It Has Arrived!

"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion) 03/22/2016 at 14:09 • Filed to: old ford trucks, old trucks

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A brief follow-up to my previous posts !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , the newest member of the fleet is officially “home.” It’s not registered, insured, inspected, I haven’t checked the lights, it doesn’t have seat belts, there’s a dime-sized hole in the roof probably from an antenna, but wow. I love it.

A repeat of the details: 1961 Ford F100, 292 V8, 4 speed manual, 4wd w/low range, 36,000 miles (yes, really). I think this rig deserves a full photo shoot so I can document its condition on Day 1. I don’t intend to change a thing, just keep it up and drive it.

I’ve been in contact with the Fire Dept that owned this truck, and they gave me some additional history. Basically, it was a municipal-owned truck in VT its whole life, and genuinely has 36,000 miles on it. See below:

Slant6 > functionoverfashion 03/22/2016 at 14:13

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Instead of plugging it you should put an antenna in it’s place. Probably an NMO mount or something.

Get your Ham license, or a CB.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > functionoverfashion 03/22/2016 at 14:17

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It's hard to be much cooler than that truck. Nice purchase!

Die-Trying > functionoverfashion 03/22/2016 at 14:18

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real nice looking truck. hard to find the v8 manual 4wd stuff these days.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > functionoverfashion 03/22/2016 at 14:21

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That’s awesome man. I’m totally jealous.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > functionoverfashion 03/22/2016 at 14:23

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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Slant6 03/22/2016 at 14:25

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CB. With totally illegal linear amp.

GordonBombay > functionoverfashion 03/22/2016 at 14:25

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Got to love those old fire department trucks - we have a 91 F350 that only has 12k on the clock with my volunteer department!

functionoverfashion > Slant6 03/22/2016 at 14:27

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I actually have a CB antenna I could put in there, that’s a good idea. I have a radio... somewhere.

jjhats > functionoverfashion 03/22/2016 at 16:00

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pain the wheels white please

Andrew P. Collins > functionoverfashion 04/08/2016 at 14:08

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^you rn, i assume

Historic AND kickass! Doesn’t get better than that. Congrads. Can’t wait to see more pics!

functionoverfashion > Andrew P. Collins 04/08/2016 at 14:57

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Thanks! Yeah, pretty much. My wife is highly supportive, but even she is rolling her eyes at me right now. I can’t wait to actually drive it around... stupid re-salted roads. I’ve taken it only to the nearest gas station, at night, once. Woo. Just WAIT.