1965 Twin I-beam "Ride Guide" demonstration tool

[FORDification]

When Ford debuted the Twin I-beam suspension for the light-duty trucks in 1965, they needed to come up with a way of demonstrating how smooth the ride was to prospective buyers, so they developed this Ride Guide kit. It consisted of two canisters filled with ping-pong balls...one canister would be attached to the hood with a suction cup, the other to brackets attached to the front I-beam and extending up to the front of the hood where it was visible from the driver's seat. On a test drive, you could see and compare the movement of the balls in each canister.

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There is one of these kits listed HERE on E-bay...and has been listed for more than two years at $1000. Surprisingly enough, it's still there.
However, as I type this, there is another one listed HERE (only the second one I've ever seen) with a Buy It Now price of $125. This is the listing I swiped the above kit pics from, since the only other ones I had were low-res.

[04sd]

Sold. I figured at 125 it would go quick.

[FORDification]

Yeah, after I posted it here and in the Facebook group, I didn't figure at that price it would last long. Did anyone here get it? I'd be very interested in scanning the instruction book for the FORDification Factory Literature Library.