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jplante4
Explorer II
Nov 19, 2019

Nice Looking Classic

Showed up at the shop today. Older than all but one of the techs that will be working it. No brand markings on the camper.

Notice the original CA plates.

  • My old 1976 Ford F-250 was a great truck and hauled everything from a 35ft Jyaco FL Fifth Wheel to 3 different truck campers and tons of firewood with that old 390 Ford which was completely rebuilt as well as the transmission and rear end..I regret selling it just a few years ago...







    Yea,then I upgraded to my new to me truck which by definition will be a classic next year..It is only 25 years old now..LOL

    Seems I can't afford to get out of the Classic erra..(Laughing)

  • Mine was a 1978 Chevy Cheyenne 400 cid 4x4 with a Beaver 8 1/2 foot self contained camper.
  • Those old pop out smoked windows! Memories! All shared pictures...so nice.
  • Amazing to see an engine without a horrendous tangled mess of wires and vacuum tubing screwing the looks up.
  • That's really nice. It looks like a 1972 F-250.











    I bought this 1972 Ford F-250 in Sept 2005. It had been sitting since 1991.
    It came with a fully self-contained 1963 Goldcoast 49er camper.

    The truck had a 390, C-6, 4.11 gears, Ranger XLT pkg, camper special and a tool box in the side of the bed and it only had 31,000 miles on it.



    I installed a NOS 428 CJ cam, "S" 4-V intake and carburetor from a 1966 390 GT, a set of Hedman headers and had a good friend build me a custom 3" exhaust.

    I was dating the guys daughter when he bought that truck new back in Aug 1972. It was a special order.

    One of my big regrets in life was selling that truck just a few years ago. :(
  • Nice,I drove my old '76 Ford and Lance TC up to like 3 years ago..It was all but totally rebuilt from stem to stern..We both hated to get rid of it but we were starting to look like a used car lot...lol

    Sometimes older is better...