pool and bet on time and date ?

 

[LEB Ben]

I say a no go on the black rims as well...either find some white wagon wheels or go with some chrome throw away cheapies.

 

[taxreliever]

Awesome truck. You'd have to pay a good deal of money for a beauty like that around here as well!

Stay away from black wheels, jmo. I'd go with white.

Ryan

I think white is going to be the consensus.....I'm liking it. What do you say Duncan?

Thats looks like a sweet deal Ken, Do you mind saying what it cost you ?

Congrats on the soon to be new baby. Are we going to have pool and bet on time and date ?

No I don't mind....I wish I would have gotten you fellas involved in the selling process. The fire chief bought it from the town for $2k because he was the fire chief! And he had a buyer on the line that same day for $6k who gave it to his son as a gift and the boy couldn't afford to feed this 360, which also has a gvw of almost 8k pounds.....they custom built this baby with a 1 ton suspension and added those dual shocks I've seen on here. They had a huge water tank in the back that had over 2k lbs of water in it so they built it to be heavy duty. It also has a gear to gear divorce transfer case (am I saying it right?) and is a 4 speed (granny 1st).

The kid traded it for 2 dumb vehicles to save on gas, a 4 banger Nissan pick up and an economical throw away car to a local dealer/auto mechanic who is a friend of mine and he immediately called me knowing I love these old Fords as I drive around in my 77. He asked for $5500 and I told him politely where to go. He then emailed me a few weeks later and said, "Ken, for you, $4800" and I told him to go to that place again. He then emailed me back a few weeks later and said, "Ken, for you, and for you only, $3500!" and this time, he got my attention and I paused before I told him to go to that place again. The next few weeks went by and I sent him the email this time and said I'd give him $2500 cash for it. He immediately emailed me back and said, "Ken, for you, and for you only, really, $3000 is as low as I can go." I drove there that next day with that amount of cash and brought it to his new home!!!!

Love this rig!!!! Falling in love with it more and more. Drove it around town the last few days and love it!

Man, is that body straight or what. I'll get more close ups soon!

 

[DNFXDLI]

I say the black looks great with the red.....but you know what youngsters are like with the "blingtastic" looks that they go for....

 

[m78]

Good things come to those who , have patients and can tell'em where to go..

 

[taxreliever]

I say the black looks great with the red.....but you know what youngsters are like with the "blingtastic" looks that they go for....

Absolutely....Hey can you fellas show me how to start a poll on here? Am I allowed to do that?

Good things come to those who , have patients and can tell'em where to go..

Yup...agreed!

 

[taxreliever]

I say a no go on the black rims as well...either find some white wagon wheels or go with some chrome throw away cheapies.

Ben, I got the stock rims for it and they've been sandblasted and primed. Knowing the stock look, would painting them white work as with everyone else's (except Duncan ) opinion on here, I think that's where I'm going. Can't wait till after tax season to play with it more!

 

[taxreliever]

Thats looks like a sweet deal Ken, Do you mind saying what it cost you ?

Congrats on the soon to be new baby. Are we going to have pool and bet on time and date ?

I'm trying to figure out how to do a poll so we can have a pool going.....Her calculated due date is 4-17-11. I'm hoping for a 4-15-11 delivery....how could would that be to have a tax baby born to an accountant!

 

[m78]

Ken , check out the picture of the red bumpside with stock steel wheels and hubcaps.
It's in Austins picture thread here;
http://www.fordtruckfanatics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25234