Is $10,000.00 worth it?

ford4x4fun · Post by **ford4x4fun** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:27 pm

You want to sell it since I couldn't find where it was being sold!

walnut · Post by **walnut** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:47 pm

It was not you guys I was worried about. There were 3 other people bidding on it and they were the ones that I got paraniod about.

Mancar1 · Post by **Mancar1** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 6:18 pm

Congrats on the buy. Awesome looking truck.

ford4x4fun · Post by **ford4x4fun** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:50 am

walnut wrote:It was not you guys I was worried about. There were 3 other people bidding on it and they were the ones that I got paraniod about.

Ha! Ha! Just giving you a hard time... A heck of a good looking truck, I hope I can get mine to look that good, it is close but still needs some work!

cowbay · Post by **cowbay** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:52 am

Superb find. And for that condition I think it is money well spent and great value. One will never find anything that good in the future.

Joe Kriston · Post by **Joe Kriston** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:08 pm

Congrats...I s'pose the next question will be how to remove the fire department lettering without doing too much harm to the paint...You really hate to do too much messing with the originality of the truck...

woods · Post by **woods** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:59 pm

Thems some sharp lookin wheels buddy.
Now that is all over with and is pretty much yours...I will say this. Unlike most people, I am not at all a "brand loyal" guy. I will drive or own just about anything that I have deemed cool in my own head. Even if it's junk, it can still be cool to me. Now, having said that...I will say that the bump side pickups are the most quality constructed older truck I have ever owned (and I have owned a lot). Everything works pretty smooth, shuts with a solid thump, squeaks and rattles are much less on that of compared years of other makes. They really are a solid truck all the way around.
Also...in a slightly different vein...last year, I sold a 79 F350 4x4 supercab Lariat with 68,000 original miles on it, on E-bay. It went for 18,800 to a guy in Alaska. So yes, I think you got a great deal.
Do you HAVE to take the emblem off the door? I actually think it's kinda cool.

walnut · Post by **walnut** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 7:07 pm

Joe Kriston wrote:Congrats...I s'pose the next question will be how to remove the fire department lettering without doing too much harm to the paint...You really hate to do too much messing with the originality of the truck...

Thats what I'm worried about. Not sure how I'm going to do it. It has been on there for 41 years so that will be a problem. Any suggestions?

Montana71-F100 · Post by **Montana71-F100** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:01 pm

I like it with the lettering. A good hand painted lettering job is pretty rare now since sign companies started using computer cut vinyl. If you really have to take it off, Easy Off oven cleaner will take the lettering off without harming the auto paint. It's been years since I've done it so Easy Off may have changed the formula so try it on a small area first.

woods · Post by **woods** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:19 pm

Ya know...I think the lettering ruined the truck. I'll give you 10,100 for it...I will just have to hang my head in shame about leaving the lettering on it when I drive it around..

1971ford · Post by **1971ford** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 2:07 am

Red paint fades the most out of any other color. I would think that after 40 years, you're going to have a bit of a color mismatch problem if you take those letters off. But that wouldn't worry me. Because I think the letters should stay!!!!!!

Montana71-F100 · Post by **Montana71-F100** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:15 am

1971ford wrote:Red paint fades the most out of any other color. I would think that after 40 years, you're going to have a bit of a color mismatch problem if you take those letters off. But that wouldn't worry me. Because I think the letters should stay!!!!!!

You are correct about fading and especially red. When I've removed lettering, no matter what the color, you could always see the difference in the color where the lettering was. The customer usually wanted more lettering over where the old lettering was so the faded area wasn't as noticeable. Since the fire truck was stored in a garage most of the time, it may not have faded.

There is some good tips on lettering removal at:

http://www.learn2paintsigns.com/How_to_ ... ering.html

http://www.signs101.com/forums/archive/ ... 76764.html

Big Blue 72 · Post by **Big Blue 72** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:02 am

71Ford and Montana 71 are right. My uncle removed some lettering on an old F350 tow truck long ago. The truck was green and in good shape. The paint underneath the lettering was unfaded, and although slight, was clearly a different shade than the weathered paint. You could see it clear as day. Montana may have a point. Maybe your truck isn't faded since it was always garaged and taken such good care of.

Big Blue 72 · Post by **Big Blue 72** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:06 am

Love the truck! I want to see more pictures!!

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