Chasing 1960s Ford N Series Trucks 

I subscribed. Thats awesome. I live in Virginia and any of these are really rare to see. The climate is rough on sitting steel. I'd expect crew cabs to be rare but that's wild. It's totally worth restoring and will be a conversation piece.

@@blueridgehollow2510doing full blown restoration on the N. Lots of vids including rescue exactly 3 yrs ago. I was able to find a bunch of NOS parts

@@randysrestoration Heck yeah thats great to find. Well people who come here will see this and go to your channel.

Anything to make your life easier is worth it. What kind of hauling do you do with the truck? And does it still have the original engine?

We farm and use the trucks to move grain from the field to the bin, then to the river for shipping. I haul about 400 bu per load. Mine has a tag axle on it to handle the weight.

The air brakes would be a major improvement.

@@frankwurth5375 Thanks for sharing. That's great it's still kicking around and working. My Granddad was born in 1908 and he bought a few in the 60s to haul logs and apples here in Virginia. He would pick a crew up in the back of the truck and head to orchards about an hour or better away to work. Times were different back in those days. Having those trucks to get out of the valley and bring in an income was a really big deal for them.

I missed the part about the motor. Yes it still has the original motor. I think it is a 331, but not sure. But it is in a poor state, just recently started loosing oil pressure and smoking. The donor truck we are going to part out was an old single axle tractor with the 391 and air brakes. Good truck but the guy I got it from refused to give us the title. So I'm thinking it would better serve me to up grade the N. I'm recovering from some health issues now , so maybe next summer I will either cure the original motor and brakes or convert things. This N was in the neighborhood since new. I got it from his estate sale several years ago to use and keep it from the scrapper that was runner up bidder. Had to repair the master cylinder to drive it home as it had no working breaks. Those are a constant challenge to keep working, with the limited driving it does.@@blueridgehollow2510

If you're creative you can make these trucks into unique rides. They make transmission adapters so you don't have to be restriced to either the transmission or engine. If I were to build one I'd try to find one for a spare because some parts may be hard to find due to not being produced anymore. Like they don't make the ignition switch for the 1970 Mustang and Cougar any more. Does yours run and drive?

Yes you are very correct. I should of said that in the video. These oldies are new to me and not a lot of information easily available about them. The parts availability is questionable and may be a series con to fixing one up. I got to say they seem to be built pretty tough and simple, but finding simple replacement parts isn't too easy or cheap. In a sense it's better to remove the cab and put it on a more modern frame. We checked and apparently the cab mounts will work on a variety of newer trucks.

The metal is nice and thick. You can tell metal was way better back then. I think it's a cool project but the parts availabily may be an issue. We've checked and it seems these old cabs are pretty easy to mount on to a more modern frame. Sitting in the truck and taking a glance all over really tells how simplier those times were.

I'm actually working on mounting of these cabs on an 03 F250 that was cummins swapped

@@MWolf380 sounds like a sweet build ford should have kept Cummins in the first place

@@MWolf380 Very cool, I think going with a more modern setup is the way to go if possible. I think the interest in these heavier duty trucks will grow as time goes on and hopefully aftermarket parts can be more easily available.

Do you happen to belong to the FORD n-series truck group if not you should definitely join the group lots of info and same person who runs it also has a registry page as well for N-series trucks and can give you a complete breakdown of everything That you’re truck was equipped with originally

Much appreciated!

Oh my my I had a time with the dark blue one.

I didn't know there was a superduty series. I looked into it to see what they were. I'd guess parts can't be easy to find for a rebuild today. Though these trucks are still working on farms today so can't complain too much considering how long they've been around.