Vehicle Description
This one-owner 1949 Ford F-5 Marmon-Herrington all-wheel-drive
beauty was purchased in 1948 by a grain farm and cattle ranch in
Hermiston, OR. It was delivered by rail to Pendleton, OR, in the
summer of 1950. The truck originally came with a Flathead Ford V8
engine but could not adequately turn the hydraulic pump to lift the
bed, so an adaptor was configured in the '50s to accommodate a Ford
312ci Y-block. The truck had been stored in an underground potato
cellar since 1976, when it was taken from storage and put up for
sale. After the purchase, the truck was mechanically repaired,
including rebuilding the carburetor, cleaning the fuel tank,
replacing the fuel pump and the mudflaps, and then a full detail.
The F-5 fires right up and runs like the workhorse it is, and the
bed goes up and down smoothly. At some point, the original owners
put a headache rack on the bed and replaced the original 4-inch
round mirrors with senior West Coast tow mirrors. The original
owner's manual and the original Marmon Herrington factory build
book come with the sale. **TITLED AS A 1949 FORD CUS**
