I finally figured it out, it's a 1964.

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People should not be afraid of their government, a government should be afraid of the people.

--Alan Moore

Hehehe...I feel the perfect fool.

My truck is a post 1960 (I don't know if it's 1961, but the grill doesn't look to be 61).

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People should not be afraid of their government, a government should be afraid of the people.

--Alan Moore

The only trucks that I've heard of with 312 engines were apparently sold in Canada, possibly in the mid 60s. I can't confirm this personally but have seen a reference to it in a 1970s Clevite catalogue.

Paul

'61 - '66 had a different grill for each year. Which of those trucks does yours look the most like? The '57 - '60 body is different than '61 - '66.


Lawrenceville, GA

Do you know about government deals? Did the government get different motors from ford around then? Probably not law enforcement, but the Park Service is huge in Alaska and orders trucks quite often.

Also: My grill is different than those pics. It has horizontal bars that have rectangles on them, with their centers blacked out.

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People should not be afraid of their government, a government should be afraid of the people.

--Alan Moore

as for a 312 truck engine, Obviously you already know that there was never a factory option. I have never seen a 312 in a truck that looked like it was a factory job. Some dealers were known to do swaps for customized trucks(Bob Jones specials.)



I have heard people say that in 1958 when they switched from 272s to 292s that they ran out and some left with 312s. But until I talk to the guy that worked the plant, or seen any evidence, I'm calling B.S!



Pull the inspection plate on the bellhousing and look at the crank flange for the large dot, or yank the pan and look at the main caps.

1959 and 1960 f-100sAkron OH

1960:



http://www.y-blocksforever.com/expo09/cm0904/content/charliem0904_005_large.html



1961:

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o214/cmccraney/F100/C_McCraney01w.jpg


Lawrenceville, GA

First of all, I know you couldn't just buy an F-100 with a 312. Now...

I know this will sound like ego-massaging, but is it possible this car has a special order engine? The guy I bought it from swears on a stack of bibles and a priest's collar that the engine is a 312, and that's it's bored to 332 (he could be a little FoS, maybe just a 292 bored .30 over), and I am certain the engine is the same one it got to Alaska with, and that was in 1969, and the guy wasn't exactly a hotrodder.



In your opinion, could you have special ordered a truck with a 312? Could it be some sort of decommisioned law enforcement or park service truck? The park service is huge in Alaska, and they always opt for the biggest engine...they have late model F-250 here with a V10 and twin turbos. I know government agencies generally got one displacement up from what was normally the max.



Or maybe this is...mercury related? I was under the impression they used the 312 in the monterey for a long time. Plus, I have a pile of trim, including two different grills to go with two different sets of headlights I have for it, so I have no way of knowing the original branding. I don't have enough Ford emblems for the whole truck, and the guy that I bought it from was trying to make a F-Series collection, and maybe he wanted to rebrand it to match? This car has no interior to speak of, just five or six boxes of trim sitting in it.



That is all speculation, and if that was all I considered I'd immediately calculate what 292 .30 over was and say it was that. But the VIN makes no sense as it stands...is there some way to tell a 1960 door from a 1961 door? I could believe that both sets or doors are not original, although they both fit up perfectly, so without knowing the exact differences I wouldn't immediately think they were replacements.

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People should not be afraid of their government, a government should be afraid of the people.

--Alan Moore

The only other thing I remember (I 'll take picture tonight and post it tomorrow) is that the color code is Y, which doesn't match anything I saw online. The other set of doors (the non original, I think) says DM for color. I'll post the pics later.

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People should not be afraid of their government, a government should be afraid of the people.

--Alan Moore

what does the rest of the vin plate say?

1959 and 1960 f-100sAkron OH