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So as the title shows, let the record be set that right now i am in nothing more then research mode, just like my two threads 7 months ago haha... I just managed to make it back to Canada for the summer and snap some pictures.
Truck is rough, but it has stories, none from my family as my grandfather bought for the grain box on the back (with unholy intention of welding a piece of oil rig pipe to the bumper to drag it behind a tractor...)
Nothin is official yet, as like i said i need to look into some stuff first before i attempt to take this off his hands... he thinks i am nuts already haha
First and foremost... I found this little gem in the glove box...
What can anyone tell me about this? This truck sits in my grandparents bale yard, so i snapped these pictures as i had a few minute while the bale truck was being unloaded (i play driver when i am there), and in my rush i did not look/find any other sort of "vin" or ID number. Like i said, in my rush i simply just looking on the dash on the drivers side where model day vehicle have the vin, didn't see anything and kept going... The truck has "papers" like a pink card and stuff when it was parked, oh bout 5/6 years ago, but they were no longer in the glove compartment when i looked and i didn't think until now, 2 hours away and about to get on a plane putting another 1400 between us, the ask my grandmother is she had them filed some where
From my research in the last couple weeks, and memory (which is poor) this truck is a 1959. I remember a 19x9 on the paper when i did see them, and judging by other pictures i have seen, its pretty obvious its a '59...but maybe some one can correct me if they know other wise or can "Decode" the picture above.
Here is my album to all the pictures i grabbed, http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Hick67/F-600/.
The truck is rough, it was a farm truck till the it was parked, painfully obviously by all the 5 gallon pails and grain shovels in the cab... all that came with the truck, Auctioneer and owner felt it "added" character to the truck, haha
Now on to the single biggest question...
I was sifting threw LMC and was looking at body panels for what appears to be this very truck. The image, fenders every thing looked exactly like this "f-600" but the magizine simply said F-100/F-250... Did they use the same bodies for all the trucks, just threw different badges on them for the different frames they sat on?
Cause i mean they sell every from the rocker panel, to the step, both the bottom plate and curves plate... even half the fenders which you can NEED replacing badly, although i would be lying if i said i wasn't tempted to stop what ever rust i can, and leave all the farmer body work... like i said, this truck has stories, just look at it.
If some one could straighten me out on this issue it would be a HUGE help. I need just about every piece of sheet metal LMC sells for it and i am looking at a grand worth of metal alone... Seeing as how this is nothing more then a pipe dream that won't see the light of day for least 5 years... i would have no problem collecting parts now and storing them with the truck until that day comes, as i don't know how much longer LMC can offer some of these parts...
Advice and comment welcome,
Scott
Truck is rough, but it has stories, none from my family as my grandfather bought for the grain box on the back (with unholy intention of welding a piece of oil rig pipe to the bumper to drag it behind a tractor...)
Nothin is official yet, as like i said i need to look into some stuff first before i attempt to take this off his hands... he thinks i am nuts already haha
First and foremost... I found this little gem in the glove box...
What can anyone tell me about this? This truck sits in my grandparents bale yard, so i snapped these pictures as i had a few minute while the bale truck was being unloaded (i play driver when i am there), and in my rush i did not look/find any other sort of "vin" or ID number. Like i said, in my rush i simply just looking on the dash on the drivers side where model day vehicle have the vin, didn't see anything and kept going... The truck has "papers" like a pink card and stuff when it was parked, oh bout 5/6 years ago, but they were no longer in the glove compartment when i looked and i didn't think until now, 2 hours away and about to get on a plane putting another 1400 between us, the ask my grandmother is she had them filed some where
From my research in the last couple weeks, and memory (which is poor) this truck is a 1959. I remember a 19x9 on the paper when i did see them, and judging by other pictures i have seen, its pretty obvious its a '59...but maybe some one can correct me if they know other wise or can "Decode" the picture above.
Here is my album to all the pictures i grabbed, http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Hick67/F-600/.
The truck is rough, it was a farm truck till the it was parked, painfully obviously by all the 5 gallon pails and grain shovels in the cab... all that came with the truck, Auctioneer and owner felt it "added" character to the truck, haha
Now on to the single biggest question...
I was sifting threw LMC and was looking at body panels for what appears to be this very truck. The image, fenders every thing looked exactly like this "f-600" but the magizine simply said F-100/F-250... Did they use the same bodies for all the trucks, just threw different badges on them for the different frames they sat on?
Cause i mean they sell every from the rocker panel, to the step, both the bottom plate and curves plate... even half the fenders which you can NEED replacing badly, although i would be lying if i said i wasn't tempted to stop what ever rust i can, and leave all the farmer body work... like i said, this truck has stories, just look at it.
If some one could straighten me out on this issue it would be a HUGE help. I need just about every piece of sheet metal LMC sells for it and i am looking at a grand worth of metal alone... Seeing as how this is nothing more then a pipe dream that won't see the light of day for least 5 years... i would have no problem collecting parts now and storing them with the truck until that day comes, as i don't know how much longer LMC can offer some of these parts...
Advice and comment welcome,
Scott
