@shinjukuDLJ: Especially with a diesel and a third pedal. Boo, Ford!
@stephdumas: Gotta love that unibody crew cab version of the 1960 US F-series. I wonder how long that Brazilian bodystyle lasted?
@crazycarlarry: That's actually a '64, the model year Ford ditched the unibody bodystyle on 2WDs and the 1957-60 beds on 4x4s for the bed style you see there.
@black_bullitt: And with three pedals under the dash and a genuine pot of gears you can stir yourself?
@Vavon: Great ad...I forgot about the Li'l Hustler name Datsun used in their 1970s pickup ads. Pretty gutsy by today's standards.
Looks like trademark infringement on wheels to me.
That early-1960s Ford truck hood ornament looks so out of place, and yet seems to fit in an odd sort of way.
Got to like the early-1960's Ford truck hood ornament up front and the modified 1960 Ford F-series truck emblems on the sides.
No SBF + no stick (even the lowly three-on-the-floor) = instant CP.
Among 1960s pickups, I nominate the 1964 Ford F-series.
During the winter, it'll be Down In The Snowbank.
Having once owned a 1970 ragtop Cougar with a 351C and four-speed--a fun car but sadly it was a rustbucket--I'd say the '70 looked a lot better than the '71.
If Ford offered one in a three-pedal, stir-my-own-pot-of-gears version, I'd practically buy one in a heartbeat!
A 1962 Ford Fairlane sedan with three-on-the-tree, like yesterday's DOTS car!
With a three-on-the-tree manual? Automatic win!
I'd rather see three pedals under the dash than four doors on the cab.
Hope the lucky kid getting this car does not later try out a Focus with a Duratec.
Looking at the picture, I dream of driving one with a Duratorq diesel and six-speed stick...then awaken and realize I live in America, where efficiency, practicality, and being one with your car does not matter. Yes, America is stupid.
In 1978, my parents, who had not driven a stick since the 1950s trained me on a 1968 Mustang with a 200-cid straight six and three-on-the-floor they had purchased as my first set of wheels. (I insisted on wanting to learn to drive a stick, hence the manual Mustang.) I vaguely recall my tentative attempts to get the hang of clutching was better than the lurch-fest my parents sometimes provided when they took the wheel.
I wish I had taken the driving test in an automatic car, however...in the 'Stang, the driver kept marking me off for making a right turn on a green light in second gear instead of first. I almost flunked the test because of that.
I enjoy stirring my own pot of gears. To this day I have not owned a slushbox-equipped car or truck and do not wish to buy one.
@connorlovesrozzo: Many GE consumer products nowadays are not made by GE, but by other companies licensing the GE brand and that famous logo.
The GE of today is so far away from the General Electric I remember as a kid.
