As we have already told you in the five curious facts regarding the Ford F-100the oval brand pick-up has an extremely fruitful history in our country dating from 1959 when the first unit left from the old plant located in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of La Boca.
On this occasion, we bring you this unit of 1961 powered by an engine 4.8 V8 of 160 CV coupled to a gearbox with three synchronized gears.
Others mechanical details This model includes a front and rear suspension with a rigid axle, longitudinal elastics and hydraulic shock absorbers, brakes with bells on all four wheels (hydraulic system) and steering with recirculating ball and endless screw.
As for the cockpit It is very simple, made up of a single fabric seat with leather details and a fixed backrest, an instrument panel with three spheres that indicate essential information for the driver, among other details.
And given to destacar regarding this version is that in December 1962 the price of Ford’s flagship truck in Argentina was 500 thousand pesos national currency. Next, we look at this 1961 Ford F-100whose owner disclosed it in the “Classics and Antiques” group, stressing that “there is nothing to do with it.”
