Old Green II, 1969 Ford F100
Old Green II my 1969 Ford F100 at work hauling car parts
Old Green II my 1969 Ford F100 just finished pulling my 1984 Buick Skylark Limited Home
Old Green II my 1969 Ford F100 hooked to a car trailer sitting by my 1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue that is in the process of being repaired.
1969 F100 5.0 liter V8, 3 speed gearbox.(I trailered this pickup home and discovered the only thing wrong with it was a bearing out of the 9-inch rearend. I fixed it and drove the pickup around and it runs great. I think I'll drive this one a while. It is painted exactly like the old 69 F100 that I used to drive only this one looks better. My brother has already christened this one "Old Green II" because we always called the first one "Old Green". "Old Green" was really rusty (you could see though the rear fender)but it was really fast. It had 390cid, aluminum police interceptor intake manifold, headers, racing cam, ported heads, high volume oil pump, oil passages were drilled, C-6 auto transmission, and a 9-inch Detroit Locker differential with a 411 ratio. "Old Green was a perfect sleeper. I had a lot of fun stomping unsuspecting kids in Camaros and Mustangs. The little 302 in "Old Green II" will not compare in speed and power but I'll bet it will get better gas milage than "Old Green". I think I will change the 3-speed gearbox to a 4-speed but that is the only planned change for now.)
I now have old green II in the shop for the planned gearbox transplant. I think while I have it in the shop I will also change the passenger side front coil spring, which is weak. Replace a seal in the nine inch rearend, which is leaking. I may also upgrade the sound system. The current am / fm / cassette stereo does not work at all so anything would be an improvement. I also had thought about replacing the 302 with a 351 winsor for a while, just for grins, but I think I will hold off on that ( with the high price of gas I would hate to kill my gas mileage.
I am really happy with the 4 speed! It just improves old green so much. With th old gearbox it was so hard to get moving when pulling a trailer. It was almost impossible to keep from shaking your teeth out of your head at startup and now it is so smooth. Just put it into 1st gear, release the clutch and away you go.
Now old green II has had every tranny offered in '69 since it was originally a 240 I-6 3-speed(that explains the extremely low rear end).
I decoded the codes on the data plate and it has a 370:1 rearend ratio. According to the codes this pickup was originally a cab and chassis.
Just bought a rust free Texas F100, it looks like Old Green is going to go though an upgrade.
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