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I recently purchased this truck from the 2nd owner. I purchased it to be a companion vehicle to my 1963 Ford Falcon convertible that I am restoring. However, shortly after purchasing the truck, we discovered a lot of hidden rust in the convertible that needed to be addressed, and the funds that I was going to put into the Ranchero, has to be put into the convertible.

This truck seems to be very solid, with no apparent rust on the body. There does appear to be a small repair that was done at some point in the past on the driver's side, rear quarter panel by the bumper. I was told that the paint job is about 10 years old, so the repair was done before then or at that time. There is a little surface rust on the chrome back bumper. The interior is pretty good, and I would rate it a 7 out of 10, with no rips or tears in the bench seat or the headliner. The gauges work as one would expect, and the manual transmission shifts just fine. The 260 V8 runs strong and starts up just fine, and runs up and down the freeway just fine. I have noticed a couple of the chrome trim is missing.

These rigs have a history of rusting out just behind the back of the passenger compartment, where the back of the cab meets the bed. This area has been professionally repaired and the bed has been bed lined.

Since I just purchased this vehicle, I have a very limited knowledge of the vehicle and if it were a perfect world, I would keep it, but due to the depth of restoration that I am in with the convertible, I have to part with this rig.

The buyer is responsible for arranging shipping or local pickup, at their cost.

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