Price: US $2,500.00 SOLD OUT
1961 Ford Econoline pickup Just the body and chassis. All doors in place. Great Restoration oportunity. Recently one sold for $28,000 at Barret Jackson in Reno, NV. barrett-jackson.com/Archive/Event/Item/1961-FORD-ECONOLINE-PICKUP-154200 Best of luck bidding!! History ======= Ford debuted its forward control Econoline trucks for the 1961 model year, and the brand had high hopes for the pickup truck variant. Initial projections called for assembly of more Econoline pickups than vans, but consumers preferred their pickups in a more conventional format, and the forward control variant amounted to just 10 percent of 1961 Econoline production. The first Ford Econoline was introduced for the 1961 model year. Sized roughly to compete with the Chevrolet Corvair 95 (Greenbrier Sportswagon) and Volkswagen Type 2, which was 172.3 in (4,376 mm) long. It was originally offered as a cargo van, an eight-passenger van with three rows of seats (which carried the Ford Falcon name) and as a pickup truck. A 165 lb (75 kg) counterweight was fitted over the rear wheels to balance the front-heavy vehicle; this was sometimes removed by later owners. The implementation of situating the driver on top of the front axle with the engine near the front wheels is called, in the US, a "cab over" short for cab over engine configuration. In Europe it is called a "forward control" vehicle. The body styling borrowed heavily from the, smaller, UK produced, Thames 400E which had been in production since 1957 and the 1956-64 Jeep Forward Control. Instead of the rear-mounted engine used by Volkswagen and Chevrolet, the first E-Series had a flat nose with the engine between and behind the front seats. Early models had a 144 CID inline 6-cylinder engine with a three-speed manual transmission. Later models had a 170 CID or 240 CID engines with a three-speed manual or automatic transmission. It was an immediate success with utilities like the Bell Telephone System. In its first year, 29,932 standard vans, 6,571 custom Econoline buses, 11,893 standard pickups and 3,000 custom pickups were made. The success of the Econoline led to its layout adopted in 1964 by the Chevrolet Van/GMC Handi-Van and Dodge A100; it would also be utilized internationally and sold by Mitsubishi, Nissan, and Toyota, with microvans called the Subaru Sambar and the Daihatsu Hijet.
| VIN (Vehicle Identification Number): | 382720034 | Year: | 1961 |
| Number of Cylinders: | 6 | Make: | Ford |
| Transmission: | None | Model: | E-Series Van |
| Body Type: | U/K | Trim: | Base |
| Warranty: | Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty | Engine: | 2.4L 144Cu. In. l6 GAS Naturally Aspirated |
| Vehicle Title: | Clear | Drive Type: | U/K |
| Fuel Type: | Gasoline | Mileage: | 0 |
| For Sale By: | Private Seller | Exterior Color: | White |
| Disability Equipped: | No | Interior Color: | White |
