- Seller: Robert R (Contact)
- Location: Wenatchee, Washington
- Mileage: 91812 Shown
- Chassis #: F35DR17585
- Title Status: Clean
- Engine: 223 cui Inline-6
- Transmission: 4-Speed Manual
This 1955 Ford F350 was recently pulled out of the barn, where it had resided since the late 1980s. Prior to its life on the farm, it was reportedly used by the East Wenatchee Water District. It’s spent its entire life in the Wenatchee, Washington area, and looks like a solid truck. If you’ve been hunting for a classic truck with a cool look to it, this might be the truck for you! The seller would like to find a good home for it, so they are offering it here as a Barn Finds Auction.
This truck started out its life in Banner Blue paint, according to the trim tag and the paint showing inside. The current white paint is worn through in some areas, giving the truck an interesting look. It’s still equipped with its original Ford stake-side bed, though it could use new wood in the bed, well, at least if you intend to haul anything heavy. The seller notes that, aside from some spots of surface rust, it’s very solid throughout.
For a ’50s work truck, this one is about as well equipped as you could get. It has a full range of gauges, a glovebox, sunvisors, and a heater. That’s really all you need to get the job done, but it is pretty spartan by today’s standards. For us, it’s actually a selling point! There aren’t any electronics to distract you from the task at hand and it’s dead simple to use/work on. The seat upholstery is showing some wear, but replacements are available. Restoring this truck’s interior back to original condition should prove to be a simple task.
Under the hood of this old farm truck, we find a 223 cu in inline-6 rated at 109 horsepower. The engine is paired with a fully synchronized 4-speed manual transmission and a 5.14:1 rear end. The inline-6 might not be the most powerful engine offered, but it’s a durable and smooth-running engine. The seller hasn’t attempted to start it, but did turn it over. Given how robust these engines are, getting it running will likely be a simple task. Getting it back on the road will require a bit more work, as it will likely need the brakes and the rest of the drivetrain serviced.
The seller also notes that the passenger window is cracked, so plan on ordering a replacement. Overall, this looks like a good starting point for a classic truck project. You could keep it simple and just get it back on the road or you could restromod it into a fun cruiser. With Ford having only produced about 3,500 of these stakebed dually trucks, hopefully someone will put it back to work!
Bid On This Auction
JayDub bid $200.00 2026-05-14 10:40:30
Suzrm121 bid $100.00 2026-05-14 10:33:21
Here’s a great truck for someone to do light chores and have a classic to boot. The F-350 is kind of an oddball, not quite light duty, not quite heavy duty. Ford went F-100, then to F-250, F-350, skipped 450 then back to F-500,600, then finally to the “Big Jobs”, F-7,8,900. No, no 2 speed here, and could sorely use one, top speed here is about 45mph all wrung out. But honestly, you have no business going any faster in this, not its intent. Usually the cab mounts are shot on these, and this looks surprisingly solid. 1st thing to go, is the widow maker wheels, I’m not sure you can find 6 hole, 16″ tubeless Budd style wheels. Relax, any decent tire shop will still repair those. Just when you think this is the last one, another pops up. I bet there’s hundreds left in those barns we speed past in the night. It’s a great find.
The wheels are available in tubeless usually in 19.5 size which usually translates to the same O. D. As these tires. So the overall gear ratio stays the same and the speedometer reads correctly.
Perfect truck for someone like me who’s never more than 20 miles from home, little to go wrong if maintained and beats the hell out of 50k for a new one!
Cool old Ford. Love the mirrors.
Had this in a 55 Merc M 350. 292 v8 4 speed. Had a 9 foot stepside box with hydraulic hoist and wood sides. Back when times were simpler and there was a grain elevator every small town, this is how you hauled your grain. One trip every day all winter. Got your mail and gossip and returned to do it all again next day. Now its all super b and inland terminals. Progress I guess.
Love to have it but how will I get it to Chicago? Can’t drive it here. Oh well maybe another will pop up a lot closer….. Maybe.
Cool old truck, I believe 55 was the last year for 6 volt system.
Great old truck. I wonder why work trucks were this green color then and today work trucks are white? My Grandfather ran a Plumbing business and his three trucks (2 Chevy’s and an International) were all this green color? GLWTA
Just a 1-ton. Great truck to have around an acreage; you’re always using it.
The six will last almost forever. The 223 was one of the best engines Ford ever built.
I have a rule of thumb in regards to the electrical system: If it won’t run properly on 6V then 8V is just a bandaid. The system was designed to operate with a 6V system then it should still operate with a 6V system.
It’s going to be slower than two old ladies buying lottery tickets at the drug store checkout. A Gear Vendors overdrive would do fine to get the truck up to 60, or a little better. Of course if it looked at a low rise in the road the speed would drop like a rock. Nonetheless, I saw lots of these carry 150 bushels of wheat to the elevator and they always made it–none too fast but they got there…
I just sold a nice one like this. I have a few more Similar Chevy and Dodge trucks coming soon.
Howard and Geo have hit the high spots. I do NOT think these are the Firestone 5 degree widow maker rims?? I do not see split beside the rivet line. The tires tires look decent and bias ply’s do not age as bad as radials. For light loads and slow speeds you might get away with them?? Howard is right in this truck being a great entry into the Antique / Historical truck hobby with mostly TLC and labor involved. Too Bad it is on the wrong coast!!
Oh a basic truck without all the gizmos and you can actually see the dash. And thats back when engineers were men that knew how to make a real working mans truck
If it were on the east coast it would be rusted out. It is in central Washington where it is very dry ( less than ten inches rain a year). I would upgrade the electrical and service it and put it to work.
I looked for the splits too. I had a 63 F-500 that had split rims. Not many tire sellers have cages anymore it seems, that I’ve seen. But, I don’t go looking for them either… The tires look more than adequate for using. Better than what my F-500 had. I could imagine that with the current price of gas it would cost more in fuel than you paid for the truck just to get it to the East Coast. These trucks are definitely built for longevity. Somebody is going to buy it, spend a thousand on various bits and pieces and have s durable work truck with simple maintenance and relatively easy wrenching.
This is a beautiful truck and speced just the way I would like it, but on the wrong coast. Can anyone offer any low-cost shipping options?
Go to the Big Mack Trucks website and they have a transportation section of their forum here::: https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/forum/49-transportation-board/