Kent’s back! Nice to see him on TFL again. Great review guys

I find that trucks of the 1990s generally were the best compromise between comfort, simplicity and purchase price.

I still think that if you want a truck to last a long time get the lowest amount of tech possible so when the manufacturer stops "supporting" it you aren't left with an ill functioning hunk of yard art.

Good to see Kent here speaking the truth from experience. As an engineer in the industry, I think people tend to confuse “reliability” with “repairability.” Modern vehicles and power trains are much more reliable because we have the testing and analysis to make them that way. Most modern automotive engineering is about testing and analyzing to ensure robustness and consistency of performance over a long time period. The problem is that the complexity makes modern products less repairable, or more likely, so expensive to repair that it’s not worth it. If you see a 2000+ truck with 200k miles it probably hasn’t had a major rebuild once. Regular maintenance plus some things like alternator, injectors, suspension components, etc. Compare that to a 1970s truck with 200k miles and it’s probably had the engine and trans rebuilt at least 3 times. But the difference is that you actually could rebuild the engine and trans in the 70s truck over and over again fairly affordably, whereas rebuilding a modern truck is basically a write off - might as well just get a new one.

My 96 F150 was still sporting a 300 (4.9) inline 6. One of the best engines ever built!

Mr. Truck and TFL are like peanut butter and jelly. They are meant to be together. Kent dragging that steering wheel around the building had me DEAD... This is priceless commentary.

The vehicle I took my drivers license test in was a 1966 F-100, two wheel drive, power nothing, three on the tree, with a 352cid "Industrial" engine and VERY stiff suspension, no AC and an AM radio. This was the first pickup my Dad purchased (he traded in a 1951 Chevy sedan for that truck) and it was used with just 3,500 miles on the clock. The previous owner, an older gent and farmer, had purchased it new in late 1965 and had come to feel that it was "too much truck for him". Dad wanted a "do it all pickup" for use on our small family farm and for ten years it was very much a do it all truck hauling cattle in the bed while pulling a large, loaded cattle trailer behind it, hauling many tons (over the years) of "square" bails of hay, serving as a hunting and fishing truck, and as a daily driver by BOTH my Mother and Dad....Hell I dated in the damn thing! I have strong memories of pulling up to red lights on the main drag of my home town and having fellow teenage boys come up beside me in their "hot rodded" Chevys, Fords, and Dodges, spooling down their passenger side windows and asking me what size cam I had in the truck as I had a habit, back then, of throwing the shifter into neutral at red light, and the engine had so much torque that the whole truck would rock slightly from left to right. I got so tired of the questions that I started telling anyone who asked that a 3/4 cam had been installed....And they bought it as fact....City boys with more money than good sense can be so dumb about some things.

I love listening to people who know their stuff talk about old vehicles, especially workhorses like this one (even though I haven't even ridden in a pickup). Loving this content, keep doing similar stuff.

My '79 Dodge has wider frame rails than Ford and Chevy and it has a dual wall bed with a solid tailgate. It's a pleasure to drive, steering is so light and easy to turn and can haul a 50' trailer no problem. It's so simple to work on (no electronics to fail) and it's carbureted and it is so reliable and runs forever. Everybody has forgotten how reliable carburetors are. Old trucks may rust and rattle and are less refined but I promise you that none of these new trucks will be on the road 50 years later like that old Ford or my Dodge is. In fact I already see "newer" trucks in the bone yards. The new Dodge Hemi engines are failing and the Ford's and Chevy's also have issues. I will admit that today's trucks are more luxurious and safer but I'd rather have my old Dodge all day long.

Older vehicles may be less reliable, but they were made to be durable, infinitely fixable and easily fixable. Even if they break, it'll be cheap and quick to get them running again. Something modern vehicles lack.

So happy to see Mr. Truck back in action on TFL! Keep staying safe, Kent, we missed you.

Kent,,,,,, I love hearing you talk about trucks. I only have 40 years of experience, but I gained a ton of knowledge. You are exactly right, about everything!! You know things I haven’t even thought about,,,,,,,,, haha! The longevity, you are so right about 100,000 miles and a truck, motor, transmission etc was shot! It is so ingrained that in Canada we switched to kilometres. At 100,000 kms you only have 62,000 miles on them. People still react to the vehicle having over 100,000,,,,,,,,,,,km such that there is a noticeable drop in price for the vehicle. Especially true in the first 15 years after the switch and when warranties ran out at 80,000 km (50,000 miles). Now warranty runs out at 100,000 km so it is a factor too. 100,000 miles don’t happen until 160,000 kms!!! People shy away from anything that has more than 160,000 kms, even though many products now are generally ok up to and over 200,000 miles or 320,000 km. 200,000 miles on anything up to the mid 70s and newer for many vehicles meant you replaced or repaired the majority of the running gear. Even the 6 cylinders would be burning oil by then. I have rebuilt so many motors,,,,,,. Now I have $$ and give my used motors to friends family, club members and buy factory crate motors,,, ALL FUEL INJECTED!! My 2 current classics are a 1967 Mustang 2+2 (fastback) with a fuel injected 302, 4 speed A4OD automatic, power steering and 4 wheel power disc brakes as the platform. It’s stock on the interior exterior with custom wheels/tires and suspension. The other is a 1967 Chevy C10 short box fleet side. It has a Ram injected 350 with the E460 4 spd automatic behind it. G30 (Eaton) rear differential, power steering and 4 wheel power disc brakes. The rest of that truck is new old stock parts where possible, but all stock with modern bushings and shocks. It has Ralley Wheels and also a set of Cragar SS 5 spokes. Like you say, they are not nicer, nor better. They are easier because they have NO features, that’s all. I like them, but I also like my 2021 F150 XLT FX4 Mid level Hybrid with 7.2 kw!! Nice having a powerful generator as part of the truck. I use it fairly often back country Camping! I actually also took delivery of my new 2021 Honda Ridgeline with a 1.75” levelling kit on it!! Finally looks like a truck!! I’m getting old and tired of climbing into a vehicle, the Ridgeline is the best fit for me!! I’m keeping everything else though. I off-road in much more challenging country than the Ridgeline can handle. F150 first!!! Sorry about the longer post, but I wanted to show you and others how right you are about old vs new. Old trucks/cars are great to look at and reminisce about, but are just very different from today’s vehicles. If you have not owned one, be careful what you say. They are definitely easy to work on, again because there’s just less there to get in the way while working on them. Hey Tommy, great video with Kent!! Listen and learn!! I know you have been, but there’s always more to learn. He is right on!! Thanks TFl

I remember a guy that had a 66 4x4 with a Detroit diesel in it in the early 70's well before the 12 valve conversions of today. It was an awesome sound to hear him leaving the local bar on a Friday night.

Working on a ‘92 F250 right now. He’s right in they seem to last forever but only because you keep replacing parts forever. New trucks will never be cool like the old ones but when you don’t have to do anything but gas and go to forget how reliable they are.

The 300 CID 4.9L inline 6 cyl was in F-150 through the 1996 model year.

Funny...watching both of you guys reach for the shoulder belt. Can tell that Kent has driven his share of unassisted steering vehicles. That's how my grandpa handled them, with repetitive short hand movements at 3 and 9 o'clock to execute turns, and of course it was easier to turn the wheel when moving. Those were the very first driving directions I was given as a 10 yr old when I was put behind the wheel of the old farm truck that was used to offload oats from the combine for transport to the granary. Keeping both hands on the wheel like that also made it easier to prevent the steering from self centering. And just relaxing your grip on the wheel brought the steering back to center coming out of a turn. allowing the wheel to freely spin in your hands. Many of those unassisted steering vehicles had a spinner knob affixed to the wheel too, which required a whole different mindset regards hand placement. How about making a spinner knob part of your renovation TFL?

Great to see Mr truck is doing well! Good to see you again Kent!

Real truck check list 1( most important) stick shift,2 locking manual hubs,3 rain gutters ( keeps door and window from freezing and keeps that instant snow from the roof off the seat when opening the door)4 floor mounted high beam switch...just preference 😀

Ken, absolutely wrong on having to heat the I beams to change camber and or caster. That’s what you were NOT supposed to do. I have a factory 1966 F100 4x4 it has solid Dana 44 front axle not a mono beam as mentioned. That test drive was great stuff!

I miss vent windows and rain gutters also, those are the only things that I miss from the old trucks!

Kent makes me smile but when he starts driving, laughing hard. Steering wheel compressing his intestines.

wow love how he knew the random model years when they added or dropped those different options . I've been looking for an older truck myself. Great video

I enjoyed the history lesson from Ken! Also, cool thing about the Ford twin i-beams is that they were super popular for desert race trucks, since you could get a ton of travel out of them. The main disadvantage to an independent suspension on most vehicles is that the A-Arms are so short, on the Fords they extended past the center point of the vehicle on either side so you can get a ton of travel with them on the two-wheel drives.

Those old trucks have so much character. A classic pickup is one of my dream vehicles. I just love them. Beautiful! I’m driving a 2011 Ford Ranger with the 4.0 right now and I’m loving it. I wouldn’t mind driving her for years to come.

Great seeing Mr. Truck back on TFL. But I have correct him a little. Ford came out with the factory 4wd system in 1959. That used divorced transfer case. The same 4wd system was used through 1966 in both F100 and F250. 1967 was the start of the integrated transfer case. Ford has used the integrated system since, except for the Highboy versions. That was of course the divorced transfer case and narrow frame.

This was a fantastic video . Just wonderful knowledge. Loved hearing / learning about these trucks . Keep up the great work!

My 63 had a headliner. It was a perforated cardboard / particle board. perforations were to keep humidity from getting trapped.

I love these interviews that dip back into the past. Great job to both of you, but Tommy you asked probing questions. I was very impressed.

My son has my old Ford 1994 F 150 standard cab Eddy Bower pickup ...its has the 300 / six engine . It has port fuel injection also. Bullet Proof !

Tommy: “Where can the folks in the audience find you?” Mr. truck: “well I’m not in jail” 😂

Always awesome to see Mr. Truck. Like he said we hauled tons of feed in the old trucks, old International we had hauled 4 ton of ground feed in the stakebed, chevy pickup 3/4 ton normally hauled 2 ton of feed from the mill. 1980s truck could not haul as much and ended up using feedmill to deliver to the farm. Glad to see Tommy talking to Mr. Truck about the old trucks. The old ones are better because they have nostalgia and the new trucks are new junk.

This is a great episode and conversation!

300's were discontinued in 1996. Excellent engine, I have one from a 1965 Econoline Supervan and one from a 1968 F100 RWD.

Still my favorite veh on your channel. Yes basic same cab on my 1965 F600. Talking about CrewCabs I just found and bought a 1966 N700 CrewCab so rare few people have ever heard about one much less seen one! Ford built in Louisville KY not a aftermarket company. Still following to see what you do with this one. Hope it’s a keeper on channel.

A lot of the complaints can be addressed cheaply and with a little know how and elbow grease. A stock truck I can see his point of view but generally speaking someone who is putting work into fixing and driving an old truck won't shy away from the extra work to make them comfortable and reliable. Personally I marriage old with new. And with plenty of junkyards youtube knowledge facebook marketplace and aftermarket ebay parts you can really bring back to life an old truck and get your money's worth of work and comfort out of it

Love Mr.Trucks reviews! Kent is not only a wealth of information but he’s funny as heck! ✌🏽

Not only was this educational, it was great all around. Tommy did a great job on the interview/questions and Mr. T keeping it real! Some good laughs too! Great job!

Fisher Engineering first invented the step and tow bumper in Rockland Maine, it quickly caught on and went nation wide.

I wish I had my dads 79 F-150. I loved that truck.

I have had trucks from 75 to 2010 the newer ones gave me the most problems and left me side of the road more than the old ones. You comparing computers and cameras to the electronics on a truck I'd bs. When was the last time a camera dragged you and a boat through miles of muddy roads to get to a bass pond? When did you last leave your computer outside during a hurricane?

I have to disagree with the assessment that new trucks are better than old. My work trucks are a 2016 F250 and a 1973 F250 with a dump bed. Constantly taking the 16 in for service and replacing sensors that shouldn’t exist in the first place. Not to mention that it beeps constantly at me every time I attach or detach a trailer, or I back up, or do literally just about anything. The 73 on the other hand just gets regular maintenance by myself in my shop. End user serviceability is infinitely better with older vehicles

I liked those vent windows. I have a fake vent window on my Crosstrek.

That’s a cool old truck. That’s right bumpers and spare tires were optional on my ‘77 F250.

I used to like vent windows, until I saw how quickly someone can get into a locked cab using them.

Happy to see Mr.Truck make an appearance again. Keep on truckin'!

Love wind wings too.....GR8 idea, use all the time.

That steel dash helped a ton to make them cabs so strong !

Ive spent summers sitting on the back of a farm truck and helping with feeding, picking up stuff, picking up hay bales, and jumping off the back to hook chains up and yank tractors or trailers out, sometimes other farm trucks lol

Navy, Marines and USAF had the first crew cabs (six packs) in the early 1970's.

So nice to see Mr Truck again. Love the old simple trucks.

Long time no see Kent anyways we had a 1995 F150 Eddie Bauer that we bought new that had the 4.9 straight 6 in and it was like they were trying to get rid of all the straight sixes cuz they were going to the V6 in ninety six. So they had a special Eddie Bauer fully loaded truck with the six-cylinder and 5-speed and it was only eleven thousand bucks it was a beautiful color called Electric Red and it had the gold accent beautiful truck it was a 2 wheel drive short bed full size it was really nice looking truck.

Back in the late 1970s early 1980s I bought a beat to death 1965 F250 long bed 2WD with I believe a 352 V8 and 3 speed stick for $125. It was towed home due to variety of issues. The truck was red and the cab looked just like this truck, the bed was different. The floor was rotten in many spots and your passengers could watch the ground go by and your feet got hot. The bed was rotted and it had a homemade wooden tailgate. I believe that it was a Custom Cab which was a little more deluxe, the grill was flat silver and it had the remains of the cardboard headliner mentioned by Kent. We used it to drag and haul logs and every crappy hauling job needed. Every trip was an adventure and we got stuck for a few minutes more often than not. The video was cool and I got a kick out of it, thanks for all of the videos on this truck. Now I have a 2017 F-150 XLT which is certainly everything that Kent summarized at the end.

Finally Mr. Truck to the rescue! Great to see you!

Mr. Truck On his Game! loving this vibe, and hearing some truck history . much love Tommy NJ

I got a buddy that did that a half ton body short bed and put a 1 ton cut back frame to make the body fit on the one ton frame and a short bed and was such a cool looking truck but he had to put custom built leaf springs that were just 1/2 springd and it rode great and would stop. The one ton springs were so stiff it would not stop good being a short bed and after the leaf springs rode great and stopped !!

Great to see Mr. Truck again! Great video, thanks!

Really nice to see Mr. Truck back on TFL.

Good to see Mr. Truck in the channel

Been wondering where Mr Truck has been. Glad he is back.

Reaching for the seatbelt up and behind was the best part of this video.

8:29 it was only shown briefly but theres an Eagle Scout sticker there under the break light. (Scout salute) to the man that owns that truck.

I’ve got a 1980 Bronco. I’ve gone through everything front to back and top to bottom. No more 302 smog motor. It’s a high compression 331 with double the power, strange 9” nodular rear LSD front and bank, new u joints, shocks, springs, bushings, body bushings, calipers, drums, axel bearings, seals, new axels, new ring and pinyons 3.73 front/rear, rebuilt transfer case, rebuilt the NP435. Got spares of everything, new steering gear, new power steering pump, borgeson u joint steering shaft, new carpet, seats, etc. I won’t trade this for a new anything.

Finally, Mr. Truck back doing videos with TFL!!!!

I had a 69 Ford body on a 82 frame with 390 lots of power and 3/4 ton 4x4 a great truck but on a quite night you could hear the front end rust and I had a rubber mat covering the holes and to ride in the rain and run threw a big puddle of water if nobody sitting on passenger seat that water would blow that mat and drown me. When I scraped that truck my farmer buddy put that 390 in his Gleaner combine with the headers put on backwards so the pipes pointed up with flappers on to keep water out of the motor and no mufflers and man that thing sounded good but could you imagine ridding 10-11 hours a day.

Great pickup! What was the price range to purchase and how much is it valued today? I am trying to evaluate my 1971 Ford F100.

I purchased a 2019 Silverado new and I would like my 2000 ram back 06 ram 2500 4x4 regular cab hemi has been my favorite truck so far I enjoy your channel

Most enjoyable video, I too can remember those things along with Kent. Good 'interview' Tommy!

My first modern truck was a 72 Chevrolet and it was pretty comfortable and cheap to repair but the best truck I have owned was a 1998 Ford it had modern comfort and still very simple to repair

Hahaha I smoked in my 65 and I'm still here. Mine had a light blue diamond tuck interior, also I had a 14.5" grant steering wheel and NO power steering but it drove great fun truck and fast.

One day id love to have a 50s or 60s truck and also a car of the same decades. Probably would make one of them my daily driver in the summer when its not too hot out. His truck is gorgeous.

I don’t know too much about cars but I try my best to learn as much as possible. And I was wondering what would be a good truck to buy as a first car. I’m willing to learn how to work on it but just don’t know what would be a good first truck wether it be new or old. I just need some suggestions on a good reliable and repairable truck. Thanks in advance :)

Thanks for this. Technical historical data on vehicles is rare these days.

We owned a bunch of these 4X4s after 1970. They were very useful for farming and ranching, but not much fun to drive.

Your right about newer trucks lasting longer. New technology is not without its problems. Electric steering anyone?. One of my best trucks was a 1969 F250 Camper special with a 390.

Great video! Wish you didn't change the opening theme music though.

Overall on body looks is the Dodge W/D200 my favorite. But those 50's Fords and Chevy's look nice aswell! Especially the Apache!

I have a 1961 F-100 4x4. I believe it was the first year of the the post NAPCO trucks.

ford had king pin issues in the front on 2weel drive, used to get pulled over for DWI all the time and all that happened was a cop driving off empty handed lol and twin traction beam didn't show up till the 80s. Missed you Mr Truck

FYI the base Ford Ranger XL and XLT in Europe still comes without the rear bumper. It looks rather ugly (as if the truck was in an accident and nobody bothered replacing the bumper), but the tailgate opens ful 168° which might me actually useful in certain situations.

My neighbor had a 1975 Ford F 150 with over 350,000 miles on it before he bought a new one. It was still in great shape.

Beautiful sound of KNOWLEDGE, spot on Kent..

My friend in highschool (20 years ago) bought a 71 Chevy C10 and it rode and drove better than my 2005 Silverado. I remember him going over the worst train tracks doing almost 100mph cause he wasn't good with the metric conversion. Lol. I hear they weren't good for heavy loads because they had coil springs but I agree that gm trucks drove good back then.

GREAT TRUCK GREAT VID...NICE TO C KENT WE ALL NEED MORE TOMMY N KENT CONTENT...ROCK ON OFF ROAD STYLE ALWAZE....

Electronics have whats called a bathtub curve failure rate. It's true that if it doesnt fail right away it'll generally last a while, until it gets to the other end of the curve and the rate of failure spikes up. Those components dont fail en mass until they reach a certain age so OEMs dont make many spares and when they break you cant find replacements. The air bag control module for my 2007 Chevy was in the clock at the top of the dash, after 10 years of high heat and cold cycles traces in the circuit board cracked, could not find a replacement and needed a hardware tech I work with to repair the traces with a microscope and soldering iron. Having infotainment systems in your car essentially shortens it's useful life to that of a smart phone. I maintain a large data center and see hardware electronics failures on a daily basis.

I had a 67 Ford crew short bed flare side and a 1968 F350 Motorhome. Sold them. Kept my 1969 F250 Ranger original V8 390.

No traction beam 4x4 front ends until the 80's, only straight axles.

Glad Kent is back!

I love Kent! I agree with all that he says. The only question I have of tech is who gets to fix it. As long as I can hook my computer up and fix it myself I'm OK. When the manufacturer continues to own the rights to fix it we're all as consumers had.

Great video! Blessings

Ken: "Old trucks are so loud you cant talk to your wife or girlfriend." Doug Demuro: "Lets look at all the features on this 1965 F100." Me "How much is the cant talk to women while driving option?"

Good Lord ! Mr. Truck, I could listen to you talk trucks all day long !

What is left of your headliner material is right behind you on the B pillar.

All 4wd's of the era had divorced transfer cases from the factory up to 65 then the F100's went married. I'm sure that truck came from the factory divorced and the 8 lug axles where just swapped in.

When I was a carpenter back in the early 70’s my boss had a 68 dodge crew cab. And yeah they were rare.

I have a 93 F-150 with the i6 300 140k she's a great truck.

I had a 1968 Ford with the 240 inline 6 the 300 had some problems back then

I’ve been working on my 1991 Cummins lt10 and the quality of the parts bearings etc is awesome compared to newer trucks

You don't heat axles !! You chain them to beams and use a hydraulic Jack to bend them. Ask any good alignment professional with experience back in that day !!

The two biggest mistakes in my vehicle history: selling my 1979 F 100(300 six)and my 1967 Bronco (170 six),,,,,both bought new,,,,,,,, the roads less traveled .....tears

I got 1995 f150 and has 300 4.9. Its great motor 👍