Photo: Mecum
There was a time not long ago when the NASCAR team roster included Morgan–McClure Motorsports. The team, founded in 1983, ran the No. 4 car, but ultimately failed to make a lasting impression on the series – it only scored 14 race victories. Shut down in the early 2010s, it left behind not an important racing legacy but an incredible car collection belonging to one of the team’s owners.
Larry McClure is the name of the guy, and a good chunk of his car collection (about 27 of them) is going under the hammer in the early days of January during the Mecum Kissimmee event in Florida. The 1966 Ford F-100 you see here is one of those 27.
Part of the famous family of Blue Oval trucks that started life shortly after the end of the Second World War, the pickup made its way into the select collection, alongside 1940s Fords and muscle Chevys, because of one important aspect: it is powered by a 427-ci (7.0-liter) Thunderbird engine.
Topped with two 4-barrel carburetors and linked to a 4-speed manual transmission, the powerplant is a favorite of the custom world and was the main focus of the restoration work done on this truck as well.
According to the Mecum listing, the F-100 comes as seen in the attached gallery thanks to the efforts made by the Morgan-McClure Motorsports team itself. Tasked with bringing the pickup back to its former, shiny self and gifting it with a potent heart, the NASCAR-bred engineers seem to have handled things exactly right.
The red over brown pickup looks better than most of the similar builds we’ve featured this December in our Celebration Month coverage. The smooth body gets a touch of class thanks to the chrome strip running from front to end on both sides, elegant badging points to the hardware hidden under the sheets of metal, including the Twin I Beam suspension, and the interior plays along just fine with the carefully chosen bucket seats, wood rim steering wheel, and custom gauges.
The truck is selling with no reserve, and no estimate on how much it is expected to fetch is made.
Part of the famous family of Blue Oval trucks that started life shortly after the end of the Second World War, the pickup made its way into the select collection, alongside 1940s Fords and muscle Chevys, because of one important aspect: it is powered by a 427-ci (7.0-liter) Thunderbird engine.
Topped with two 4-barrel carburetors and linked to a 4-speed manual transmission, the powerplant is a favorite of the custom world and was the main focus of the restoration work done on this truck as well.
According to the Mecum listing, the F-100 comes as seen in the attached gallery thanks to the efforts made by the Morgan-McClure Motorsports team itself. Tasked with bringing the pickup back to its former, shiny self and gifting it with a potent heart, the NASCAR-bred engineers seem to have handled things exactly right.
The red over brown pickup looks better than most of the similar builds we’ve featured this December in our Celebration Month coverage. The smooth body gets a touch of class thanks to the chrome strip running from front to end on both sides, elegant badging points to the hardware hidden under the sheets of metal, including the Twin I Beam suspension, and the interior plays along just fine with the carefully chosen bucket seats, wood rim steering wheel, and custom gauges.
The truck is selling with no reserve, and no estimate on how much it is expected to fetch is made.
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