This one-owner 1949 Ford F-5 Marmon-Herrington all-wheel-drive beauty was purchased in 1948 by a grain farm and cattle ranch in Hermiston, OR.

It was delivered by rail to Pendleton, OR, in the summer of 1950.

The truck originally came with a Flathead Ford V8 engine but could not adequately turn the hydraulic pump to lift the bed, so an adaptor was configured in the '50s to accommodate a Ford 312ci Y-block.

The truck had been stored in an underground potato cellar since 1976, when it was taken from storage and put up for sale.

After the purchase, the truck was mechanically repaired, including rebuilding the carburetor, cleaning the fuel tank, replacing the fuel pump and the mudflaps, and then a full detail.

The F-5 fires right up and runs like the workhorse it is, and the bed goes up and down smoothly.

At some point, the original owners put a headache rack on the bed and replaced the original 4-inch round mirrors with senior West Coast tow mirrors.

The original owner's manual and...