coachbarnes
Bronco Guru
I finally made it down to pick up my U13 Roadster. Here's what I know;
It was built in Oct. 65. Sahara Beige. Bench Seat. It's a 2 owner truck. It was purchased/used as 1 of 3 on a Ranch in W. Texas. This particular vehicle was the ranch owners personal ride. It has about 19k original miles and has spent the better part of the past 16 yrs in storage. It had a couple of whiskey dents (1 from a pissed off bull), so the PO took the body off the frame, blasted/repainted the frame, did some minor body work and repainted body. It seems 100% original to me, except the paint, chrome headlight rings and a couple of the dash knobs. I need you '66 gurus to take a look at these pics and let me know what you see. I've got a couple of questions;
a) The latch on the top of the windshield is painted body color. My suspicion is that's not how they came.
b) Is that gas cap original?
c) Are those tire/jack tools supposed to be mounted behind the drivers seat?
d) The heater core seems to have a leak. Are those the same as the later years, or special to 66?
I'm pretty excited about this thing. Plans are to slowly "restore" it, while at the same time drive it around town. Nothing that wasn't original will get done to it. Any help identifying anything special about it would be appreciated.
It was built in Oct. 65. Sahara Beige. Bench Seat. It's a 2 owner truck. It was purchased/used as 1 of 3 on a Ranch in W. Texas. This particular vehicle was the ranch owners personal ride. It has about 19k original miles and has spent the better part of the past 16 yrs in storage. It had a couple of whiskey dents (1 from a pissed off bull), so the PO took the body off the frame, blasted/repainted the frame, did some minor body work and repainted body. It seems 100% original to me, except the paint, chrome headlight rings and a couple of the dash knobs. I need you '66 gurus to take a look at these pics and let me know what you see. I've got a couple of questions;
a) The latch on the top of the windshield is painted body color. My suspicion is that's not how they came.
b) Is that gas cap original?
c) Are those tire/jack tools supposed to be mounted behind the drivers seat?
d) The heater core seems to have a leak. Are those the same as the later years, or special to 66?
I'm pretty excited about this thing. Plans are to slowly "restore" it, while at the same time drive it around town. Nothing that wasn't original will get done to it. Any help identifying anything special about it would be appreciated.
