Pickups have become much more popular recently and values have really gone up. Here’s one that appears to be in very nice original condition. Ranger was an upgrade from the base truck. This one is a short bed with a 360 V8 and a three-speed transmission. It’s listed on eBay with a $13,500 Buy it Now price. The seller says it’s a barn find but doesn’t provide any further details. He did provide lots of pictures in his post showing the good bits as well as the blemishes. The seller also claims it has only 25,000 miles on it, but he has no proof. It runs and drives well. The price seems high but the NADA low book is $14,8oo and average retail is $22,000.
This picture gives us an idea how nice the cab is. The upholstery looks really nice in other pictures as well.
This isn’t a very good view of the engine, but from what is shown, things look nice and original under the hood. The 360 V8 is said to run well.
It really does look rust free under here. You can’t fake surfaces like these.
This pickup was used, but the bed is still in good shape. There appears to be just surface rust and no big dents.
The chrome and aluminum look nice but the paint on the hood has “aged” nicely. One could do a little paint work on the hood or just leave it and call it the “P” word. The price seems a little steep to me, but the value is what people are willing to pay, not what we are willing to pay. This pickup could be enjoyed just as it is but there are lots of other possibilities all the way up to a modern frame and suspension and a modern crate engine. I hope it stays stock.
When I saw the pictures and the price, I knew this one wouldn’t last long. Looks like I was right.
Nice ole’ truck.
I second that, very fair price.
Steve R
She gone!
Gone
Someone got a nice truck. That didn’t take long. Bye, bye, baby!
That was one good looking truck. I’ve had excellent luck with Ford trucks, so that’s just icing on the cake.
A thing of beauty. Bumpside values are on the rise, and this was a great looking truck. My ’71 came out of winter storage last month, and I’m still smiling from the first drive of the season.
Very nice! I sure wouldn’t kick one of these off my driveway. The 360 is a good engine, albeit a little short on power compared to the available 390. However there are some relatively low cost tricks you can do to perk them right up.
I agree, nice truck, can’t be a day late on these babys. Seeing what these shortbox pickups are going for, makes me feel better and better about my shortbox Jimmy.
wow, my father in law sold his very clean 1970 at his getting out of farming auction for 1000.00 only a few years ago. looked just as good and was an automatic.
Was his a 1/2 ton short bed? Around here those get about twice the price of long beds.
Steve R
With respect, an auction is not the best place to sell one of these. ( I know, now you tell me) Auctions generally attract local people, that aren’t going to pay a lot( it’s why they are there) and national coverage, like BF’s, attracts those people that have deep pockets, and as evidenced, will pay, what I consider, an outrageous sum for one of these. Said it before with these,,,,it’s still a ’69( era) pickup, no matter how nice it looks. I got news for ya’, that’s probably exactly what this person did.
Have to ne in showroom condition before i’d pay close to 14,000 especially a ford.
Best trucks Ford ever built. Worked in a Ford garage in ’69 and these trucks would start at minus 30 in Alberta and sold for $3800 brand new. Most had C6 Automatics though and a few had 390’s. New they were a tight truck to drive and felt like a million bucks. Yellow wasn’t their best color, but 50 years later you just can’t stand up to the counter and order one.
Back when, the neighbors bought a new ’69 Ford pickup F 250, anyhow it was the same color, is called “New Lime”
Sweet truck. Clean up the bed, spray in a bed liner, and daily drive it. GREAT truck !
Nice alternative to a 80,000 $ pickup truck. Good luck to the new owner!!!
Beautiful truck! Love the yellow. And it’s in super shape in all the right places. Someone got nice reminder of a great era in pickups. One thing bothers me tho… after all these years, how’d I ever miss that Ford made a 360? Did you all know that, or are you just as surprised as I am?
Yea the 360 was pretty anemic compared to a 352 or a 390, but would still pass anything but a gas station in a truck like this!!!
Dad,ordered a 1970,with the 360 manual trans. Most of these 360’s were dogs, but the 360 in his truck would scream,as a 15 yr. old kid, I would sneak off to town and rip around, even out run the city cop one night…The plastic covering the gauges looks foggy to me from the pics. Probably turned over.
What are people’s opinion of the NADA Classic Car guide that is mentioned here.
I am finding that lately their prices seem extremely inflated.
Agreed. The best way to calculated values is to check the completed listings on eBay.
Obviously this one was priced right as it sold almost immediately.
NADA = Not Accurate Dumb A$$
Their prices seem to be pretty inflated on a lot of vehicles, this one being an exception.
My dad bought his new in 69. Medium blue long bed 360 3 speed on the column from Impeliteri Ford in Cold Spring NY. I liked that truck it was fairly quick too. He had the truck until 72 when he bought another new F150 this time 390 automatic. And yes I was responsible for the automatic. After 3 clutch jobs on the 69 it was obvious dad was riding the clutch I was just real careful convincing him to go automatic this time. I new better than to piss off a 6’4 ranger from WW2.
I’ve just started looking at these as my son (who turns 15 this summer) wants an “old truck” when he starts driving. I’m not opposed since I have no intention of letting him regularly drive my new(ish) truck or my ’62 Austin Healey 3000 with any regularity. But I do remember in the early 80s when I was a teen and these types of trucks could be had for $1000 or less. Those days are long-gone!
I hope to find something like this and in this price range that I can get cleaned up a bit and spend a little on to make “safer” (like having the fuel tank moved to underneath the bed) and comfortable (like adding an aftermarket A/C). The safety is mainly so I’d have peace of mind regarding an inexperienced driver and the comfort would be for when I drive it when he’s grounded (which is inevitable). He can add a stereo if he wants with his own money.
Saw a ’55 Chevy 3100 Cameo this past weekend. It belongs to a friend of my fathers and is sitting in his shed in North Carolina rotting away. Been there since the late 70s when he took it off the road. My son loved it… But it needs a ton of work. No major rust issues, but everything else… some bodywork, paint, interior, bed, one door glass etc. It needs a little more beyond that as well – he had a bed with that diamond material welded in over his rotten wood bed sometime in the early 70s and then had the panel where the license plate was mounted cut so a tow hitch could be welded + it was cut so a plug for tow lights could be added. The wires for the lights to the license plate were deleted. I get it… when he used it in the 60s and 70s it was a “work” truck. They all were back then. But what scares me about it most is that’s the year the bed (panels) were fiberglass. I’ve got no idea how much it would cost should they need work.
So… I’m back to convincing him that even if that no matter how good the deal, even if it were given to him (which I assured him was a pipe dream), the cost may still be too high. I don’t know how much would have to go into it, so I’m not going to spend thousands to buy that big of a project. Even IF my Dad’s friend decided to sell it (no guarantee there, either).
Love old Ford’s trucks. Great looking car. Here is 1969 f100 shop manual https://fordmanualblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/22/1969-ford-truck-shop-manual-pdf-download/