Opponions?

"E92M3" (E46M3) 10/16/2014 at 08:26 • Filed to: None

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I found this 66 F100 for sale nearby and drove it yesterday. Guy is asking $2500. Has a 352 V8, runs and shifts good. Slight pull to the left when braking.98% rust free, but has a red primer paint job that could be hiding some things. Didn't see any rust behind the fenders/quarters from underneath. What say you OPPO?

Will with a W8 races an E30 > E92M3 10/16/2014 at 08:33

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4 wheel drums from factory = pulls under braking from factory

E92M3 > E92M3 10/16/2014 at 08:35

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CalzoneGolem > E92M3 10/16/2014 at 08:45

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Are you sure it is read primer? It just looks like old paint to me in that picture.

E92M3 > CalzoneGolem 10/16/2014 at 08:46

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I thought the same until i saw it in person.

crowmolly > E92M3 10/16/2014 at 08:53

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Hit it with a spot rot if you are worried. I would guess that the brakes are out of adjustment or something like that.

CalzoneGolem > E92M3 10/16/2014 at 08:55

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Weird. If it is solid it's worth the 2.5.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > E92M3 10/16/2014 at 08:55

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This could be quite useful. This is because FE engines tend to have good aftermarket support.

2WD or 4WD?

Rock Bottom > E92M3 10/16/2014 at 08:55

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$2500 for any running truck in not-destroyed condition is pretty good. If you're mechanically apt, I'd snatch it up. The 352 is a cool engine (for a dump truck or stationary water pump). If/when you get sick of it, you can dump pretty much any FE in there you find. 390s and 428s are all over the place and super common in these gorgeous old Fords. Parts are still pretty easy to come by, too. The brake problem is likely just a $20 wheel cylinder or poorly set adjuster (I assume this thing has 4 wheel drums).

Snatch it. It's a good truck.

Axel-Ripper > E92M3 10/16/2014 at 08:58

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If it runs and is solid, hell of a deal. I think I got my 66 for that a few years ago needing a lot of rust repair. Places to look will be the inner fender wells, all 4 cab corners and the floor pans. The cab corners are the biggest places these rust out. The frame is easy enough to check for rust because there isn't hardly anything to it. Really if you look underneath if there is any rust it will be noticeable because of how simple it was built. In that picture it looks solid, but its of course not the most detailed picture.

That being said, if there is any rust it is really easy to find parts. LMC Truck has almost every body panel for it in stock. The only things you can't find are the inner fender wells (Made mine out of stainless steel because we had some sheet lying around). The pull, as others have said, is likely from the drum brakes. It is SUPER easy to put discs on the front. You just change the front spindles out for ones off of an early 70s F100. They bolt right in place. You can also pretty easily put power brakes on it since there's room for whatever system you happen to grab (Mine I think is off of an 84 F150. I'd suggest going for a Mustang setup though). They're definitely fun trucks and really easy to work on. Parts for the 65-66 are a tad harder to find than the 61-64 or 72+ trucks are, but they're worth it.

The Gray Adder > Axel-Ripper 10/16/2014 at 09:00

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Agreed. It's a pickup. It runs. If there's rust, at least it's concealable without too much effort. All that, and it's a '66 Ford. I'd paint it forest ranger green and have all kinds of fun with it. NP.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > E92M3 10/16/2014 at 09:22

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BUY IT

JR1 > E92M3 10/16/2014 at 09:24

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Sounds worth it to me. I have always loved this body style

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > The Gray Adder 10/16/2014 at 09:25

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I've got a '63 Ford that was forest service green from factory - probably due to being a forest service truck. It being a Ranchero it would be the Danny Devito to this one's Schwarzenegger.

FJ80WaitinForaLSV8 > E92M3 10/16/2014 at 10:03

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NP - pull the trigger.

BoulderZ > E92M3 10/16/2014 at 12:52

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Around here at least, $2500 for a not-rusty, straight, nicely running and driving older/classic-y truck is a really good deal, especially if they have the title (for some reason, old truck owners are terrible about that).

Matt Urban > E92M3 10/16/2014 at 13:16

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I used to have a 65 F100 custom cab. Great truck with great stock part support. LMC i think. Just be aware that the 352 doesn't like unleaded gas, but sounds Fing wonderful coming out of header mufflers. That motor is easy to rebuild and has options for juicing it up. The guy who bought mine put in a hotter cam and a 4 barrel carb and was replacing tires all the time.

E92M3 > BoulderZ 10/16/2014 at 13:23

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Yeah he doesn't have one. Bill of sale only. You don't need a title for anything older than 82 in Ga to register it.

BoulderZ > E92M3 10/16/2014 at 14:59

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Hmmm, that's interesting, I didn't know about that in GA. I wonder if we have something similar here in CO. I know we can get a title search done, and get a new title issued if it all comes up without any weird claims, like it was stolen 30 years ago or something. However, that does leave open the risk of being on the hook for the purchase until you get the title. I've passed up a few COE project trucks I'd have liked because of no-title situations. If there's a statute of limitations, of sorts, that'd eliminate the risk and change my thinking. Thanks!

E92M3 > BoulderZ 10/16/2014 at 17:10

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They might. A lot of vehicles around here are from Alabama. They didn't even issue titles until fhe 70's. So a lot of them never had one since new.