1965 Ford Econoline: A Rare Pickup

A classic rare and seldom see vehicle, something very nostalgic, and very uncommon, then this Ford is for you. The 1965 Ford Econoline pickup is a real treat. If you have remembered Econoline van, then you have been thirties plus read you may not remember seeing the pickup version of this light duty truck line, there were not many off them around even way back in the day.

Some people thought that they may have seen some chopped off, customized van and that it was a prefabricated to be a small pickup truck. Only the Ford did build a small number of the pickups configured Econolines. With just around 7,400 Econoline pickups were then manufactured in the year 1965, the year the pictured.

Rangoon Red beauty was produced around 4,340 of those was the standard model 87 A, also with another 3,065 of the 87 B Custom versions being sold that same year. Approximately 60,000 vans were then built in 1965 in several configurations which include the panel van, cargo van and also the window van. When in 1966, a total of over 2,578 Econoline pickups were made, and the additional 2,015 hitting the streets also in the models last production year in 1967.

For the 1961 the first year for the Ford's snub nosed Econoline products, only they were just under 14, 00 pickups built, and the Econolines were then referred to ass the Falcon Econoline Van or the pickups early on, only the Falcon name seems to also have been dropped from the truck line sometime in the mid-sixes before the demise of these particular snub nosed vehicles.

When looking up in the Standard Catalog of Americas Light Duty Trucks, Fords also does call for the Econolines had gotten better for their fuel economy and also all around drivability. The Econoline even got much better gas mileage, around 30 miles per gallon then the standard pickups and even easier to maneuver.

The stand features are:

1. Electric windshield wiper.
2. Outside rearview mirror.
3. Front and also rear bumpers
4. Dome lights
5. Single electric horn.
6. Turn signals.
7. I- Beam front axle.
8. Vinyl upholstery.
9. Three speed manual tranny.
10. Spare tire.
11. Insulated engine cover between driver and the passenger seats.