Ford’s Unibody, or Integrated pickup, finds always reel in a few comments about how the doors buckled when they were loaded and how they aren’t real trucks for manly-man truck duties – insert grinding guitar sounds here and gritty, dust-filled loads of heavy materials falling into the backs of pickups in slow motion on new truck commercials. My thought is always, don’t haul heavy loads. Next argument? If a 1962 Ford F-100 Unibody pickup is a person’s only vehicle for year-round use for absolutely everything they do, that’s both super cool and super unfortunate at the same time. This great looking project truck is here on Craigslist in Coon Rapids, Minnesota with an asking price of $1,999. There is no need for a CL Ad Saver on this one, these are the only two photos of it, unfortunately. I don’t know if I have ever seen a dark green Unibody but I really like it. The wheels not so much, but that’s just me.
It’s much harder to list the number of photos that aren’t shown than the two that are shown. The main missing ones would be, as usual, the engine, then interior photos, box photos, the whole passenger side is a mystery as is the back and tailgate. Some underside photos would be nice, too. I’m sure that the seller would send any photos and this truck is about a half-hour from me so if anyone is seriously interested in it I can try to set up an appointment to check it out. Their entire listing is, “62 Ford 100 unibody Complete truck not runing [sic] been sitting for many years. Good project though!” It sure does look like it’s in good condition, at least as far as rust goes. The seller doesn’t list which engine is in this truck so it’s anyone’s guess. I’m assuming that it’s Ford’s Mileage-Maker 223 cubic-inch inline-six with around 137 hp. Are any of you Ford integrated pickup/unibody fans? Any thoughts on this one for $2k? I like it, a lot.
I love the Ford unibody pickups… I had one when I was college. I would love to buy this one, but I’ve got no room and too many other projects. :(
I have this same p. u. in red and white factory two tone. It was my first and I liked the maneuverability of the short wheel base. 223 suffered a broken crank so I bought a short block and drove a lot of miles on the new engine. Cab mounts are prone to rust out,mine got so bad the clutch linkage barely worked and the windshield tried to fall out so I had to give up park it. Look at it often and dream about fixing the weak spots,not enough free time on the farm,especially in spring time.
The plug coming from under the hood sure takes me back to when I lived ‘up north’. Plug in your car at night or get a hard start the next morning. I would happily drive this around, but I need to open up some barn space first
I don’t know why you would assume it has the original engine.
Anything could have happened over the past 56 years.
It could have a V8 in it.
Maybe somebody in the area can call and get more information.
I don’t think those mirrors could be mounted any higher….
Drove one of these from Michigan to Mississippi once. It was over 20 yrs old and had over 200k miles on it. Guy who owned it was a Midwestern dairy farmer who was quite meticulously in keeping up with maintenance, a common trait amongst folks from his background. It had a V8 but can’t remember which one, it seemed to want to settle itself in at 50mph on the interstate but had no problem going faster. Saw him again several years later and it had close to 300k on it, he said it was getting ready for a ring job, the body was still immaculate.
Great find, most of these had the in-line 6, and if it had a V8 originally, it would have a V8 badge on the front instead of the gear and lightning bolt. Like KS says, front cab mounts are the worst spot for these, even one like this I looked at in Colorado. I’m sure these are wasted, as well. They can be repaired, but a big job. As far as overloading, and being trapped, I think that’s a bit far-fetched, there were lots of unibody pickups. It was probably more rust than anything.
Not one of Ford’s better ideas. Never understood why Ford went this route. When loaded I heard the doors would fly open or buckle. Repairs must have been harder too. More like a glorified Ranchero with this body style. They ended up abandoning this is a few years.
I pick up a 63 about 10 years ago. Now it has. 460 and crown Vic front end. Gets more attention than a lot of nicer cars at the shows and cruises.
I read somewhere that one reason these didn’t sell well enough was that back east, tradesmen would throw their tools in the bed of their trucks, dinging them up, and exposing bare metal to road salt. They would actually replace the beds on their pickups, but couldn’t on these.
The one’s you want to sink your greenbacks into is the shortbed/with the big back window with a wide 4″ or so chrome strip at the bottom of the window. This truck would have the chrome grille and custom cab… My older brother drove one of these from Denver to our farm in northwest Ks. When I was 11 yrs. old, I was driving,with my little brother and my cousin were on our way to work in the field. The gravel road we were driving on had a large berm right down the middle of the road,left by a road grader,trying to avoid hitting it, I got in the ditch,then over corrected, and rolled it.Ended up on the passenger side. Luckily no one got hurt. My dad got her back on it’s wheels with the tractor. Checked all the fluids,she started right up, had a slightly bent back rim, we drove it for yrs. It was white, we affectionately called the truck “WhiteAss”
I’ll keep my piece of ___ workhorse, says chevy punks. I’ve had it since 82,F250 custom cab,71 Tbird 429 w78 1 ton frt end, pulls 40′ 5th wheel RV trailer loaded, [Harley Davidson inside] doors don’t fall off, must of got lucky
I had a 64 with a 440 w/c6 auto, we were drinking and bored. It was a blast to drive and got about 32 mpg and was easy to work on.
Wish I had it now.
BTW I like the flares on the bed.
Interesting. How did you get a 440 to mate up with a C6? Does someone make an aftermarket adaptor plate for that conversion?