Dad had a 66 or 67 1200 with a 307, 3 on the tree, bare bones, no options.
It was rough to drive, hard to steer, enough power to get around, but no power house for sure.
The lifters rattled like crazy first start up of the day.
It wasn't a daily driver, used mostly around his shop, I drove it some when my car was down, so did everybody else. It had a 4 x 16 plank on the front for pushing cars into the shop.
I don't recall it ever breaking down, very reliable, but then it didn't get many miles put on it.
I worked on a few over the years. One that stands out was a mid 60 small dump truck that belonged to a local dairy, it was their manure truck. They used it to haul manure from the dairy to a compost yard, about a 20 mile round trip. That was the worst lemon ever built!!! It rarely made a successful trip without something going wrong. The engine just kept going, but everything around it failed repeatedly!
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