62pyro Posted August 29, 2015 Posted August 29, 2015 (edited) Finally picked up a '63 Ford F100. Been wanting one for a long time but,never seemed to have the money when a good deal came along. Last pic is trying out the Pegasus Sovereigns to see how I like them.Still have to decide if I want these or,steelies,spider caps and whitewalls. Plan is for a traditional mild custom look. Edited August 29, 2015 by 62pyro
Modlbldr Posted August 29, 2015 Posted August 29, 2015 Lucky you. I've wanted one of these for years! Yours looks like it's in great shape. I sure wish the model companies would get off their dead rearends and put out some pickup kits from this era. It's not like they don't have a market for them......Later-
62pyro Posted August 29, 2015 Author Posted August 29, 2015 Lucky you. I've wanted one of these for years! Yours looks like it's in great shape. I sure wish the model companies would get off their dead rearends and put out some pickup kits from this era. It's not like they don't have a market for them......Later- I agree.Would love to see any Ford trucks from '57 to '66 from a modern tooling.I know I'd personally buy several.
wayne swayze Posted August 29, 2015 Posted August 29, 2015 Glad you found such a beauty! Looks new! Keep us posted.
AUGIEDOGGIE Posted October 1, 2015 Posted October 1, 2015 nice love this body style its looking good so far
Davewilly Posted October 1, 2015 Posted October 1, 2015 this will be cool... I always liked this ford body style.....even though I am a Chevy guy.
gatorincebu Posted October 1, 2015 Posted October 1, 2015 Cool classic pick em up! Are you going to keep the stance low? Be Well Gator
62pyro Posted October 1, 2015 Author Posted October 1, 2015 The plan is to keep it as low as I can.Waiting on some parts from Modelhaus so,this is sitting in limbo at the moment.Once that stuff is here,it's game on.
exesivefire Posted October 7, 2015 Posted October 7, 2015 Woo! Pat and a build.what did ya order? Wonder if they will have it in Toledo this weekend?
62pyro Posted October 7, 2015 Author Posted October 7, 2015 Woo! Pat and a build.what did ya order? Wonder if they will have it in Toledo this weekend? Ordered the stock grill and bumpers.Thinking I'll have to build a chassis since I don't care for the lack of detail on this one. Waiting on a couple of things so I can design it. I'm also playing around with a '34 Ford pickup in the meantime.
1930fordpickup Posted October 7, 2015 Posted October 7, 2015 Woo! Pat and a build.what did ya order? Wonder if they will have it in Toledo this weekend? I am thinking it will be an hour until that table clears out in the morning. Bring a list and hope for the best.
Ron Hamilton Posted October 11, 2015 Posted October 11, 2015 (edited) Pat, I am so jealous of your truck. I have a '63 to do I cleaned it up, stripped the paint, and laid on a coat of primer. I may go with these wheels and this stance, but I have a long way to go with this one. I have to rebuild the trim on the front fenders and the hood, as for some reason they are very faint, and do not line up to my standards. Your truck looks great, and is quite inspirational. Edited October 11, 2015 by Ron Hamilton
skipp20 Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 i picked up a 1962 not that long ago and it had all the custom pieces with it, but since my brother had one, i built it to look like his truck, so let me now if you would want the custom parts
66belair Posted November 29, 2015 Posted November 29, 2015 I love that body style truck even though they weren't very durable in real life. Cant wait to see more.
disabled modeler Posted November 29, 2015 Posted November 29, 2015 I have a 63 as well from my dads old stuff...needs the glass,rear bumper,taillights,wheel covers yet and Id love to find the overhead camper the 63 issue came with for it. Same they cant bring this old cool truck back out for us all.
leafsprings Posted January 30, 2016 Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) I plan on doing a '63 F 100, but not as a unibody. Thanks to Motor City for offering the regular cab small back window version which opens up the option to build a flareside or separate styleside 2 or 4 wheel drive! I'll probably do the separate styleside. The older styling '57 -'60 separate fleetside bed could have been ordered instead of the unibody when these trucks were new. So many more options now to do a '63 Ford pickup. Edited January 30, 2016 by leafsprings
wayne swayze Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Your truck sure gets the building itch going again ! Love these early '60's Fords and Chevy pickups ! Here's mine....it was a glue bomb when I got it.
Davewilly Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Some great looking project going in this thread! Looks like I need to locate me a 63 for my truck collection now!
Misha Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 (edited) Great to see your build of this kit! Always been intrigued by the unibody. I picked up a cleanly built example of this kit many years ago, it's in great shape as it was only assembled with no paint on it. My thought has been to shorten up the bed; yet would that be sacrilegious to do that to a rarity? I too would like to see this reissued.Enjoying seeing your save of this kit!Cheers Misha Edited February 5, 2016 by Misha spelling error
leafsprings Posted December 24, 2016 Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) Got the Motor City non uni cab, now theres plenty of directions to go, a 4x4, a flareside a separate styleside or a F 350. Bed is a cut off from the '60 F 100. The geniuses at AMT molded the bed into the cab on the '60 F100's. Photo below would be factory optionally correct for a '61-'63 F100 F 250 2wd and 4wd. With slightly raised roof and correct grilles, it would be correct for '64- 65 F100 4x4 or '64-'66 F 250 4x4. Note front fenders were inlarged on all F 350's and some pickup models with factory optional larger wheel sizes. Edited December 24, 2016 by leafsprings
thatz4u Posted December 28, 2016 Posted December 28, 2016 (edited) here's my 61, same body, different grille Edited December 28, 2016 by thatz4u
gray07 Posted January 5, 2017 Posted January 5, 2017 ive got one of these fords, been trying to sell, but now I will watch your build maybe I will build mine , lol
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