Mr. Fagan's '59 F-100 finally finished - Kansas.com
Larry Fagan was looking for a good work truck when he bought his slab-sided 1959 Ford F-100 pickup back in 1966. The truck dutifully performed that function for him over the years and, as so often happens, it went into long-term storage, waiting... Something told him to hold onto the F-100, as it was a long, wide box truck with the big back, wraparound window. SALINA – Larry Fagan was looking for a good work truck when he bought his slab-sided 1959 Ford F-100 pickup back in 1966. The truck dutifully performed that function for him over the years and, as so often happens, it went into long-term storage,... Something told him to hold onto the F-100, as it was a long, wide box truck with the big back, wraparound window. I drove it from 1966 until 1976 as my daily driver, when I bought another vehicle,” Fagan said. “My son (Kris) started driving it at 16, in 1984 and he drove it till he bought a new truck in 1994. ”. By then the truck had been repainted once and a 312 Ford V-8 engine installed. “He moved and somebody wanted to buy it, but I said, ‘No, I don’t want to sell it. ’ I went over and all four tires were flat and the battery was dead. I put some gas in it and drove it home,” the elder Fagan said. Any time I needed to haul something, I would fire it up. ”. Eventually he built a detached garage and parked the truck inside, but nothing was done until April 2008, when he pulled the truck back out. Source: www.kansas.com
