My Old Ford Truck

[RalphG]

I'd had a request to post a picture of the 46 Ford truck I learned to drive on. It was a retired farm truck my dad had parked in the late sixties as it was a bit unreliable with over heating and hard starting. Would have been rated as a 2 to 3 ton truck. I learned a lot about getting old flatheads running with that truck. Also many hours of fun running the pasture trails and half mile driveway at speeds up to 30 mph. The truck was parted out in the 70s and became a two wheel farm trailer. The grille hangs on the door of my garage now as a reminder of where the flathead addiction began.

 

[cas3]

What a nice toy for a kid to tinker with! I learned to drive in the old man's 64 VW bug.

 

[petehoovie]

I'd had a request to post a picture of the 46 Ford truck I learned to drive on. It was a retired farm truck my dad had parked in the late sixties as it was a bit unreliable with over heating and hard starting. Would have been rated as a 2 to 3 ton truck. I learned a lot about getting old flatheads running with that truck. Also many hours of fun running the pasture trails and half mile driveway at speeds up to 30 mph. The truck was parted out in the 70s and became a two wheel farm trailer. The grille hangs on the door of my garage now as a reminder of where the flathead addiction began.

 

[corvette8n]

Thanks Ralph, I requested it after watching your YouTube video, cool truck. At least the memory of it hangs on your barn. Hope you get the Merc. carb figured out.

 

[RalphG]

Thanks Ralph, I requested it after watching your YouTube video, cool truck. At least the memory of it hangs on your barn. Hope you get the Merc. carb figured out.

The old Merc has a few hiccups every now and then but it has not left me stranded yet. Here is another shot of the 46 truck after I had painted it. This might be the last picture taken before it was dismantled and re-purposed into a trailer.

 

[Clem Clement]

Someday there will be another come along for you
Clem

 

[petehoovie]

The old Merc has a few hiccups every now and then but it has not left me stranded yet. Here is another shot of the 46 truck after I had painted it. This might be the last picture taken before it was dismantled and re-purposed into a trailer.

 

[A bones]

Thanks Ralph, seeing your world is always refreshing.
You probably,,, maybe,, don't grasp the pattern of life elsewere