Grandpa's 1949 Ford F6 - Will It Run? Can I Haul It 2000 Miles Home?

[@dispatch444]

You can definitely tell that rig was well taken care of over the years.

[@tripler3724]

Brings back memories of growing up on our farm and working on others. I don't remember ever seeing/using a new truck, they were handed down, loaned and borrowed just like tractors, They sat in barns most of the time, used only at harvest time. No forward contracting and storage or dryers; harvest and haul. We used grain bins to store seed for the next year. We unloaded them with a grain shovel; no augers or lifts.

[@sandrascherich134]

Thanks for taking us along on the journey.

[@zaylesnell5842]

I've never seen anybody more knowledgeable than this guy! 🤓

[@dsalvadoreno5918]

Nice truck and love to see that you are keeping all of that history of your grandpa and your great grandfather. Love both trucks.

[@garyjones2582]

Very cool truck.. A guy in Geneva Florida had one like that and he was asking 1600 dollars for it, and at the time I couldn't get that much together.. I think it had a flathead V8 in it.. Glad you made it home safely and thx for bringing us along for the ride.. take care my friend...

[@joejakubec9708]

What a fantastic truck plus the history that goes with it. Fortunate guy.

[@phooesnax]

Looking forward to next steps

[@jamessmith7691]

That's a sweet old truck. You're very fortunate to have such keepsakes.

[@joshuabrooks4907]

What a mean sounding F600.

[@neftalirosado6167]

Hello 👋🏼. Great video and great job!!! Second part video ? Ford F6 1949 , great truck 🛻. Thanks and congratulations!!

[@KG-is6uh]

Nice Truck

[@Ray-lo4hr]

Nice truck.

[@mnmountainman9343]

Cool truck👍

[@Ray-lo4hr]

I was born in 1948 , My uncle Bill owned a new Ford F-3 one ton 1952 ,Canada.

[@tom-ehill2713]

Neat adventure_ Thank you!!

[@barkingmouse8152]

Good find, she's an old beaut..

[@nicolascenteno4464]

Qué camión tan hermoso. Es genial que lo eches a andar. Gracias.

[@danlalonde2751]

You know what they used to say about FORD . F O R D stands for- Found On Road Dead. It use to be a joke . The big 3 all had a standing joke . This one is looking good.

[@josephwatson2711]

Chevys die to don't nothing last forever

[@luisbravo495]

Nice Dodge 👍👍

[@daleklatt1512]

Nice truck I have one to thanks for sharing

[@ebahraimabdulrahman4475]

It looks solid truck since it was made my tripute

[@seaboltandsonsautomotivead2510]

Cool old ford

[@steveblack1753]

Nice Find Mate 🤙🤙

[@josephwatson2711]

can't beat that ram pulling power

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Dear MW guy(s). 👍👌👏 Simply fantastic! What a cool looking truck. I hope that we will see a lot more videos about it in the near future. A lot of overhanging bed. Will you cut it for safer driving or use the truck as it is? Your great-grandfathers truck looks awesome too. Thanks a lot for making explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health to all of you.

[@mertensworkins9128]

Thanks for the support! I’m gonna leave the bed alone, I like having a nice long bed for a big load. Will hopefully have another video out on it soon!

[@jerrytalley337]

A good many of these old fords have had their engine rebuilt a time or two during their life time. Often the owner would opt for a longer stroke mercury engine of 256 ci from the 239 ford. At that time merc engines were still easy to come by. Now they are a little harder to find. Fine looking truck with the original wheat racks and a nice set of west coast mirrors. Does it have a hoist? Also got a glimpse of a 2 speed axle, vacuum or electric? Did you bleed the brakes. Quite amazing if you didn't have to. Glad you replaced the hitch instead of repair. Looks like the guy did a really good job. Gives you peace of mind on the way home. I'm in eastern Wa. Where are you located if you don't mind. Great vid.

[@mertensworkins9128]

Will have a more detailed video on it hopefully soon! Not lookin to get too specific with exactly where I’m at but great to hear from a fellow Washingtonian. Thanks for your comment! I did not know about the merc engines.

[@CJPhillips6648]

Is that going to be Paxton’s truck? She looks awesome 😎 driving it!

[@jebsails2837]

You'll note that only the door on the passenger side of the cab locks. This was evidently the case on base model Ford Trucks at least through 1960. Some say it was California and other states rules that did not allow one to exit or egress from vehicles parked on roadways (parallel parking), which would place the driver in the lane of travel. Good luck. Narragansett Bay

[@jamieeedden777]

49 is the year my pops was born even tho he worked at jaguar he always had ford never owned anything but ford unfortunately he passed away in 2021 then mum in 2022 she was also a big ford person her dream car was a brooklands Capri

[@marcosmolinar]

Wauu. Um verdadeiro tesouro. Raridade nessas cores.

[@markamcampbell5795]

where are you from. i live in eastern washington. glad you made it home.

[@mertensworkins9128]

Thanks for the comment! Not looking to get too specific with where I’m at right now, but appreciate your interest!

[@gilbertovenancio8599]

Na época trabalhou muito,atravessando décadas.

[@barkingmouse8152]

Full mechanical and aesthetic restoration?

[@gearjammer7087]

If that Chevrolet hat wouldn’t have been on your head that Ford woulda started on the first try. 😏

[@gearjammer7087]

My Grandpa didn’t leave me nuthin cept a pocket knife.☹️

[@haydnpearce]

How much powder did it take to make it look old

[@ryandavis2580]

Great video, but when you move around the front of the hood , the image of you jumps and is jittery. I tried the cog wheel and different video qualities, no luck...hmm... wonder why?

[@mertensworkins9128]

Problem of corruption of video in editing, will keep an eye out for it next time!

[@diesellivesmatter]

Nice truck I have one to buy its a f6 or f7

[@johnweeks5614]

That's a cool looking old truck and so is the one in the barn but I couldn't help to see the bike in the bed of your truck you didn't say anything about it

[@mertensworkins9128]

Stay tuned…

[@johnweeks5614]

@@mertensworkins9128 I'm going to that's for sure

[@fordnut4914]

Driving a dodge to pick up a ford wearing a chevy hat.😂 smh.🤦

[@Samthemule2003]

At least with a Dodge and Chevy you won't be in the shop as often. I mean don't get me wrong, I like Ford as well, but, from what I've seen and experienced the ones in the shop the most is Ford. Still want to get an 86 Ranger though either way. And a 67 Mustang 2+2 Fastback.

[@fordnut4914]

@@Samthemule2003 not sure where youre shop is but im in salvage business my old ford rollback has 500k+ miles its hauld alot of broken GM my yard has more gm in it than dodge ford combinex chevy trans are made from tinfoil terrible eletrical problems .

[@Samthemule2003]

@@fordnut4914 I was just saying what I have seen and experienced that's what it seems like. I currently live in Nevada. Mainly see Dodge, Jeep, and Ford. Where I'm from in southern Indiana, it was mainly Dodge, Jeep, and Chevy.

[@earlhunt8271]

Did anyone catch the (set-up?) A dodge ram pulling a trailor, working on a ford pick-up wearing a Chevy cap. lol

[@gearjammer7087]

Just unchain that 49 and put it in neutral. Release the parking brake and take off real quick with that Dodge. It’ll come off that trailer real fast. 👍

[@zaylesnell5842]

That guy is so hot! 🔥

[@gilbertovenancio8599]

Raridade,mosca branca.

[@martincruz1109]

NACIDOS FORD, NACIDOS FUERTES.

[@edisoncarlos3245]

Niterói RJ Brasil

[@JoeHynes284]

guy in a chevy hat, driving a dodge, pulling a ford :)

[@deme7063]

anyone know what the rims are on the Dodge?

[@mertensworkins9128]

Pro Comp 69 series from 4 wheel parts

[@deme7063]

@@mertensworkins9128 thanx

[@markamcampbell5795]

eliminate the points. they have a 6 volt pertronics electronics ign.

[@hectorsandoval6817]

Está mejor la de la bodega! Que la que va a remolcarla !😨

[@robertbarkey3194]

That's when they made them to last n Good Gas n Not like the modern Junk n Gas nowdays huh n I'm getting rid of all my newer vehicles n going back to Good old Classics

[@outlawflyer7868]

What! well that sucks. you should have driven it home. That would have made for a much more cooler video.

[@dopeman420]

Ya didn't even get the money shot....how lame this video is..just wow 😒

[@barrygordon5223]

Whatever the “money shot” is 🤷🏼‍♂️ I thought it was a pretty good video, guy getting his granddads truck👍

[@TheRobojanitor]

Hey Jim Boob, I mean Bob. You don’t even have any videos. What’s your deal? Haters gonna hate hate hate. Smh

[@dopeman420]

​@@TheRobojanitoreat sht..I have plenty of FORD VIDEOS THAT RUN 😂😂 NOT LIKE GM GARBAGE 😂😂

[@Schlipperschlopper]

Sadly soon all combustion cars and trucks including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Car washs will be forbidden too because they are climate killers, now they want to slow down all the gas station pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime. (BABVVEN & TEBBVEN & BEFVO laws)!

[@buxxbannerspov30]

It's not about going Green...it is about globalism and Marxism

[@jeeptk]

We won’t be ready for mostly electric vehicles for another 20 to 30 years. It’s laughable to hear the people think we are now.

[@Schlipperschlopper]

@@jeeptk The want to make lab Guinea Pigs out of us testing chinese e crap and nuke our electric grids!....

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