Hooniverse Weekend Edition – A 1958 Ford F-100 Panel Truck
Continuing on with our early Panel Truck Weekend, here is an original California Panel Truck, that has at one time received a heart transplant. Compere the details of this 1958 Ford to the 1956 version that was posted earlier. So, it this one more desirable?
According to the listing:
For Sale – My ’58 Ford F-100 Panel Truck, a, “piece of my heart”, since 1973. It was very loved, and not for sale when I bought it. The previous owner, a dear friend, told me, “If you ever need a vehicle, I’ll sell you my Panel”. A few months later, I needed one. The 5-digit odometer now displays 13,108 miles. I bought it with approximately 140,000 miles on it. I put on 25,000 miles, then in 1975, replaced the tired and original 292 V8 and 3spd standard, with a factory-fresh Ford 360 V8 and matching 3spd standard. I’ve driven it about 48,000 miles since, primarily between 1975 and 1980, for a grand total of 213,108 California miles. The engine and transmission swap was professionally done, even keeping the original hydraulic clutch, and, the generator. My Panel is not perfect. It is 54 years-old. It has nuances and flaws. I am 58 years-old. I have nuances and flaws. That being said, it is probably one of the finest, non-restored , California ’58 Ford Panels available, anywhere. There are no rust issues. Both the interior top and rear sides were insulated. The sides were wood-paneled and the entire top was wood kerf framed in mahogany and then upholstered. Speaker boxes were built into the sides, with Pioneer 6 X 9 inch speakers, which I know do not mean much in today’s world. The factory steel wheels were professionally off-set (reversed). The Panel needs new tires and king pins.
It’s a great story, and te price is considerably cheaper that the previous Panel. Currently, the top bid is $2,247.22, with an unmet reserve. The Buy-it-Now price is $9,950, which pts this in the realm of affordability. See the listing here, and tell me if this is the Panel Truck of your dreams.
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I'll pass on this one. The two-tone paint scheme and the charcoal gray around the wheel openings do nothing for me. It's really in great shape for being non-restored.
I agree about the fender treatment but if I were able to convince my wife that an old panel should be her floral delivery vehicles (and believe me, I've tried), the price on this is very attractive, and low enough that I could justify a repaint.
It would make a perfect floral delivery truck. I can just picture it with her advertising on the side.
BTW, long time, no see ANYWHERE.
I can't help it if a lot of people are curious about you
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Aaaah……that's more better.
I've never been a huge fan of the quad headlights on Ford trucks of this vintage, but the price seems reasonable for a truck in this condition. The 360 presents a bit of a quandary, though. It is not original to the vehicle or available as an option that year, but it is not a performance engine and not particularly fuel efficient.
The quad headlights that first appeared on many domestic '58s are a weak design point. It took a few years for Detroit to figure out how to integrate them nicely.
If fuel efficiency is what you're after, you probably aren't looking at a big metal brick anyway.
I actually prefer this quad light front end compared to the earlier one with the same sheet metal but only double lights.
"Speaker boxes were built into the sides, with Pioneer 6 X 9 inch speakers, which I know do not mean much in today’s world. "
Indeed. The fucking youth of today, am I right?! a 6 x 9 in my day, well… they were the tops!
Ah yes, Jenson 6 x 9's in their plywood boxes positively rocked for me in my '66 1 ton panel.
You must have been high speed. By necessity, I was more a Kraco man.
Fancy boys. I used the 6×9 Audiovox speakers that came free with the cassette deck I put in mom's car. 1/2" CDX plywood boxes, but I lined them with 1" styrofoam. Amazingly, they sounded really good sliding around back in the van's bed. Of course, I never tried to push more than about 15 watts through them – from the Delco AM/FM/auto-reversing Cassette Deck I wired up to hang beneath the dash.
Want. Though, hate all you want, I'd drop it 4 inches or so.
Very believable truck. It's going to make someone very happy to be able to tool around in it. And a perfect advertising for the right kind of small business. But replacing those kingpins would make me a little concerned. I wonder why the owner hasn't had that done yet?
Beyond kingpins, 213k is a huge amount of miles for a vehicle built in an age when cars were all used up by 100k.
100k is about all the engines had in them. And you can be certain there's a mountain of maintenance that's gone into it over the years, and maybe coming due for repeating soon. These had pretty rugged bones, and their built to be repaired. Precious little plastic, fabric, foam and rubber on these.
I took delivery of this truck yesterday. We're opening a coffee shop here in Texas and want to use this truck for event etc.
It'll need a little work, but we love it.
It would be fun at a Cars and Coffee, since it could cover both ends of that spectrum. Are you going to have it lettered with your business name?
Yeah, we're going to get the company name etc on it. Just need to figure out exactly what to put on and the style. We want to keep it looking period.