Remember the good ol' days...
Ah, remember when this truck was what we all thought was all you needed to tow a #6000 TT with AND have a slide in canopy in the bed with the 2 kids and dog back there! ;) This is my Dad's 1971 F25...
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Ha, I think it's only #7700 GVWR! It's a "Camper Special" with the "Custom" trim.. (2wd)
I think it has 4.10 rear gears... All I know is it revs like a SOB going 65 mph and gets 9 mpg towing or not.
Yes, when I heard the sloshing of the gas in the tank right behind the seat, that brought back a lot of memories... If you took a hard right turn with a full tank of gas, you'd get gas fumes in the cab!!
The brake controller he had back then was one that slipped over the brake pedal itself! Remember those! It was like a sewing machine pedal.. The more you pressed down on it, the more power to the trailer brakes.. If you didn't need much trailer braking, you had to angle your foot and put more pressure on top of the pedal and press down so the trucks brakes engaged...
I remember going up the Grape Vine pass being in the camper in the bed, towing that old 1976 Taurus TT with Mom and Dad up front with that truck in 1st gear going maybe 25 mph and Dad's foot to the floor.. Oh yeah, he had to turn the heater on full because it was also running hot.. :) This was when it was already 90* outside!
Ah... The good ol' days! :)
Mitch
I think it has 4.10 rear gears... All I know is it revs like a SOB going 65 mph and gets 9 mpg towing or not.
Yes, when I heard the sloshing of the gas in the tank right behind the seat, that brought back a lot of memories... If you took a hard right turn with a full tank of gas, you'd get gas fumes in the cab!!
The brake controller he had back then was one that slipped over the brake pedal itself! Remember those! It was like a sewing machine pedal.. The more you pressed down on it, the more power to the trailer brakes.. If you didn't need much trailer braking, you had to angle your foot and put more pressure on top of the pedal and press down so the trucks brakes engaged...
I remember going up the Grape Vine pass being in the camper in the bed, towing that old 1976 Taurus TT with Mom and Dad up front with that truck in 1st gear going maybe 25 mph and Dad's foot to the floor.. Oh yeah, he had to turn the heater on full because it was also running hot.. :) This was when it was already 90* outside!
Ah... The good ol' days! :)
Mitch
