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October 29, 2011
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My neighbor has a 54 and we have this 51..driving in a Parade today–Bill
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Nice! Y’all have fun. The more I look at that truck the more I like it. I remember seeing a nice 53 5-window around here as a regular driver awhile back.
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Very nice 
I learned how to drive in my Dad’s 1955 Chevy Apache truck. Shortly after I began high-school, he gave me that old truck. It was built like a tank, and it had a top speed of 69 mph. It had no turn signals or taillights, so I had to learn and use hand signals.
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Here’s the family’s 1951. Pretty much all original straight 6 and still on a 6Volt electrical system. The only thing my dad added a few years back was he finally decided to put an electric fuel pump on it. Shockingly it starts a lot easier now! My dad is the third owner and in the glove box is the receipt where the original owner bought the 51 with a Trade In with this 1925 Model T Ford. Oh and he swapped the wiper blades out but the originals are still in the glove box as well. Dad took it to a car show probably 10 years or so back and some dam kid stole the original gas cap. So its a replacement as well.
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Maverick
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Thread reminds me of my first pickup, pretty sure the only option on that 65 F100 was the 352 V8 and a heater. Since I was selling Ford parts at the time I added OE armrests and a RH sun visor and rear-view mirror. Good old truck but I invested a fair bit of knuckle skin and blood in addition to more parts than I can recall, the list of chassis and drivetrain parts I didn’t replace is shorter. I took it from 95,000 miles to over 230,000.
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Maverick said
Here’s the family’s 1951. Pretty much all original straight 6 and still on a 6Volt electrical system. The only thing my dad added a few years back was he finally decided to put an electric fuel pump on it. Shockingly it starts a lot easier now! My dad is the third owner and in the glove box is the receipt where the original owner bought the 51 with a Trade In with this 1925 Model T Ford. Oh and he swapped the wiper blades out but the originals are still in the glove box as well. Dad took it to a car show probably 10 years or so back and some dam kid stole the original gas cap. So its a replacement as well.
Sincerely,
Maverick
Cool of truck!
The 1955 Chevy Apache that I was given also had the same I6 (235 cid) engine, 6-volt electrical (generator), single-barrel Holly carb (with oil bath filter), 3-speed manual (on the column and non-synchronized), and a floor mounted starter. It had a manual choke (that pulled about 8″ out of the dash). I wish I still had that old truck today!
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Maverick, Don’t automatically say some kid stole the gas cap. Could readily have been some older codger who knew what he needed and hadn’t been able to find. Tim
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tim tomlinson said
Maverick, Don’t automatically say some kid stole the gas cap. Could readily have been some older codger who knew what he needed and hadn’t been able to find. Tim
My old man said he saw about a 10 year old boy messing around the truck at the show and didn’t pay him much attention. Next minute he turned around the boy was gone and so was the gas cap. So go figure, easy enough for the boy to put it in his pocket and walk off. The reproduction was easy enough to get and most wouldn’t know it a repop.
I can’t figure out how to keep the image from rotating but here is that inline 6.
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My Mom had a 59 Cadillac with the bullet tail lights. So when some of hers came up missing I’d borrow what she needed from another car. 
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Chuck, How’s Your heater work fer Ya’ll 
. My first pickup was a 1955 Fargo that I payed $40.00 for , drove it for 6 months and sold it for $50.00 then bought a real truck, a ’52 ford 
. See Ya’ll in Cody.
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Henry Mero said
Chuck, How’s Your heater work fer Ya’ll . My first pickup was a 1955 Fargo that I payed $40.00 for , drove it for 6 months and sold it for $50.00 then bought a real truck, a ’52 ford . See Ya’ll in Cody.
Harry, not sure what you mean? Everything in my 10 year old Ford works fine. I’m hoping not to get much rain on the way.
My first truck I bought when I got out of the Army. Used 1972 Ford Ranger XLT Camper Special. What a truck! Sold it when we bought a motor home to haul our trailer full of motorcycles and camping gear. Sold the camper for more than what we paid for it.
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I only see one heater hose on that old chevy
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Henry Mero said
I only see one heater hose on that old chevy
Harry-
Yep, the other one is cut off. Southern boy fix for a leaky heater core. Chuck reposted the pic for Maverick.
Mike
