Originally Posted by fluffy
Originally Posted by northern_dave
Originally Posted by BMT
Saw this and thought of this Thread:

Big Red F-100

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That is bad ass.

Love it.
my friends dad had an original 57(IIRC) ford 4x4 that looked a lot like that.
40 was about top speed,though.
I think the engine was a 231 4 cylinder



57 would have been in the "fridge" era body style, which would have that high square fender opening front and back where this red one has the tear drop front fender and the high square back fender opening. This was pretty common into the early/mid 60's to see trucks with the old style bed sides and the "newer" style cab and front fenders.

That red truck is in the 61-63 range. You will see them in the 61-63 range with tear drop fender arches front and rear, and also a mix of fender styles like this one has.

The bed on this one is the style they had in 57-60.

By 64 it seems like they had used up all the old box sides and they went with a new low cut rear wheel arch on fleetsides.

Could your 231 4 banger have been maybe a 223 6 banger?

the "mileage maker 6"?

Something clever here.