my 66 C60

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I bought this about a month ago $800, from a cattle ranch in phillipsburg. They used for hauling cattle to the market,and sometimes for hauling hay.
The last time it was used was 4 years ago. When we went to look at it, after changing out the battery and cranking it over a few times, it fired right up!
It has a hi-torque 327, 4 speed, 2 speed rear, PTO and a hoist for the 18' flatbed.
The odometer shows 54000 miles, and they parked it under a shed that covered the cab. I found a picture of the hoist and flatbed in my 64 silver book, the yellow pinstriping is factory, I had no use for the cattle rack (it was pinstriped too) and the lady that sold it to me seemed interested in keeping it.
She said he father bought the truck new in '66.

It has a hydraulic clutch, and a master cylinder similar to a 60-62 1/2 ton. The m/c was bad, and might have been why they quit using it and sold it.
It toook 2 tries to get a good m/c, the first was bad upon bench bleeding, and I had to wait another week for a new reman. m/c.

I drove it home yesterday (90 miles) with no problems!

The cab is pristine, no rust anywhere, the fenders have some rust in the common area, and the hood looks like it had a shed, (or a goat) on top of it at one piont.

All I have done so far is change out the seat, and clean it up.
It looks like I will have to replace most of the underhood hoses,and the rear tires, they are all pretty dry and checked.

I am hoping to put a winch on the front of the bed, and set it up for our trailer ramps, and use it for retrieving more 60-66 trucks!