1951 3/4-Ton Ford F3

[GB SISSON]

Originally Posted by Als48

Model A Canuck,

Thanks for posting pictures of that great looking old truck. It reminds me of my grandad Sam's '52 F2, which was very similar, but Washington blue. It had the 8 foot bed which would close on an 8 ft sheet of plywood, 4 speed trans (Non synchro) large wheels/tires (I assume 17"), the full floating rearend of about 4.56 or lower, and very heavy springs. These all sound like great features to have but made it a miserable vehicle to drive. My granny Bex could drive it, but just barely. She was only 5'0" tall, so could barely get into it, with the low gearing it would buck and jump as she tried to let out the clutch, and then shifting it, grinding every gear seemed to be a nightmare for her. I learned to drive it fairly well as a teen and she was impressed that I could shift it as well as I could. Sam did ok in it, but I can see how that truck never racked up many miles, as no one enjoyed driving it. I should have kept it as it only had about 50k miles, but scrapped it for $40 in the 70's. I would have made a few changes to it to make it a driver. GB would have loved it! Ha ha

Al Hook

Duh. I'm a glutton for punishment.