best day EVER....

My fella brought me home a gift today...





Tis a 1965 Custom Cab Ford F250. It's been in a garage for the last 20 years and only has 100k on the clock. Best gift ever.

We were just standing out there talking and looking at the truck in the moonlight and Chris opens the side gas tank. It has three and we couldn't figure out why. Travel Tank is what it says.

It was a camper. That's why the bed is in pristine shape, the tailgate is perfect and the paint is almost perfect except where the straps from the camper rubbed it. It also explains why there's so few miles on it for how old it is.

Oh and I learned all about carburetors today and fuel lines.

My dad's face lit up when I told him we'd got it. Turns out my truck was made the month and year he got out of the Navy. I bet it was one he admired back in the day. I have to get it registered in the next few days so I can drive it over there. It's been off the books since the 80s.

I'm excited. And I can tow my jeep with it.... or a camper!!!

We painted the hood last night. We're going to shoot the whole thing eventually, but Chris is military and the hood was bothering him being primer. I liked it, but now it's blue.





Love mah truck.

Yeah, it runs beautifully. Turns out the problem was a stuck float in the carburetor. We took off all the extra filters and regulators the PO had added and now that V8 roars to life and potatoes at an idle.

Weird thing is, we basically got it for free. We traded our old YJ for a motorcycle and the guy threw in the truck to get it out of his driveway. It hasn't been registered since 1983. Her name's Grace. We're also rebuilding a 1964 Ford Fairlane Wagon. Blood red interior and Wimbledon White outside. She's primer grey at the moment and not running.


And no, you cannot have it.