uh-oh i'm in trouble

[Nathan289]

Mines a long bed too. Doesn't bother me either.

I don't blame you for not wanting the wheels. I don't want them either.
the slicks all come with 9" rears. The posi would be cool though.

I went with a ultra wheel 164. Wish I found 16" wheels for a better tire options.

Wish I worked closer to work and could drive it more.

I think it could use a power up grade..
A 4bt would be really cool. But might be sacrilegious though.

We could just rename this the slick thread.

[Luva65wagon]

Slick? Is that this era truck's nickname? Will have to Google that now.

If you don't mind me posting here, we'll just keep sharing.

[Nathan289]

The 52/53 to 56 are called Effies or fat fenders
57-60 are fridges
61-66 are slicks..

Then there is bump sides and dent sides which is 67 & up.

I don't mind sharing a slick thread on a falcon forum..

The funny thing is you start talking to slick owners and the used to or still own falcons too.

Its like some weird progression some progress one way from slick to falcon or visa versa

[PhilC]

The 52/53 to 56 are called Effies or fat fenders
57-60 are fridges
61-66 are slicks..

Then there is bump sides and dent sides which is 67 & up.

Bump sides - '67 - '72
Dent sides - '73 - '79
Jail birds - '42, '46, '47 (no new trucks produced '43 - '45 - wish I still had my '46)

Don't know anymore.

[Luva65wagon]

Yeah, I have a '67 F100 and had a '78 F350, a '56 F100 Panel, and a 50 F2 so knew the nicknames of all those and what they refer to and why-so, with the exception the '50 F2. I don't know the nickname of those years either ('48-52). Maybe Larry knows now that he's messing with one.

Slicks, Fridges, and JailBirds - all news to me. Not too sure what they all represent.

[BadBird]

The only nickname for the 40's Fords that I have heard is "40 Effie's". Didn't matter what year in the 40's span. That was from my father in law who owned them. Larry

[Nathan289]

Pictures from Pumpkin lane.
Car show and fall festival.

[Luva65wagon]

Nathan - you were not kidding when you said you were in trouble. All I know is you need to start eating something - and soon. All this work on the wagon and your truck have you wasting away to nothing!

Here's a little progress report from me...

I'm finding some old Falcon bits in this truck. For instance, I had to pull the dash out to have a look at all the wiring, which so far is in very good shape (very little hacking was done ), and the dash cluster, which is screwed to the back of this once very fancy machine-turned looking dash face, is a round-body Falcon cluster. They must have had a lot of parts left over So far I can't tell any difference from the dozens of them I have collected over the years. Gonna try to clean up the dash face and bezel, but - while I'm at it - I may separate the left/right turn signals like I did on the Ranchero.

Otherwise I've just been pulling out the old 80's radio and other non-essential items and will reinstall newer bits to replace them. I did pull a power brake unit out of a wrecking yard and a new wiper motor system so I can add the intermittent wipers.

The gas tank had sludge/varnish in it that used to be gasoline in a previous life. Pumped all that out just to get the tank out (gas is heavy), but found it was far too gone to want to save. So, in addition to all the new brakes and other fix-it-up parts, a new gas tank and sending unit is on order now. I debate a relocation, but opted to leave it in the stock location. I could make a cover for it like people do to shield the trunk from the back seat on the Falcon/Mustang. Would be easy to do

The upholstery, though in not that bad of shape where you sit, is very "brittle and fragile." I wish I knew if it was original, but it seems too custom to be. So I'm trying to decide what to do with it. Found a very nice set of leather seats from a Buick Regal - I mean, like new - but couldn't get the driver seat out of the car. Rain was insane both times I tried, and the power being off on them don't allow me to move the seat forward to access the rear bolts. They would have been cush in this thing.

That's about it for now.

[Nathan289]

Roger
custom cabs had a carpeted tank cover.
Does your truck have snaps under the back window?

There are lots of falcon similarities. As you discovered with the gauge cluster in yours.. its not a 65 cluster?

My truck shares the falcon eco online gauge cluster. Speedo and four gauges in a 6" circle. Then I have a separate amp Hague and oil pressure gauges.

[Luva65wagon]

Nathan,

Have joined the Ford Truck Enthusiasts site to research this. Really big site. Basically the word came back that I have a custom interior added by some previous owner. I suspected as much. I don't recall seeing any snaps, but they may have been removed with the interior "upgrade." Bottom-line is I think I'd need more than carpet to keep the fuel from spilling into the cab in a worst-case scenario. Not a huge worry, but may investigate something. I did get this nifty glass breaker tool at the Mini Regional.

The dash-back is definitely closer related to the round-body falcon dash-pod than the 64/65 dash, which is more closely related to the Mustang dash. I have all the same basics of that dash in the center section and on the left of it an AMP gauge and on the right side Oil Pressure. Under the dash the PO added Stewart Warner Volt and Vacuum gauges. And there was a huge Tach strapped to the steering column. I'm debating removal of the AMP gauge and replacing it with the AutoMeter 2" tach I found at a garage sale in Hawaii - new in the box for $30.

Lots of parts are trickling in from LMC truck parts. I was really nervous with what I was reading about this place (poor quality), but the door window anti-rattle stuff looks really high quality. It all looks really good. Now just need the time to start working on it. Less rain would help. Should have played musical cars and put this into the garage and the Ranchero into the carport. Too late now.

[Nathan289]

Very cool.

I wasnt a fan of fte, alot of bickering there.
Kinda the same with some of the face book groups.
Oh well.

[Luva65wagon]

Have not been there long enough to tell, but a site that big, and truck related, has to draw a few edgy types. I don't see me posting that much there.

There is really only one thing I'm not sure about now - and that's the read-end. I know it's either a limited slip - or some other "posi-like" rear-end. I know it's close to a 3.0 gear. I just don't know enough about 9" rear-ends to know if it has clutches and, if so, do I or should I use a friction modifier just in case it is when I go to replace that gear oil. I'll be changing all the oils, just because, and I don't have anyway of knowing what this thing is without pulling it out. A while I'm at it thing I'd prefer not to do.

Onward and upward.

And how about that Falcon! [a plug to keep people happy after all this F100 talk]

[Nathan289]

Most gear oils today will already have the friction modifier in them. Its difficult to find oil with out it.

If its a limited slip then it has clutches.

[Luva65wagon]

I'm helping Gene do a lot of major work. One of the changes was to switch from a 3.89 open to 3.50 traclok 9" and the guy he bought it from sent, with it, a bottle of foul smelling additive. I only finished swapping axle bearings last night, so have not looked at gear oil with this need in mind before. Never having had a traclok style rear-end in anything, I just assumed from the fact he sent a bottle of additive that there is something more needed. I've read elsewhere a few times a similar thing.

Studying read-end types is painful. So many types. I'm just wondering what type I really have, since it's not the stock 3.50 open the truck came with...

[Nathan289]

Back in the old in days you needed that bottle of nasty stuff.
You can still use it.

The gear oil I've bought this year all said recommended for limited slips.

I'm looking for a crew cab.. not that I can afford one. I just want one.

The wife wants a 58-60 flare side short box.

Going to be hard when I only win $3 playing the lotto