The seller says this 1969 Ford F-100 Styleside short-bed truck was restored 25 years ago and is from a huge collection of 130 restored or other prize-winning vehicles in a gentleman’s collection. Wowie, that’s cool! Just a wild guess that he doesn’t take photos for a living… This gorgeous short-bed with white wall tires (?!) can be found listed here on eBay in Sarasota, Florida, and the seller is asking $31,950, or you can make an offer. Thanks to Curvette for the tip!
I can see the appeal of a short-bed pickup; they just look cool, especially ones with a single-cab ahead of it. A four-door cab, not so much, but this thing is just – cute. Can a pickup be cute? If so, this one is. I actually don’t mind the big white walls, but I might prefer a thinner white wall tire myself. The full wheel covers are pretty fancy for a base-trim F-Series pickup. Is the driver’s door a hair darker than the left front fender and left side of the box?
I can still feel what it’s like to open that tailgate, not to mention popping that big wrap-around hood. We had a ’69 F-250 for a couple of decades, the only vehicle my parents bought new, ever. It was a Ranger trim level, so much fancier than this one, which I believe is a Standard or a Custom? Here’s a brochure showing some of the different features of the different models. The brochure shows somewhat similar wheel covers, but not exactly like this, although these look like Ford wheel covers to me, but maybe not from ’69. Bob? Dave?
Here’s what it looks like in the restored bed, by the way, pretty much perfect as expected. I’m not a big fan of redone interiors with 1950s-like two-color designs like this, but the original owner liked it, and that’s all that matters. I’d have to redo this to a more factory-correct color and pattern, with fabric inserts. Big expanses of vinyl in a non-AC truck in Florida can’t be too comfortable, but maybe this bumpside wasn’t driven that often. When you have 129 other vehicles to choose from, you have a few choices. I expected a floor shifter here, but this one has a column-mounted three-speed manual.
The engine compartment looks as clean as expected on a restored truck. This is Ford’s 302-cu.in. OHV V8, which would have been rated at around 200 horsepower, and it doesn’t look like this one has either power steering or power brakes. With under 56,000 miles and having been restored, the seller says this one is as smooth as when it was new. Hagerty is at $21,800 for a #3 good-condition truck and $40,500 for a #2 excellent truck, so this one is probably right on the money. Any thoughts on this nice F-100?
Since you went there first Scotty, I’m going with ya! This thing is cuter n’ a speckled pup in a red wagon on Christmas morning!
I used to use that for a pickup line…no pun intended!
Ha!
What a clean, attractive pickup. I agree, it’s cool, gorgeous, and even…. cute.
I ‘think’ those wheel covers are correct for a 1967 F-100 (in fact, that model year is what flashed in my mind when I first saw the write-up), and made their first appearance on the 1966 Galaxies. I have similar nitpicks such as the incorrect upholstery and the slightly-too-wide whitewalls; also, the grille is from the Ranger trim level, but the interior and exterior trim doesn’t exactly match up. No matter, really, as overall it is such a nice package.
The 3-speed would be perfect for me, it would take me back to when I drove three-on-the-tree Ford pickups from the 70’s.
Prices on these sure have shot up in recent years.
Thanks Scotty, good work as always.
Thanks for the info on the wheel covers, Bob, and for knocking my skull on the Ranger grille, which I thought didn’t look quite right there. I should have picked that out since that’s what ours was.
Your parents truck looks great. They took great care of it.
Thanks, Dave! Sadly, being in Northern Minnesota, and even though it was Ziebarted (is that a verb?), it started to get rusty after only a decade. I took it on as my first amateur “restoration” project. The photo above is after welding in patch panels and having it painted. Here’s a “during” photo.
I love this cute little half ton……
There…… I said it… And I’m secure in my masculinity too!!! About the wheel covers, I was leaning towards 1960’s Bronco wheel covers. But when Bob mentioned the mid 60’s Galaxie that makes sense too. But its just tugging at me that they look like they’re from a Bronco. Another neat thing is, when you scroll down the photos of the Ebay ad you see he has painted to match late 80’s Ford wagon wheels with trim rings and white letter tires. I tried to provide a screenshot of it. That actually looks good too especially painted red to match. The 302 and a 3 on the tree are such a classic combination. I wouldn’t change a thing. I know it’s not 100 percent stock but what a nice little truck to buzz around in. The upgraded grill, though not original is a nice touch, maybe the original was beat up too much so they did an upgrade. But Scotty…… No crew cab????? NO Drop top???? Just kidding, this one is fine the way it is. Great write up Scotty, thank you!!!
I found this online. ’66 to ’72 F150 AND ’66 to ’77 Bronco. Does this look like what its wearing? I’m thinking yes. But I could be missing some detail.
Had similar on 77 f150 XLT Ranger 4wd Dave.
I think that’s it Dave. I forgot about them also being available on the Bronco. Of course there could have been some running change to a detail.
Thanks Bob. You know….. Every once in a while I get it right lol.
-Dave
Thanks for tracking down those wheel covers, Dave!