1974 Ford F350 SUPER Camper Special MINT!

74 Ranger XLT SUPER Camper Special F350, 460 4bbl, C6, 4.10 limited axle, 10K GVWR, Fact. AC, Only 42K original miles, unmolested-all original including paint, trim, interior, engine. 16.5 wheels w/full wheel covers. Ford factory camper anchor system. Factory Ford topper. Originally sold at Rich Ford in Albuquerque NM.

[@sldl04]

That truck belongs in a freaking museum. I'm not a Ford guy but that truck is amazing. Nice find.

[@terry3193]

Thank you for the compliment!

[@sldl04]

+terry3193 I found it strange that this truck didn't come with power windows and door locks, especially being an XLT trim level. Still very nice!

[@terry3193]

Hi, they didn't offer those options until about 1980 but that would have been cool!

[@chocodiledundee1]

sldl04 I wasn’t either ... be careful is highly contagious ...

[@perrygauthier1174]

We as truck buyers have given the big three what they wanted. They sell us Cheap trucks full of plastic and electronics riding on 20's that break down often. I live in Northern Canada and and use my truck daily as I live off grid. I own a 96 Chev WT with 340,000km and fill the 8 foot box to the sides with dirt, garbage and building material. When the old girl finally has had enough I will find a Mint 70's F250. I would pay big dollars for a truck like this and work it for another 20 years. Thank you for sharing this rig.

[@joegonzalez9551]

Your truck looks amazing, one day my f250 crew cab will look this good, you have a rare truck thank you for sharing this video

[@kevinrichards3288]

Those generation Ford trucks are super rare nowadays.

[@tonybasquez5316]

BEAUTIFUL TRUCK

[@winstonrocco1981]

I would be proud to own it

[@chocodiledundee1]

Man you’ve cleaned the whole engine with a toothbrush... man you’re amazingly beautiful person , I am so touched man , good on ya 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@bombgrl30]

I'm in love wow

[@JakeFromLateFarm]

Absolutely beautiful truck! Thanks for the video.

[@catcohiba]

wow. museum piece for sure!

[@raymondnoya5653]

That's the best truck I ever owned only had 144,000 miles on it.

[@RYNSULLY]

Very original unmolested and you'll find alot of these trucks still standing strong as well. Built to handle and are suppose to have dings and dangs. They galvanized the body to with stand the elements. My father used our super camper special as a rock hauler for his mason company. Out of all the trucks I watched that man beat to hell and thrown away. The Super Camper still lives on. Great video dude and my dad thinks he can find super singles still, which I keep finding skid steer tires.

[@jodysmith7934]

STUNNING!!!! A TRUE BEAUTY!!!!

[@terry3193]

Thank you!

[@terry3193]

Thank you!

[@michaelsylvester7272]

Hi, Thanks for sharing this great pickup!! It’s sure is in great shape!

[@terry3193]

Thank you!

[@kwshilts]

Nice video.Your truck is a piece of Ford history. A true original. Any purist would be proud.

[@terrylee-cdle3416]

Thank you for the comment!

[@red58fury]

This is an amazing truck dude! super super super clean what a beautiful find man!

[@denniswatson6232]

Very sweet Terry. I'm a fan of the older pickups. That Ford is nice!

[@mddlclsswrkr8134]

very nice I just purchased a 1979 f 350 lariat black with black interior just needs a good cleaning after sitting for a couple of years. I purchased it of of a friend I have worked with for 30 years have always admired this truck unfortunately he passed away so I will not be able to share with him the joy of getting her back on the road. these are special trucks that need to be preserved . thank you for the vidi

[@terry3193]

Thanks for watching the video and your comments. These are special trucks. Good luck with your project and make sure to post a video!

[@red58fury]

I got a 1969 ford f250. ya she aint the cleanest but she is the greatest truck in the world to me... and she has never let me down :)

[@zmurray9499]

Very nice clean truck, it can only be original 1 time. Love the tool box and it’s very useful in a standard cab👍

[@terry3193]

Thank you for the compliment.

[@Chaparoty]

Está bien hermosa!!

[@david41777]

Very, VERY nice!

[@meganbrown5112]

nice truck. glad too see old trucks still around .we have 1979 camper special .it doesn't look that good!

[@phillipchambers8487]

She's a Beauty!!!

[@jasoncarpp7742]

Sweet looking truck. You seem to love the Ford Camper Specials.

[@kabzak]

Very nice!

[@pulledofftheroad]

Beautiful.

[@terry3193]

Thank you!

[@ericwagner8976]

Beautiful truck, my father owns a 1973 F250, 100% original just like this with one, 35,000 original miles and has never seen a winter. I look forward to taking it off his hands when he’s ready to stop playing with it himself.

[@randyfinn561]

Awesome

[@margaretb7645]

We just picked up a 76 F150 XLT/Ranger, luxury interior, hubcaps, 460, original Colorado title from the original owners estate sale. Original 85,600 miles, stored since 96 and always garage kept. The Tires on it are from 83. She will be gorgeous when I get her cleaned up. It has the Ford shell that family told me came with the truck and,has never been off. This video,reminds me a lot of it. Let me know if interested and I'll send you some pictures

[@terry3193]

Hi Margaret. I'd love to see some pictures!

[@chocodiledundee1]

Awesome truck man , in Australia we refer to this colour combo as “Texan combo “ amazing, totally diamond, wow that tool box behind the bench seat is unreal man . I’ve got a 1979 F-100 Ranger XLT , 351 C6 , “9 Ford LSD , Sway bar , I bought that contour bumper but I can’t find the rear bumper brackets man .... all the best from Australia 🇦🇺 Anyone who is a ford lover is a friend as far as I am concerned

[@bohemialite6371]

Wow you really did a great job... enjoy it drive it and have a good time with it because if you don't the truck will out last you any how..

[@johnpirie2583]

Wow beautiful ride I’ve never seen some of the options you showed I’m in Canada one never knows there could be one out here I just picked up a barn find 74 / f250 460 4 bar auto with air all original just some service rust but in great shape just touch the key and she is purring

[@AlejandroP1980s]

John Pirie 1977 Chevy c20 vs 1977 f150 which looks better

[@Richard57353]

Dude that's nice truck wish I could have it lucky bastard

[@jeramysalas7878]

We had a 1974 Ford F250 camper special it was brown and yellow my dad had it

[@1kakman]

I ordered a new SCS in 78. Met brown 460/c6 4:10 16.5's all Options except A/C. it cost 7335 new. The difference between a camper special and a Super Camper is this. The "camper special" was a heavy duty option for f-100-f-250 series trucks. The Super Camper Special is the truck itself. the 140 inch wheelbase side mount spare 7 inch tall frame short rear end. The whole truck is a Super Camper special. The extended wheelbase was designed for fifth wheel trailer pulling hence.

[@CodyleeCovers]

i have a 74 super camper with a 390, by far the most reliable vehicle i've ever owned, nowhere near as nice as yours though, you definitely have one amazing truck!

[@lostbuffalo]

I had a pretty nice 77 f250 with the 390. I also had like 18 cars so alot of them had to go I paid 1700 for it out of Los Angeles drove it a few years and sold it for 1800 so 1200 shipping divided by 3 years...thats pretty cheap transport. Got 13 mpg and had the np435 It pulled a bobcat around damn good Currently building a rust free 77 supercab. has a tired 400 automatic 2 wheel drive. In the process of doing a 4x4 conversion using all ford parts with a 460/np435/np205 I did one previously. Ford never built an extended cab with a coil sprung dana 44 but I can put one together that looks like they did. I've hade leaf sprung 4x4's and while it;s the eazy greazy way to get a front axle under a 2 wheel drive truck the 77-79 bronco setup is superior to drive.

[@lostbuffalo]

Ive been driving a 2000 f150. the engine died at 198k and I'm in the middl of replacing it with a 50k mile 4.6 Alot of people tried to talk me into changing to a 5.4 but everyone I know with a 5.4 gets 13-15 mpg and I get 18-22 I got to looking at my spare parts and taking some measurements. It's getting a divorced np205 so i don't have to mess with the computer which would be necessary swapping in a 2000 4x4 tranny. My primary shaft will have long splines in the slip so when my tranny goes bad I can use the cheaper and easier to find 1" shorter tranny from the crown vic. it's also getting a dana 44 with 3:50's to match he 3:55's in the stock y2k 8.8 rearfrom a 77 with redrilled hubs for the y2k bolt pattern wheels and larger front rotors. The coil springs for the dana 44 will mount directly into the 2 wheel drive spring pockets so it's a simple issue of manufacturing a radius arm crossmember. The steering is going to be easy to. you can buy the cross link that drops from the steering arm to the tie rod in any length or ends you need.

[@Robert8455]

Wow this is fantastic! Congrats on owning this pristine truck and sharing it. Was the bed even scratched? I love the color, seat, motor and topper. I see an orange wire nut next to the a/c compressor (6:50). Is that something installed by factory? I am in the slow and expensive process of restoring a 78 F250 4x4 but it will never be original or as nice as this one.

[@jasoncarpp7742]

The thing I like are the original gauges. I've seen cars and trucks with aftermarket gauges, and they're usually placed below the steering wheel, or on the floor in front of the seat. These are right in front of the driver, where he/she can see them when he looks down at the instruments. One thing I'm curious about, what's the difference between the Camper Special and the SUPER Camper Special?

[@drivedb7]

Absolutely pristine! What a fine example. Do you still have this truck? Would love to see how it looks today.

[@terry3193]

Thank you. I do still own it and it remains in identical condition. I’ve only put about a total of 3K miles on it over the past 10 years. I’m actually considering selling it but we’ll see. Thanks for looking!

[@drivedb7]

@@terry3193 - Remarkable! Unless you need the space or have your eyes on another vehicle, personally I'd be inclined to keep it. You'll probably never find another one that well-preserved and original. But, if you do sell it, BaT would probably be the place for that. F-Series fans would go gaga. You should do one of those POV walkaround/test drives on this truck. Since you've only put 3k miles on it, it sounds like it needs to have the cobwebs blown out anyway! 😂 (I'm sure there's no cobwebs anywhere near this truck)

[@1934rod]

Obviously a very nice rare well preserved truck. It has all the stainless trim EXCEPT the piece that goes around the rear window . HA!

[@ericsundstrom5569]

Is the grey paint in the engine compartment original? I have never seen that part of the truck with paint before.

[@savingclassiccars7755]

Those inner fender aprons were Galvanized from the factory and not painted

[@biggrantlewis]

👍🏻

[@travisjett7223]

very nice pick up sir. Where at do you live in Colorado?

[@terry3193]

Castle Rock

[@11094DEREK]

Rare only 1,300 made in '74

[@JoseRojas-qr7qs]

Very nice 👍🏻 I have a 73 f250 ranger xlt camper special also in mint condition not all original though. My father passed it down to me been garaged for many yrs. what would you say urs is worth

[@terry3193]

Jose, that's awesome that it was passed down to you. Mine was last appraised about 6 years ago and it was approximately $19K at the time. Thanks for watching!

[@JoseRojas-qr7qs]

terry3193 u have a media site I can follow u on. I’m kind of needing to sell mine, any suggestions my friend.

[@Ayeobe]

I have a 1974 F350 Ranget XLT super camper special/trailer special that was converted to dually, and still has the original topper aswell. Its not mint though, as i pulled it out of a field

[@frankenstrat25]

All these immature comments coming from the arrogant and the stupid. This truck is a living relic in mint and if not mint damn near mint. For all the ignorant people out there who believe that molest only has one definition, while yes the definition includes sexual assault molest is the assault or abuse of a person or whatever you may. By unmolested he means that this truck was babied and has never really been used as a truck haha. Great truck dude I'm pretty happy I came across this vid today.

[@jaceschlechter7941]

Nice truck buddy! What is the color of it called? Copper? Aged Copper? Brownish gold? 🤔

[@terry3193]

Thank you. Its sequoia brown and wimbleton white.

[@mikeparker1676]

would you ever sell it or know where one is I can buy ...please

[@terry3193]

Hi. I don't have any plans to sell her. I plan to give it to my son some day. Thanks for looking.

[@ndspeedster]

the big door is not unusual for f100 through f250.. it wasn't even available on those models.. on these the rear axle was moved back 7in for better weight distribution. what did you pay for this truck? im buying one this week for 1600.00 although not as nice as yours, but all original with 93k mi.

[@researchandbuild1751]

Turnbuckles rare? I bought a used '79 camper special and it came with the turnbuckles. I took them out for now since they look stupid lol

[@manuelmadrigal8350]

I have 74 Ranger XLT Camper Special F250 with the 4bbl C6. It all original, but needs a lot of work. Would you know what would be the differences in the two. What did the the Super have that is different? You have a beauty. Hope some day mine will look the same.

[@shoutingback09]

Manuel Madrigal The super camper special was ONLY an f350 2wd. The super's had extended wheel bases with the rear axle located farther back than a standard long box, if you look on the passenger side of the box there is a large door between the cab and rear wheel that has a spare tire behind it, that was the main difference. In 77 Ford dropped the "super" part of the name and just called f350 2wd long wheel base trucks "camper special". Also, if you the tool box on the passenger side of the box that was not a camper special option, it could be had on any truck of that era.

[@terry3193]

Manuel Madrigal What Ryan stated below is correct. The "Super" was produced in 1973 to compete with Chevrolet/GMC's new truck model and their dually that they introduced. Ford's response was to produce the "Super" with the stretched wheelbase and by doing so the truck was able to have a 10K GVWR and a payload of over 5K which competed with the dualley's ratings. The Super originally came with these awesome rear tires that Ford called "Super Singles" and they were a 12.5 x 16.5 that rode on 9.75" wide rims. Unfortunately most of those rims are long gone as people swapped them out for smaller tires. Too hard and expensive to find those tires. The reason the spare tire is on the side is that there is no room for it to sit under the rear of the bed due to the very short overhang and gas tank.

[@ryanjuntunen8134]

terry3193 There is a 79 supercab camper special in my area that has one of those wheels mounted to a spare tire carrier on the grille.

[@kevinmurray459]

No onan generator?

[@terry3193]

No, that would have been awesome.

[@gustavomarquez777]

Very nice pickup how much would you want for it it’s nice if you can let me know

[@terry3193]

Hi Gustavo, if you can email me at [e-mail], I’d be happy to discuss. I am planning to put it on Bring a trailer sometime this month unless it sells first. Thanks for your interest!

[@martinneps9387]

Would you ever sell this truck very curious

[@terrylee-cdle3416]

Im actually considering putting it up for sale this coming spring but we'll see. I love this truck.

[@martinneps9387]

@@terrylee-cdle3416 When you're ready to sell it please let me know give me 1st dibs

[@robertthomas8448]

rare truck.

[@terry3193]

Thanks for stopping by to take a look.

[@robertthomas8448]

check out mine Robbie 4035able the one with paper work on page.

[@robertthomas8448]

20,000 miles not been restored.

[@robertthomas8448]

love that tool box one in a 1000 or more.

[@terry3193]

I checked out your video. That '73 is awesome and I love it. Great original paint and miles. Love all the original paperwork.

[@terry3193]

For those of you interested, here is a youtube link of this truck with my restored '79 11' Great Divide slide in camper. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH2vYa2LfMeoq9E

[@eharris6347]

🤑😙😍🤤🤤

[@1957kwick]

I would be afraid to ever drive it for the reason somebody would undoubtedly would run into it and it would be a shame for that to happen..

[@RYNSULLY]

So these super camper specials where built few and little. Ford no longer even holds records of the few they built. They only kept records of the assembly production, not any specially order productions built off the assembly line. These where specially odered trucks, and each one should be unique either by the choice of paint style, ac option, exc.They say only 3600 where built in between 73-79, in detroit, oklahoma and san jose.Meaning the one you see above is probably 1 and 500 of that year.

[@marthasmadman]

whats the fuel millage

[@terry3193]

It gets about 11mpg on the weigh way and around 8-9 in town. It has the 4.10 rear axle so it's not the best for mileage.

[@marthasmadman]

+terry3193 about like a 454

[@nationalcitysycho]

YOUR LYING OR YOU DONT KNOW THAT THE HOOD IS A DIFFRENT COLOR FROM THE DOOR.

[@terrylee-cdle3416]

You're an idiot

[@j.helvie6563]

I don't think Ford put the 460 in the '74..... That should still be a FE, probably a 390...

[@boduke548]

incorrect ford replaced the 462 fe with this 460

[@j.helvie6563]

462 FE??? Haven't heard of a 462 FE. 352 FE???

[@lostbuffalo]

J. Helvie 462 is a mel mercury edsel lincoln. it wasnt used in trucks

[@joanneerb1634]

Yes the 74 came with a 460. Worked at Ford when they were new! The old guy

[@thomasshort1784]

According to the 1973 Ford pickup brochure, the 460 V-8 would be available for the F-250 and F-350 models in February of '73 so, in other words, the redesigned 1973 models were the first to have them available from the factory.

[@phantomleafblowing2741]

Speak up boy