And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Definitely pre DOT. Rear axle airbags would eliminate the pull vehicle “droop.” Better times. Most likely before axle airbags existence? I’ve got them on my. PU, and they work. Great pic! :)
I don't remember a Ford making a crew cab 1/2 ton truck in the sixties. This one looks like a conversion on a standard long bed chassis. Some overload springs and a drop hitch would have helped with that tongue heavy Airstream trailer with the load leveler already on the tongue
The F250 was available as a crew cab in '64 and was also the only F-series model available with 4WD. If you were Airstream the largest manufacturer of travel trailers and you went to Ford and said 'we're doing a world tour that will generate lots of publicity and sales, can you build us a special truck?' Ford would probably say yes. Al_in_Ottawa
That pickup pictured is at least a three-quarter ton (F-250) pickup. It's got a full floating rear axle. Most of the early crew cab Fords that I remember from back in the day were F-350 one tons, with a Dana 60 front axle and a Dana 70 rear axle. They were beefy rigs.
the crew cab Ford body in the picture is on a standard cab long bed chassis Here is a picture of one on a crew cab short bed chassis https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/cimg/www.ford-trucks.com/1600x900_85-1/689/349699-632689.png
Definitely pre DOT. Rear axle airbags would eliminate the pull vehicle “droop.” Better times. Most likely before axle airbags existence? I’ve got them on my. PU, and they work. Great pic! :)
ReplyDeleteA weight distributing hitch (E-Z lift) and a stout set of overload springs would be my solution to that 'droop'. But then, I'm old skool.
DeleteThe location of that Ford's rear axle is odd.
Is the Location Petra?
ReplyDeleteGoogle says it's Naqsh-e Rostam, Iran.
DeleteDefinitely pre-1979 Iran.
DeleteI don't remember a Ford making a crew cab 1/2 ton truck in the sixties. This one looks like a conversion on a standard long bed chassis. Some overload springs and a drop hitch would have helped with that tongue heavy Airstream trailer with the load leveler already on the tongue
ReplyDelete1965 was first year for the crew cab
DeleteThe F250 was available as a crew cab in '64 and was also the only F-series model available with 4WD. If you were Airstream the largest manufacturer of travel trailers and you went to Ford and said 'we're doing a world tour that will generate lots of publicity and sales, can you build us a special truck?' Ford would probably say yes.
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That pickup pictured is at least a three-quarter ton (F-250) pickup. It's got a full floating rear axle.
DeleteMost of the early crew cab Fords that I remember from back in the day were F-350 one tons, with a Dana 60 front axle and a Dana 70 rear axle. They were beefy rigs.
the crew cab Ford body in the picture is on a standard cab long bed chassis Here is a picture of one on a crew cab short bed chassis https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/cimg/www.ford-trucks.com/1600x900_85-1/689/349699-632689.png
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