Sometimes a person just wants a truck-truck. Not a new four-door, four-wheel-drive, four-latte-holding, never-driven-anywhere-but-the-freeway posh commuting truck, but a truck-truck. One that you can throw stuff in the back of and not worry about scratching the box. This 1968 Ford F-100 looks like it would be a great truck-truck. This blue pickup is on Craigslist in Marysville, Washington with an asking price of $3,500 – or probably 7%-10% of what you paid for your fancy commuting pickup.
There are only four photos, but it looks like a nice example of a fifth-generation F-Series Ford pickup from those four photos. I’m assuming that it has been repainted at some point in its history, and for sure the bumpers and wheels have been, they’re almost too spotless to be 49-years old. These are my personal favorite Ford pickups. We had a brand new F-250 Ranger Camper Special in 1969 to haul our Winnebago pickup camper around and it was a great truck. Well, the front disc-brakes were an expensive headache, the factory AC dripped on our feet in the cab, and it started to get rusty within a decade. But, other than that, it was a great truck! It was the truck that I learned how to do bodywork on, cutting out old, rusty spots and welding in nice, new sheet metal custom-cut to fit.
The photos aren’t the best, they’re super grainy, but again, what is shown looks pretty nice. A replacement seat cover is available for $250 or so from any number of suppliers. This truck, I’m assuming, doesn’t have power brakes with that tiny, tiny, tiny brake pedal lost in a sea of floor space. I’m guessing that there is no power steering on this truck, either, unless one of you can spot the power steering pump on the grainy engine photo. There is no mention of rust at all and not really much mentioned in the ad other than this truck needs tires and it runs well.
Again with super grainy, out-of-focus photos, but there’s a nice shine to at least parts of that engine. I’m assuming that this is Ford’s 360 cubic-inch V8 with 215 hp. It’s hard to tell what any of the details look like on this truck, but for $3,500 it might be worth having a friend or an inspection service check it out. Hagerty lists a #4 fair condition 1968 F-100 as being valued at $4,700 so this could be a good buy.
Holy sh*t! Flashback! Dad had one exactly like this. Mom+dad+us kids in 1972 did a 2 week motel/camping trip back to grandpa’s 320 acre farm in MO. The song “Popcorn” was playing everywhere on the radio and me and sis would drive dad nuts tapping the tune on the dashboard. Dad would not stop for anything other than gas. A habit that I also picked up later in life. Good times!
Nice to see it in seemingly original condition; the trim looks to be in great shape, and with a bit of cleaning that interior would come up nicely. These old bumpsides tend to be great deals given their age and condition. Even the rarer Canadian market Mercury trucks are still a strong bargain.
In the mid-seventies a neighbor had a green F100 just like this. He mounted a huge slide in camper on it that would have been over sized for an F250. It was the one you had to extend the rear bumper two to three feet. After that, every corner was a terrifying ordeal. I drove it a few times and it was scary. He, however, made many trips from central Ohio to southeast Kentucky to visit relatives.
If I was in the truck market, I’d seriously consider this one. These are good trucks. Alas… I can’t afford tiers.. and I have nothing to traids. LOL
My Grandpa bought a new Camper Special in ‘68. We went on many of camping trips while my dad did a few stints in Vietnam. It was blue and white, manual transmission. We would load up the camper shell with our supplies, put the outboard motorboat across the roof then hitch up the Shasta travel trailer and off we would go to new adventures. Great times!
felt pushed up against the dash in 1.
Prefer the ’73 – ’79, lookin for a n F250 of that ilk right now…
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Wow! This really takes me back. Dad had a ’67 Ranger 3/4 ton camper
special that was black with a tan interior and all the bells and whistles–
including roof running lights and air horns! It ran a 428 (?) backed by a
C-6 automatic tranny. I can still recall getting my ass beat because I blew
the air horns in my kid sister’s ear! Just seeing this truck makes me want it.
Would install a new set of tires and enjoy it as it is–just a plain old work
truck.
My dad had several of these back in the ’70s, new a few other people that had them. Basically a straight forward strong truck, as were most all pick ups back then, but the one knock these Ford’s had was the front twin I beam suspension, they’d eat up front tires. Everyone I knew who had one said that, even my ’96 f150 had that annoyance. Still, a great looking truck.
Good deal. When I’ve shopped for an inexpensive truck, it was either gone immediately or was a total POS..
I like a good beater that you can trust, but not worry about scratching or loaning out to friends.
If this was a year from now.. I’d be looking into this…
Now THESE were true Ford trucks. A friend of mine had a 70 the same color, with the fuel tank in the cab behind the seat. That design made me a little leery though. The 360 was a good reliable engine, but a little thirsty.
My brother inlaw had a 69 camper special with a slide in camper. He took my sister and their 2 kids on a 2 week camping trip to Montana from Illinois. He never liked interstate highways as he wanted his kids to see the country but my sister said going through the mountains on 2 lanes with that camper on back she almost lost it a couple times. Love the 67 to 72 GM & Ford trucks.
The Seattle area is really easy on sheet metal; they are still using these trucks every day for work.Again, would need inspection, especially the front cab mounts.truly great trucks, good to see some still around. Rust gottem all back here in New Yawk!!
Absolutely the worse steering possible with those twin I beams. My bad bought several of these half tons and he would a one ton load on. Had one I remember was a 352 and it had an overdrive. It was a knob under the key to pull out while depressing the clutch. No telling how many miles he put on them cause he would disconnect the speedometer cable through out the time he kept them.
Great trucks , I had several 1972 f100, 1973 f250 camper special , put a 11.5 Coachman camper on it , traveled all over the east coast , loved that truck 390 c6 . over 100k with no major problems .
My first truck was a ’68! Blue and (Rusty) white with the straight 6 and 3 on-the-tree! Many HUGE memories camping in that one!! Salute!!
I have this exact truck, but an F250 camper special with 64k miles, 4 speed manual, front disc brakes, and one owner from 1969-2017 that I’m looking to sell if anyone is interested.
These trucks had a great dash for cargo, slanting towards the windshield you could carry lots of gear there. Of course things migrated as you went around corners.
Best trucks ever made.
Much better than that earlier overpriced red one on eBay…..
My ’68 f250 made it up and down the east coast twice in 1982 No issues, if the tracking was difficult I didn’t notice due to me being a 23 year old. Paid $800 for it. Had to put a waterpump on it that is it.