Remember the good ol' days...

MitchF150 wrote:
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

My dad had a 1972 camper special F-250 XLT. It had the 390 with a C-6 as well along with factory A/C P/S P/B. It had two tanks one in the cab and one between the bed and frame. It had the best brakes of anything I have ever drove, each front wheel had two disc brake calibers on it requiring 8 brake pads to change the front brakes. Rear brakes were still drum with a full floating rear end. I think it always got 8mpg loaded or empty. It was the same pea green as the interior of your truck. His had cloth seats with fake woodgrain on the dash and cloth on the door panel's. The factory A/C was a underdash unit and would freeze you out. Had a sliding rear window as well.

Brought back a lot of memories good and bad. I remember changing the starter, a job from Hades. When he sold it still had original motor and transmission.