Used 1965 Ford F-250

Cruisin Classics is pleased to present to you this 1965 Ford F250 Camper Special. This vintage Ford truck is a fine example of what we'd call a running and driving project. You can hop inside, turn the key, and it fires right up. It rolls down the road just fine, but before putting it on the road for regular use we would recommend getting the brakes serviced (we believe it may have a leaking wheel cylinder). The truck is painted maroon, but it is low driver quality paint - with patina, wear, chips, scrapes, dings, and evidence of some body work. Up front theres a bright eggcrate grille flanked by round single headlights. Turn signals sit just above, with FORD lettering in between. Both the front and rear bumpers have been painted white at some point. Moving around to the side you'll find FORD F250 Camper Special fender badges and Custom Cab badging on the doors. Both doors are also outfitted with extended side mirrors to aid when towing. This truck sits proudly atop a newer set of Pacer polished 8-slot wheels with Advanta SV T-02 tires in front and Dextero DHT2 tires in the rear. Around back is a full-size bed with a large wood panel bolted to the floor to cover a rust hole in the metal floor below. In the bed is the original numbers-matching 352 Ford V-8, a flywheel, the original wheels, and the tailgate. According to the most recent owner, the 352 had started smoking and they took it to a shop to get it rebuilt, but they wound up buying a rebuilt 390 Ford V-8 and having it installed for the same price (no receipt for this). Looking under the truck, there's a tow-hitch receiver, newer exhaust with mufflers from the headers back, four wheel drum brakes, and independent Twin I-Beam front suspension with coil springs. While underneath we noted that holes in the cab floor have been patched with fiberglass. Lift the hood to find the aforementioned 390ci V-8 sitting at the center. It's topped with blue Powered by Ford valve covers, a Holley 4-barrel carburetor, and a chrome air cleaner. Steering is manual and so are the drum brakes with single master cylinder. The big V-8 is mated up to a 4-speed manual transmission that sends power to the rear wheels. Exhaust flows through an older set of headers, then a newer exhaust with dual mufflers. Open the driver's door to find a very original and simplistic red and white interior. The small white door panels and their armrests are definitely showing their age, but the door handles and window cranks work fine. The bench seat has been covered with a multi-color saddle blanket cover that looks nice. Underfoot is a very old rubber matting and overhead is a perforated white headliner in good condition and a set of visors. Rising up from the center of the floor is a long shifter for the 4-speed manual transmission. The doors and dash are painted red, with a white lower dash providing an accent. Ahead of the driver is a 3-spoke OEM steering wheel with a broken horn ring (not attached) on a fixed column. The wheel frames a faux machine-turned gauge bezel that offers a 100mph speedometer and gauges for alt, fuel (inop.), temp (inop.), and oil. Below and to the left are knobs for the lights and working wipers while on the right are a manual choke (inop.) and a knob for the working fan. There is a manual under-dash defrost diverter and the kick panels offer fresh air vents. In the center of the dash is what appears to be the original AM radio that plays through a dash speaker, and sounds decent. Ahead of the passenger is a glovebox that contains a Panasonic 8-track player (we did not test this). The odometer reads 38,790 miles, but the title says exceeds mechanical limits. If you've always wanted to build your own cool mid-sixties Ford truck, this F250 offers you an affordable platform to start that project! Alternatively, you could get the brakes in good order and drive this truck just as it is with all of it's earned patina. The choice is yours, but don't wait too long only to find someo