The Ford F-Series was best-selling car in the United States since 1977with more sell 40 million since the first one rolled off the assembly line a 1948 model. The sixth generation of F-Series trucks was produced from 1973 to 1979, and scrapyard example of these trucks has become quite rare in recent years. Today Junkyard gem To be a 1974 3/4 ton from the generation that brought the F-Series to the top of the sales charts, found in a self-service yard in the Denver area recently.
The building tag indicates that it was built at San Jose Council in California, where large shopping mall currently available and for sale through the Denver sales office.
Engine is a member number of Ford FE V8 large displacement family; if it original tree (possible but not likely, given how often engine swaps take place on these trucks), it’s a 360 or 390.
The gearbox is the old 4-speed manual, rear-wheel drive.
The base trim level is Custom and that’s what this truck has.
There was an antique camper shell lying on the bed.
The case’s rear window has been replaced with plywood and secured with a locking truss and latches.
It appears to have been sold a few miles from its last parking spot, just south of Denver.
The camper shell comes from Flint, Michigan, home of GM’s Buick Division.
Judging from the rotted snow tires and the abundance of rodent nesting material, it appeared the truck had been sitting outdoors for decades before arriving here.
The key was still in there when it got here. Maybe it’s still a fugitive.
Beaver wine in Avon is still around.
The silent film era dates back about 50 years to the birth of this truck, or as far back as 1974 today.
