NEW SLICK - #7 - 1966 RANGER - June 2 Picture Update

fire truck · Post by **fire truck** » May 30, 2011, 1:56 pm

there was one lick that on cl in n miss a year or two ago, is was a day late on the call..sold for 300 iirc

fire truck · Post by **fire truck** » May 30, 2011, 2:25 pm

I have one less in the stable this weekend, i sold the farm truck... grits, if you end up wanting a factory crew let me know, I'm thinking of selling the battle ship...

Gritsngumbo · Post by **Gritsngumbo** » May 30, 2011, 3:36 pm

fire truck wrote:there was one lick that on cl in n miss a year or two ago, is was a day late on the call..sold for 300 iirc

Could have been the twin to mine. It's probably up there in N. MS somewhere. Either built just before or just after (consecutive serial numbers). Finding that one would be just too cool.

fire truck wrote:grits, if you end up wanting a factory crew let me know, I'm thinking of selling the battle ship...

Factory crew? Not fair, you know I'm an addict and can't resist. Tell me more.
If it doesn't run and drive my wife and daughter would kill me. PM sent.

Rusty 63 · Post by **Rusty 63** » May 31, 2011, 5:10 pm

FT isn't yours the grey one? Think I've seen pics someplace.

Gritsngumbo · Post by **Gritsngumbo** » June 2, 2011, 9:57 pm

Got a couple of pictures of my Ranger when she was new with the original owner (the seller's grandpa in the cab and white shirt) and showing the flat bed the original owner had made for the truck in his plant. The truck was purchased in March and the pictures have an August 1966 date on them, so they were either taken then or taken earlier and developed then.

The picture on the right shows the folding disc harrow on the bed, which was the reason for buying the truck(s) for the salesmen.

Anyone recognize the wheel covers? Anyone have a set

. From seller's description of the covers (and before I saw these pics) I thought they were going to look like the one's Michelle found for her Ranger but hers seem to have five "spokes" while these only have four.

fire truck · Post by **fire truck** » June 2, 2011, 11:42 pm

very cool!

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » June 3, 2011, 8:12 am

look kinda like these, Gerald
https://www.dragtimes.com/parts/1965-FO ... 56105.html

Gritsngumbo · Post by **Gritsngumbo** » June 3, 2011, 8:19 am

WOW! Great find JC. Gotta be them. Thanks.

64Ranger · Post by **64Ranger** » June 3, 2011, 9:53 am

Hey Grits this is a picture of my truck before I restored it

And this is a picture of one of my seats before they were reupholstered.

ebentraywick · Post by **ebentraywick** » June 3, 2011, 10:04 am

gota make a flatbed!

Gritsngumbo · Post by **Gritsngumbo** » June 3, 2011, 12:08 pm

Johnny Canuck wrote:look kinda like these, Gerald
https://www.dragtimes.com/parts/1965-FO ... 56105.html

Here's another source for Galaxy repops:
http://www.hubcaps.org/galaxie.html#

FRD968 http://www.hubcaps.org/cgi-bin/shopper. ... key=frd968 appears to be the one's that are on my truck in the pictures
and
#FRD611 appears to be the one's like Michelle has on her Ranger.

Never knew that the 65-66 Galaxies had such a wide variety of options for wheel covers.
My sister had a 66 LTD with covers like #FRD602 (red centers) which were also supposed to be an option for the F100's. http://www.hubcaps.org/cgi-bin/shopper. ... key=frd602
which also came on the Broncos (no emblem on the fronts for the hubs to stick through).

Gritsngumbo · Post by **Gritsngumbo** » June 3, 2011, 12:09 pm

64Ranger wrote:Hey Grits this is a picture of my truck before I restored it

Thanks Doug. That gives me new encouragement for the future of mine.

bluebolt · Post by **bluebolt** » June 4, 2011, 2:34 pm

That bed really hangs back past the rear axle. A litle calculation makes me think it was ten feet long.

Gritsngumbo · Post by **Gritsngumbo** » June 5, 2011, 9:37 pm

Could be that long. Remember, the bed was designed for a "hinged" disk harrow to fit on. I should have measured the one they still have in the barn. The original bed is buried in the weeds a few miles from the sellers farm. But we simply ran out of time to look it up that day.

NEW SLICK - #7 - 1966 RANGER - June 2 Picture Update

Pictures of my Ranger in 1966 when she was new

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