Sacramento 68 camper special owner
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Sacramento 68 camper special owner
Hello,
2 months ago I bought a 1968 250 Camper Special from a guy at work. He'd bought it 3 years ago and began the first stages of cleaning it up after it had sat in a field for 15 years previously.
It runs just fine and so far the only work it's required has been what you'd expect for a truck that's sat for the better part of 20 years. Right now she's my daily driver, which considering the 9mpg I get at the moment it's a good thing I only work 4 miles away
Anyways, I've always enjoyed working on my cars but stopped doing it when I purchased my last one, a Hyundai. I'm mostly self taught, make good use of the internet, and work with a couple of gear heads who help out a lot. After lurking fordification for the last month I thought I'd introduce myself and start a project log for all of the work I've got going on.
So without further ado I introduce myself, John, and my bump, "Old Moldy."
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2 months ago I bought a 1968 250 Camper Special from a guy at work. He'd bought it 3 years ago and began the first stages of cleaning it up after it had sat in a field for 15 years previously.
It runs just fine and so far the only work it's required has been what you'd expect for a truck that's sat for the better part of 20 years. Right now she's my daily driver, which considering the 9mpg I get at the moment it's a good thing I only work 4 miles away
Anyways, I've always enjoyed working on my cars but stopped doing it when I purchased my last one, a Hyundai. I'm mostly self taught, make good use of the internet, and work with a couple of gear heads who help out a lot. After lurking fordification for the last month I thought I'd introduce myself and start a project log for all of the work I've got going on.
So without further ado I introduce myself, John, and my bump, "Old Moldy."
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68' 250 Camper Special
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Re: Sacramento 68 camper special owner
...from a bump near you.
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Re: Sacramento 68 camper special owner
Hi, and thanks!
So far I'm having a lot of fun working on Old Moldy, it's nice having a huge truck that I can really get into and roll around underneath.
So far I'm having a lot of fun working on Old Moldy, it's nice having a huge truck that I can really get into and roll around underneath.
68' 250 Camper Special
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Re: Sacramento 68 camper special owner
Not a bad looking truck! It appears to have the factory 390 emblems on it, too.
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Re: Sacramento 68 camper special owner
from Massachusetts.
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Re: Sacramento 68 camper special owner
That it does! I've got all the emblems actually, just some of them are in the glove boxflyboy2610 wrote:Not a bad looking truck! It appears to have the factory 390 emblems on it, too.
From what I've been told I should really treasure the fact that I've got all the original letters and doodads!
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from Texas!
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Re: Sacramento 68 camper special owner
Welcome aboard from Gerber, Calif. I am John and I have a 68 Camper Special with the 390. I have modified the 390 and am getting 10 MPG. That is as good as it gets. I am glad that my work is only 5 1/2 miles away Your location is only 120 miles from me.
Good looking truck
Good looking truck
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Re: Sacramento 68 camper special owner
Welcome From Santa Cruz!
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1973 f350 super c/s 460/c6 22k orig miles
1972 f350 srw crewcab special 390
1972 f250 4x4 sport custom 390fe Red
1972 f250 4x4 custom 360 FE " Ranger Ric"
1972 f250 4x4 custom 84k og miles 390
1971 f250 4x4 sport custom 56k og miles. 360
1970 f250 4x4 428 fe hp60 205 d60
Dont eat yellow snow.....