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New '65 Flareside owner
Posted: September 27, 2011, 8:05 pm
by CraigM
Posted: September 27, 2011, 8:17 pm
by slick4x4
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looks good..... i wish i had a seat that nice !!!
Posted: September 27, 2011, 8:19 pm
by jeepbut
Welcome from Sandia, Texas. Looks like you have a great start. Thanks, Lyman.
Posted: September 27, 2011, 8:25 pm
by factorystock
Welcome! Shortbed flaresides( stepsides) are always a great choice and have a timeless nostalgic mass appeal. The original green paint looks special order, a previous Bell Telephone truck my guess. Door vin tag code on color? It may be blank if special order color.
Posted: September 27, 2011, 8:32 pm
by CraigM
That was one thing I was confused by is that the color code on the tag is, in fact, blank. Also the green looks darker than the '65 Holly Green.
Posted: September 28, 2011, 1:13 am
by Alan Mclennan
Nice looking truck you have there Craig!, Welcome to the mob from down here!
Posted: September 28, 2011, 1:23 am
by HiBoy63
Welcome to a fellow Washingtonian. Another clue as to it being something other than a off the lot truck. A DSO with 6 digits. Shows it was ordered in Special and not purchased off the lot. Could have been a Forest Service vehical. They used alot of this type of truck I dont remember seeing dark green on them more of a pea green color. Looks like a solid truck have fun with it.
Posted: September 28, 2011, 4:16 am
by Anthony
Nice.... very nice!!! Welcome to the affliction from West Virginia!!!!
Posted: September 28, 2011, 8:04 am
by 36truck
form the U.P. of Michigan. I like Flaresides.
Posted: September 28, 2011, 8:45 am
by ezernut9mm
good lookin' truck. welcome to the site.
Posted: September 28, 2011, 11:15 am
by Roger Carter
Hello, and
from the Portland, Oregon area. Sweet looking truck. You don't see many of the short narrow bed Slicks in the Portland area.
Roger Carter
Posted: September 28, 2011, 11:58 am
by BigMike
Welcome. That is a sweet looking Slick. I'd love to find a short box flareside.
Posted: September 28, 2011, 12:13 pm
by 65Lover
Welcome from Houston TX!! First time poster AND with pics!! Yeah!! Looks like a great truck to start with. Have fun with it!
PS
Attend Slick Stock 2012 in Kansas City so I can see the truck up close! And when I don't return from test driving it, you'll know it's headed to Houston!! Will go perfect with my 65 Styleside!! LOL
Posted: September 28, 2011, 4:20 pm
by grump
A big welcome from NW Ohio. Nice truck, looks good and solid.
Posted: September 28, 2011, 4:57 pm
by dbrady
Sweet truck - nice acquisition!
Posted: September 28, 2011, 7:30 pm
by CraigM
Thanks everyone. You really know how to make a newbie feel welcome! The door VIN tag did include a 6 digit DSO code: 744722. Was delivered to Seattle, WA where it has been ever since. That makes more sense now as far as the shade of the green paint goes.
Posted: September 28, 2011, 8:14 pm
by factorystock
This is a Bell Telephone F 250 I checked out in the early 80's when being auctioned off.
Posted: September 28, 2011, 8:23 pm
by unibody madness
I was just going to say that sure looks like a Ma Bell tel truck.
Posted: September 28, 2011, 9:32 pm
by Casey 65
Nice truck. Welcome from Kansas City!
Get 'er ready for the trip to Slick Stock 5 in a few months!
Re: New '65 Flareside owner
Posted: January 4, 2012, 5:03 pm
by CraigM
You guys were right, it was a Bell truck. I found this decal under the previous owners paint job:
“No job is so important and no service is so urgent that we cannot take time to perform our work safely.”