I have my dad’s 73 F250 and am starting to restore her. It was the first new vehicle he ever bought and a few months later he brought me home from the hospital in it. I learned to drive in it, had my first date in it and now it is mine. Sadly dad has been gone for nearly 13 years. The truck sat in the yard slowly covered by blackberries…. I trailered it to my house and had her running within 2 days. The first trip was to the car wash and the second was to pickup a U-Haul trailer. Trip 3 was a 100 mile round trip with the trailer and a full load to move my family and she didn’t skip a beat! Not bad for not being started for 9 years…
1973 was a time back when trucks were made for real tough labourers, meant to haul supplies to the job site and the refuse to the dump. Nowadays they're family haulers for the most part, most suburban examples have rarely, if ever, seen a serious load put in the bed
I enjoyed the ride! The Dentsides are my favorite Ford truck generation. Dad had a new 73 F100 when I was 9, 302 3 on the tree, later traded for a new 77 F150 Supercab Custom with the Explorer tape stripe and mag-like hubcaps package. That one had the 351M and C6. Dad put glasspacks on it and it sounded great. I'll bet your truck has many admirers.
Thanks for the story!! Main reason why I enjoy driving it is all the people that I talk to that bring up memories because of it. Love putting smiles on people's faces with it.
73 was the first year for those 6th gen Ford F-series pickups & were produced up through 79. The 2nd gen Broncos on the other hand which have the same body design weren't produced yet til 78 & like the pickups, they were also produced up through 79.
Much appreciated! It's definitely not the most pristine exaple and has some patina if you would call it that. 3 years since I got it back on the road and still hasn't missed a beat!
How many speeds have this transmission? I can't figure out the number of the speeds of this transmission. This truck is a master piece, the torque is powerful
@@MineTwine45 that's really interesting. Many years ago my grandpa had a 1984 Dodge Ram 350, for 3 passengers, standard and with a gasoline V8 motor. It had 4 speeds but most of the time the used to start off in 2nd speed because the first speed worked like a Low Speed. Nice truck. One day I hope to find a buy a truck like yours in this video. Gratings from Mexico.
@@abrahamruiz345 Sounds like it could be a very similar transmission. Ford/Chevy/Dodge all used New Process transmissions back in the day. Good luck finding a truck! Chances are they are a lot less rusty down there in Mexico than here in the Rust Belt in the US.
which engine is this, and whats the exhaust setup? personally I find the sound to be perfection and want my f250 to sound this way Hoping to get the exhaust details and engine. I'm more than happy to put a mild 390 or 460 in place of my 360, but also don't have to :3
The engine is a 390, has stock manifolds with two 24" Thrush Glasspacks in a true dual formation. No x-pipe or anything. Dumps right beside the rear axle.
Cool is that just a f350 or a super camper special, I just missed out on one a 1973 f350 super camper special for only 8 grand and it was beautiful 79,000 original miles and know I am looking for another one someday, but was just curious if it was a super camper special or not?
@@MineTwine45 Cool when did you find it you would have loved this one that sold wish I had the add to show you it blew my socks or its the 2 tone brown and white with 79000 original miles?
@@MineTwine45 Cool awesome truck also one more question do you like the 390 or the 360 better and what roughly do you get for gas mileage. I am just curious because trying to fimd one and want to look for one that has the best FE made.
@@bobbydetecting8152 I usually get low to mid teens for fuel mileage. It has a 4:10 in the back and with no overdrive it turns some RPM on the highway. Either engine is good, obviously the bigger the better but they are roughly the same engine design wise besides the displacement.
What top speed did you get up to? I have a 1977 f350 with a 400m that hasn't drove in a while ...just wondering cuz it sounded like the motor was wound up pretty good...also nice truck sounds really good 👍
@@laneforth8095 As they get older, the buttons will get sticky. It'll open but the button with have a bit of a time going back to it's original spot. A little PB Blaster or WD-40 to the button on the backside of the door, push the button in a few times without shutting the door and it'll work like new after that. Mine did it and all it took was a bit of PB and it was good to go.
I have my dad’s 73 F250 and am starting to restore her. It was the first new vehicle he ever bought and a few months later he brought me home from the hospital in it. I learned to drive in it, had my first date in it and now it is mine. Sadly dad has been gone for nearly 13 years. The truck sat in the yard slowly covered by blackberries…. I trailered it to my house and had her running within 2 days. The first trip was to the car wash and the second was to pickup a U-Haul trailer. Trip 3 was a 100 mile round trip with the trailer and a full load to move my family and she didn’t skip a beat!
Not bad for not being started for 9 years…
Awesome story!! Glad you could get er back on the road to enjoy again. Love stories like this, old trucks are meant to be driven and used!
1973 was a time back when trucks were made for real tough labourers, meant to haul supplies to the job site and the refuse to the dump. Nowadays they're family haulers for the most part, most suburban examples have rarely, if ever, seen a serious load put in the bed
I love old trucks 💕
Same
I enjoyed the ride! The Dentsides are my favorite Ford truck generation. Dad had a new 73 F100 when I was 9, 302 3 on the tree, later traded for a new 77 F150 Supercab Custom with the Explorer tape stripe and mag-like hubcaps package. That one had the 351M and C6. Dad put glasspacks on it and it sounded great. I'll bet your truck has many admirers.
Thanks for the story!! Main reason why I enjoy driving it is all the people that I talk to that bring up memories because of it. Love putting smiles on people's faces with it.
Used to have a 76 f250 360 4 speed yukon 4.11 locker diff this makes me really want another ford those fe motors have such a good sound
Simply cool.
Much appreciated! She's a fun beast!
73 was the first year for those 6th gen Ford F-series pickups & were produced up through 79. The 2nd gen Broncos on the other hand which have the same body design weren't produced yet til 78 & like the pickups, they were also produced up through 79.
I have one! Indestructable !
Awesome!!! Definitely a fun experience to own and drive!
I HAVE A TRUCK LIKE YOURS AND I CALL IT MR ROOSEVELT *****
THAT IS A NICE NAME GOBBLESS
Mine is a '73 F350 Super Camper Special, it's my baby. Yours is gorgeous inside, and sounds badass!
Much appreciated! It's definitely not the most pristine exaple and has some patina if you would call it that. 3 years since I got it back on the road and still hasn't missed a beat!
How many speeds have this transmission? I can't figure out the number of the speeds of this transmission.
This truck is a master piece, the torque is powerful
4 speed! I usually start off in 2nd because the first gear is a real low ratio for towing.
@@MineTwine45 that's really interesting. Many years ago my grandpa had a 1984 Dodge Ram 350, for 3 passengers, standard and with a gasoline V8 motor. It had 4 speeds but most of the time the used to start off in 2nd speed because the first speed worked like a Low Speed.
Nice truck. One day I hope to find a buy a truck like yours in this video.
Gratings from Mexico.
@@abrahamruiz345 Sounds like it could be a very similar transmission. Ford/Chevy/Dodge all used New Process transmissions back in the day. Good luck finding a truck! Chances are they are a lot less rusty down there in Mexico than here in the Rust Belt in the US.
Awesome video. Love the old back roads. Looking forward to doing that next year myself. What motor you running in the ol girl? 360, 390?
390! Factory 2 barrel.
@@MineTwine45 very awesome. 🤘🏻
which engine is this, and whats the exhaust setup? personally I find the sound to be perfection and want my f250 to sound this way
Hoping to get the exhaust details and engine. I'm more than happy to put a mild 390 or 460 in place of my 360, but also don't have to :3
The engine is a 390, has stock manifolds with two 24" Thrush Glasspacks in a true dual formation. No x-pipe or anything. Dumps right beside the rear axle.
@@MineTwine45 awesome! Thanks :)
Cool is that just a f350 or a super camper special, I just missed out on one a 1973 f350 super camper special for only 8 grand and it was beautiful 79,000 original miles and know I am looking for another one someday, but was just curious if it was a super camper special or not?
Yep! F350 with the Super Camper Special package. Pretty much all original, just over 106,000 miles on mine.
@@MineTwine45 Cool when did you find it you would have loved this one that sold wish I had the add to show you it blew my socks or its the 2 tone brown and white with 79000 original miles?
@@bobbydetecting8152 I bought it in February of this year, 2020. This truck is green on green, so 1970s lol.
@@MineTwine45 Cool awesome truck also one more question do you like the 390 or the 360 better and what roughly do you get for gas mileage. I am just curious because trying to fimd one and want to look for one that has the best FE made.
@@bobbydetecting8152 I usually get low to mid teens for fuel mileage. It has a 4:10 in the back and with no overdrive it turns some RPM on the highway. Either engine is good, obviously the bigger the better but they are roughly the same engine design wise besides the displacement.
What top speed did you get up to? I have a 1977 f350 with a 400m that hasn't drove in a while ...just wondering cuz it sounded like the motor was wound up pretty good...also nice truck sounds really good 👍
I've really only had it to 75mph, at 60mph it's just about at 3,000RPM and I usually have the redline at 4,000 🤣
@@MineTwine45 Oh ok 👍 thanks for letting me know...
nice
How do you get the globe boxes open on these Ford's?
On mine here you just have to push the button inwards and it releases the latch.
Oh ok thanks
@@laneforth8095 As they get older, the buttons will get sticky. It'll open but the button with have a bit of a time going back to it's original spot. A little PB Blaster or WD-40 to the button on the backside of the door, push the button in a few times without shutting the door and it'll work like new after that. Mine did it and all it took was a bit of PB and it was good to go.
300$ right there
Hell, you aren't kidding nowadays!