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The fall of 1960 brought a new Ford #Fseries, lower and sleeker and more or less having the proportions of a modern pickup. To look at them now, you'd think they were like all the other Fs - unchanging and evergreen. But this generation of truck had a turbulent existence. - "Modern" being the order of the day, #Ford introduced a "unibody" version of the truck. It wasn't a true unibody in that the "unit" was the bed and cab welded together and put on a frame, like a body-on-frame car. 4X4s didn't use the integrated design, ostensibly because it couldn't put up with the twisting forces of off-road use - which telegraphed the fatal flaw with the unibody. - Pickups have separate beds, most of the time, becuase loading them up might cause a unit body to twist or flex - and by 1962 Ford was forced to introduce a regular "styleside" box as an alternative when some buyers complained that a very heavy load could jam the door shut, or that doors popped open over railroad crossings. Ford had to act so quickly to keep up with the market that the box they used was the one form the old 1960 F-100. The unibody was dropped in '63 and a new bed arrived for '64. - In the meantime, Ford was working on an entirely new frame, and though 1965's trucks looked just like 1964's, they rode on this completely new structure, which would also underpin the fifth and sixth generation F-series trucks into 1979. In setting out to dispel any criticisms of the F's structure, Ford's engineers did a *very* thorough job. The 1961 styling would remain for one more year. - The 4th Gen F100 - the "F-150" was still a decade in the future used a trio of straight sixes (223, 240, and 300-cid) and a trio of V8s (292, 289, 352-cid) with mostly familiar hardware. The updated frame means that the '65 and '66 trucks can accommodate many pieces from the later trucks, so they are a popular hot rod. 2wd the "Twin I-Beam" label for their independent front suspension. "Handling" wasn't a market priority for pickups, but the 4th gen was a good driver and an appreciably better handler than the previous trucks. #FordF100 #CarsofLA #ParkedInLosAngeles #retrorides #pickups #buildfordtough #FordMotorCo (at Inglewood, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtGmtSXlsl5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=q4i5vqgcneg7