My son and I are in the process of purchasing this 1964 Ford F100 out in LA. As most of you know he is stationed in San Diego and will use this as his daily driver until he comes home next fall. Then we will decide what to do with it. All original 2 owner with a straight 6 and 3 on the tree. We think it's cool as all get out.

Very cool! ? Congrats!

Good save there!
Cal

No kidding it's cool. I'd love an old truck

Thanks guys. When he gets out next October the Navy will ship his vehicle back here for free!

Awesome! My buddy used to have one of those.

Thank him for his service. I'm visiting my marine son in Hawaii for the holidays.

Please extend our thanks to your son for his service as well.

Merry Christmas to all.

nice it is cool

My son flew back to San Diego on the 28th and went to LA to pickup the new truck on the 29th. He picked up the truck and started back to SD with his buddy following him. They only made it about 30 miles and the shifter locked up on him. He spent enough time with me under my bird to understand how the linkage needs to line up and was able to free it back up. The rubber bushings on the column shift arms are gone allowing a ton of free play. Got the truck rolling and 15 miles later he pulls into an Auto Zone for something or another and the truck wont start. By this time his friend left to go meet some female and now John is 100 mile from home with a dead truck and needs to be on base at 06:30. Had Auto Zone test the battery. Dead. Purchased a new battery and installed. Truck fires right up. Finally occurs to me to ask if the truck has an amp meter to see if the truck is running. John tells me that it does not but it does have a GEN light that has been on since he picked it up. BINGO. The Auto Zone he is at does not have a regulator but the store 3 miles down the road does. The guy from AZ drives him down to pick up the part. Installed in the parking lot and presto, the gen light goes off and he is on his way. By this time my wife is a nervous wreck about "her baby" being alone and broke down in "that piece of sh*t truck you bought". We tell him to call us every 30 minutes till he gets home. At 3am our time he calls for the last time. Whew! Oh yea and I get up at 5:30 for work. Been quite an adventure already but I am having fun learning about these old "Slick 60's" Ford trucks and researching parts for the restoration when it gets back here next fall.

Happy New Year to all of you!

I like it! I would like to have an even older one.

Larry, your last post gave me a little chuckle. Thanks. I can imagine how that whole thing went having my son living in southern cal and calling me when he is waiting on the side of the road for the hook and he is asking me what do you think all that smoke was about? Of course my wife is ready to go for a "visit" at the drop of a hat. Meanwhile I know that I'll spend my whole weekend under the hood of a 5.0 mustang.