Vehicle Description
The current owner ran out of interest and money for this 1959 Ford
short bed project. This is an original short bed pickup and it has
the smaller rear window not the wrap around. The grille is very
good and it has all the original badges and emblems including all 4
original hubcaps. It started and ran when the current owner first
got it, but it ran very rough due to some burned valves. That is
the reason for the heads being fully rebuilt. He bought this at an
auction in Washington State. He just paid to have the heads rebuilt
and also hot tanked intake and cleaned carburetor. He has not
started it since the heads were rebuilt. He believes the engine is
the original F series 292 Y block V8 with 4-speed manual. The
odometer shows between 7/8 so the current owner assumes it has
81,608 miles, but is us unkown if that is original. Because it came
from Eastern Washington, he had to have a VIN inspection by the
Idaho DMV. They discovered the cab VIN did not match the frame VIN
so the Idaho title is branded for 3 years and then the branding is
removed from the title. It is a clean Idaho title not salvage, just
branded temporarily. The inspector assumes that the original cab
was damaged and was replaced with a similar one. Overall, the 59 is
in quite good condition for being 61 years old. The body has no
major dents or dings. It has been repainted multiple times. The
owner sees no rust in the rockers or at cap corners or at the rear
of the front and rear fenders, but it is in a tight area to examine
well. It does have a good tailgate that is in gray primer, but not
shown. The bed is in above average condition. Most old farm truck
beds were used and abused, but this one is good. It does have rust
on both the driver's side and on the passenger side floor about the
size of a hardball. These floors are pretty easy to fix since it is
just straight steel with no pattern. The cardboard headliner is
gone and the inner roof has rust. You can see where some old bondo
has cracked.
