1972 Ford F-100

Pickup Truck

V8 390

Automatic

F10HKN66717

Clear

Gasoline

1972 Ford F100 Explorer Package. This is a really neat, mostly original truck. I have driven it mostly as a "go to the hardware store" truck for the past year. Starts right up and has never left me stranded. Strong 390 V8 engine and a good shifting 3 speed automatic. Engine sounds very good and the exhaust has been dumped near the rear axle. Sounds mean. This truck has alot of options. See below as I think it has all options from package A through D. Some are missing now (hubcaps and bright box rails), but as you can see, came with alot of special package items. From decoding the VIN the truck was manufactued in February of 1972 in Kansas City and ordered by the Dallas district. Golden Rod Yellow paint with Medium Ginger interior and black mat flooring. 4,550 GVW and it looks like this truck has the special "helper shackles/springs" for that little bit of extra carrying or towing capacity. All of the gauges work, the odometor still works and is showing 11,513.4 at the time of listing. I can only assume this to be 111,513 miles. I will say that the truck looks very good for a 44 year old truck. Now, there are several dings and dents over the entire truck and the paint is not showroom condition by any means, but, overall it looks very shiny and in good shape. As you will see in the pics, the front drivers side fender looks to have been repainted at one time and it has not kept the same shade of yellow over the years. Additionally, this truck has AC and it still blows (compressor not turning by belt) but the unit under the dash still turns on and blows. I have the correct belt for the compressor and it will be included with the sale. Compressor does turn freely. I repaired the top AC suction line as it was cracked and I can only guess that this was the reason for the AC not working. I have not tried to charge it since the belt is not on. But, it may be just a belt installed, charge and you have a working AC. Has an aftermarket radio and 4 speakers with nice wooden cabinets. 2 under the dash and 2 in the B pillers of the cab. The seat is in great shape on the top/back section, the bottom section is in need of repair so a bench seat cover was put on. But the top section literally looks just a few years old underneath. Has a set of later model chrome factory wheels with a very good set of Cooper tires. Lots of tread left. Has a recently replaced alternator. All of the exterior lights work. Turn signals work as well as brake lights. I replaced the side marker lights with a nice chrome set on the back of the bed. So, if you are looking for an almost all original truck this is a good one. Most if not all of the trim is still on the truck. It does look like it came with bed top rails from the below article, this truck does not have them. The holes are there but rails long gone. Will need a new dash pad or the old one just taken off as it is cracked. The windsheild also has a crack in it. Windows roll up and down good and the locks work. The shifter on the column is a little persinickity at times but shifts. Looks like the arrow and the letters sometimes don't line up so you just have to make sure you are in the correct R, N, P, or D. Not a big deal but wanted to point that out. Good luck and feel free to contact me if you have any other questions. Will load as many pics as I can through ebay. If you are the winning bidder I require a $500.00 to be sent via PayPal within 24 hours. The balance either through cash or bank wire within 7 days. Clear Oklahoma Title on hand. I will assist with loading truck for shipping in Edmond, OK or will deliver for an additional $300.00 anywhere along I-35 (within 5 miles east or west of I-35) from OKC to Dallas as I travel this route weekly for business. 1971-1972 Explorer Special features There were four Explorer packages available in '71 and '72. These packages were trim levels which were only available on the Custom or Sport Custom models on both F-100 and F-250 trucks. These were items that were normally-available options, but just assembled into a package for a slightly lower price for the buyer. The 1972 Explorers were the only model year with exterior emblems, though some other years could get the glovebox emblem (Fig 1, above). A comparison of the '72-only Explorer emblem with the '73-up style. Explorer Package A consisted of the following items: Medium Blue, Lime Gold or Saddle Tan metallic paint special random-striped cloth seat trim in unique sew-style (Blue, Green or Ginger) full foam seat chrome front bumper guards bright driprail moldings bright hubcaps Explorer glovebox ornamentation Explorer Package B consisted of the items in Package A, plus the following: bright box rails (F-100 LWB only) bright spear moldings swing-lock mirrors mag-style wheel covers (on F-100 only) Explorer Package C consisted of the items of Packages A and B, plus the following: Cruiseomatic automatic transmission Explorer Package D consisted of the items of Packages A, B and C, plus the following: air conditioning tinted glass On Mar-30-14 at 06:11:56 PDT, seller added the following information: Wanted to add the following since there have been questions about: The truck has Power Steering and Power Brakes. Both systems work great. It is also a longbed. The mirrors are very nice towing mirrors that were an option included with the Explorer Package. They are in almost perfect shape and function well. Do not move when driving, very firm placement. The rear bumper is a very heavy duty steel one and has been painted a flat black. Before painting you could still see the dealer name and location that the truck was sold from. The truck has been stored inside a climate controlled shop for the past year. On Mar-31-14 at 13:59:46 PDT, seller added the following information: There have been a ton of great questions asked during this auction so I am trying to include before the end. I had no idea my "Old Yeller" would be getting such attention. Thanks: The overload shackle and spring. It looks like a very short spring that is attached to a rotating shackle that allows for extra support once the bed is weighted down. All functional. The cab mounts, as I know this to be a problem area on these fords. The cab mounts are in amazing condition. Still have original paint on them. No rust at all. There is some "redish brown" on the underside of the truck. I live in Oklahoma and the dirt here is Red Clay. The underside of the truck has been lightly power washed but a good cleaning will remove most of the dirt. It is not rust, and if it is, it is surface rust at that. The Ampmeter and Oil gauges simply light up, there is no actual gauge. Has speedo, fuel and temp gauges only. Also the horn does not work. Looks to have the cover and bumpers missing. The brake pedal and spring. It has a spring but is worn out so I simply put a bungee on the brake pedal to keep brake lights staying on. Brakes work great, the spring just needs to be replaced. There is only one area of rust on the truck which is underneath the passenger side front fender in the upper fender inner well. I would put it directly underneath the battery tray as the exact location. Rust area the size of my palm. All other body panels and floorboards look great. There is surface rust on the truck but not "cancer" type rust other than what is mentioned that I can find. History, my understanding is that it has been in Texas or Oklahoma most of it's life. I have owned for about a year. The gentleman before me said it belonged to his Grandfather and he had owned it for a long time. Possibly the original owner??? I don't know, but the truck is so original and good shape that it was well taken care of for sure. I do not have any paperwork with the truck. I forgot to mention before but I changed out all of the spark plugs in the last month to NGK V Powers' so all are brand new. Drivability, there have been several people ask if it would be able to drive 1000 miles or more from my home to there's if they purchased. I would say "probably". I have never driven it more than 10-20 miles at a time and never over 65 MPH for an extended period. I have had it up to around 80 MPH on the back roads but never for more than 10 minutes continuously. The tires are in great shape. So, I will not guarantee that it will make it but, I would probably attempt and feel fairly confident if shipping was not feasible. It has never left me stranded before so I personally would trust it for a long journey. That being said, might want to plan on a few more days getting home so that you would not have to push her too hard each day. Just my opinion.