Longtime Hauling Career Over, This Ford Prepares To Meet The Crusher
After 45 years of work, it’s time for this 1965 F-100’s steel to return to the foundry. Will it be reborn as a shiny new F-150… or as a FAW Tianjin Weizhi?
It seems unlikely that this 240-cube six will be rescued, but you never know.
This appears to be one of those “The Goddess Is Alive And Magic Is Afoot” bumper stickers, which isn’t quite what you expect on a beat-to-shit old pickup truck in Colorado.
Murilee Martin is the pen name of Phil Greden, a writer who has lived in Minnesota, California, Georgia and (now) Colorado. He has toiled at copywriting, technical writing, junkmail writing, fiction writing and now automotive writing. He has owned many terrible vehicles and some good ones. He spends a great deal of time in self-service junkyards. These days, he writes for publications including Autoweek, Autoblog, Hagerty, The Truth About Cars and Capital One.
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Jeffer, the 300 used the same head, as they were both the same engine. The only difference between the two was the 300 had a longer stroke.
I am surprised that this era trucks aren't getting snapped up and restored since they are so much easier than the 1930s cars we've been building since the 80s. Those cars are SO much older and worse off. This truck would be a pretty easy build and would have wide appeal once done (easy to sell post recession).