1967-1972 Ford F-Series Walkaround...

[chryslerjunkandstuff]

'72 truck from Gran Torino. I want to build it clean, day 1 style, meaning NO RUST!

Edited May 17, 2017 by chryslerjunkandstuff

[DrKerry]

Our 68 F-100 Ranger with factory 390, C-6 auto 9inch rear, bucket seats, small opera mirror on drivers door only..

Topper and running boards have long since gone...

68 Ford.tif

Edited May 18, 2017 by DrKerry

[leafsprings]

Super clean '68  F 100 longbed DeKerry, thanks for posting. Great  detailed shots. Yes, firewalls on '67-'72 pickups are body color, not black.  Also, Ford had an interesting way of contrasting interior colors. If truck is medium or lighter blue, the dash, steering column and door panels are darker blue. Same goes for reds and greens. White trucks came in a different variety of  interior colors.

[DrKerry]

Super clean '68  F 100 longbed DeKerry, thanks for posting. Great  detailed shots. Yes, firewalls on '67-'72 pickups are body color, not black.  Also, Ford had an interesting way of contrasting interior colors. If truck is medium or lighter blue, the dash, steering column and door panels are darker blue. Same goes for reds and greens. White trucks came in a different variety of  interior colors.

thank ya, we like it!!!!!!

[mk11]

Love those buckets, Kerry. Did you ever consider a wimbledon white roof and lower to set off that harbor blue?

Wish my '68 was that nice

 

mike

Edited June 1, 2017 by mk11

[DrKerry]

Love those buckets, Kerry. Did you ever consider a wimbledon white roof and lower to set off that harbor blue?

Wish my '68 was that nice

 

mike

Hey Mike, originally it had the white upper roof and lower under the belt line... It was re painted once and just shot in the blue..

She looks good at a thirty foot glance, but not so when ya get close to her.... Drivers bed side shows some rust coming through. Front cab mounts are going and the inner wheel wells and core support are pretty bad... We have those three parts ready to go in from a truck in Cali.. Need to get cab mounts and complete brake system fixed first though!!!!! Some year??!!

Edited June 1, 2017 by DrKerry

[leafsprings]

 Ranger XLT rear detail. Correct style hubcap for F 250

Edited September 21, 2018 by leafsprings

[mk11]

Here's a pic (wish it was my truck) showing measurements taken from my own '68 to help with building the recent kit...

With some slick superficial modifications, the Ford engineers were able to carry the basic superstructure of this cab forward to use for the 73-79 style cycle.

The windshield, cowl, floor pan, chassis are basically carried over and the roof top area and crown are nearly identical. Even the upper cowl has the same contours and measurements on the 1:1 trucks.  The character lines at the hood/cowl interface are the same width at 55". AMT did an excellent job in capturing the proportions in their F350 cab, aside from the upper windshield molding height.

 

 

mike

Edited March 1, 2018 by mk11

[Oldmopars]

Just wanted to add this as no one seems to have pointed out the differences in the safety reflectors on the rear of the beds. This is taken from the FORDification.com site

[Oldmopars]

More important info, the door panels and the heater are different on the 67 from the 68-72. Yes, I am also a huge fan of these trucks.

[Oldmopars]

And the hood side emblems are different. There are a lot of other small differences, however most of them would not matter at the level of detail you get with a 1:25 scale model.

[leafsprings]

Thanks for sharing this detailed info Oldmopars, great stuff! Here is a '67, note painted grills were standard up to early '69, then anodized aluminum became standard. 1969 was the last year for standard white painted front bumpers, 1970 chrome front bumper was standard. equipment. F 250 4x4's used leaf spring front ends.

Edited September 2, 2018 by leafsprings

[mk11]

Couple of pics for the heck of it...

 

 

… and then this 12,000 mi original '67 (with '77up hubcaps) from NY state just popped up on one of the Ford truck boards...

 

Edited February 20, 2019 by mk11

[heyjohnxx]

Here's a couple of great references:

1967-1978 Ford Pickup  Reference

More dimensional information than you'll ever need:

1970 dimensions

 

 

[Brian Austin]

How about some Brazilian variants?  These were produced from 1979 to well into the '90s.

Brazil, along with Argentina and other South American countries have had a number of aftermarket companies making a variety of locally-designed crewcab and SUV body styles.  (Note that Brazil's model changes were quite different from the US and Argentina, while Argentina's model changes seemed to mirror the US more closely.  Brazil never got the US '61-'66 generation, for instance, while Argentina did.)

https://www.ford-trucks.com/articles/bizarre-brazilian-ford-trucks/

Ford's version of the F100, the F1000:

 

Some coachbuilders offered a Bronco-style SUV:

http://www.lexicarbrasil.com.br/sr/

[Atmobil]

For us that want to build the boxart truck on Moebius 4x4 70 using the Fireball conversion kit such as this exellent one:

Then take a look at this one:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-ford-f-250-2/

A 69 F250 on sale on BAT:

Lots of good photos showing a lot of details there.

 

[mk11]

[leafsprings]

Reference photos of the correct stance and alignment of bed with cab. If not corrected, the mobius kits look like there carrying a 1500lb load and the rear of the bed is sagging towards the rear bumper.

Edited February 10, 2022 by leafsprings

[leafsprings]

Very nice reference material for the '70 F 100 1970 Ford F100 | Barn Finds

[mk11]

Look what Hallmark finally added to their truck ornament line...

 https://www.hallmark.com/ornaments/keepsake-ornaments/all-american-trucks-1972-ford-f-100-2022-metal-ornament-2199QXR9183.html

 

More scale bumps here...

http://www.fordification.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=45618

Edited November 17, 2022 by mk11