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Ralph and I have been "FC friends" for quite some time now and I have always been an admirer of his trucks and we both share a common love, the San Juan mountains!  You can imagine how jealous I was when I opened an email from Ralph and there he was with his FC-170 in Ouray wheelin' in the mountains and even hitting parts of Black Bear road with his truck.  This was way back when I was just dreaming of owning of a Tour Jeep.  Well it seems like things are getting a little crowded over at Ralph's place by this email he just sent.

"After much deliberation and soul searching, I have finally decided to sell
my beloved FC150. I simply have too many toys and need to make some shed
room."

Here's some details on Ralph's clean little '57 FC-150.

1957   Jeep   FC 150
The truck is in very good condition, no rust anywhere. The previous owner
did some extensive repair work to the body and it is a very sharp truck. I
have used it mainly for parades and "Sunday afternoon drives". The seats
have been recovered professionally and "modern" gauges and tachometer
installed in the dash. I have an original "uncut" dash for anyone who would
want to go back original. All glass is good with no cracks or chips.
Mechanically the drive train is original except the engine. The original
F134 has been replaced with an "Iron Duke" engine from a later model CJ-7.
www.off-road.com/jeep/tech/engine/gm151.html  It has a custom made engine
cover but I also have the original cover, in case anyone would ever want to
go back to the F134. Transmission, transfer case, front and rear axles (with
larger brakes) were rebuilt by previous owner and have less than 1000 miles
on them.
$6500

SOLD - February 2010 to Scott Strudwick