My Ford Truck Project (And Other Projects)

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Took a casual walk around a used car lot yesterday, place called Carsense, they sell newer, lower mileage cars with a decent warranty. It's not the shady used car lot on the corner.

Just about everything except the aluminum F150s had bubbles coming through the paint around the wheel arches or the rockers. Most were in the 2013 range.

I think Darin has the right idea, if I want something other than a pop can F150, I need to look a few hundred miles south.
 
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Took a casual walk around a used car lot yesterday, place called Carsense, they sell newer, lower mileage cars with a decent warranty. It's not the shady used car lot on the corner.

Just about everything except the aluminum F150s had bubbles coming through the paint around the wheel arches or the rockers. Most were in the 2013 range.

I think Darin has the right idea, if I want something other than a pop can F150, I need to look a few hundred miles south.
Did you forget where you live? I stopped at TSC for dag food, and saw a "newer" Silverado with the wheel arches GONE in the bed. No wonder there are so many LS out there; the trucks surrounding them rotted away!
 
Dad's 6.9 IDI 1 ton gets 11-10 mpg empty (I guess as empty as a service truck with generator, air comp. and torch can get), towing 7000 lbs, at 55mph or 70mph. It literally doesn't care, lol. It won't go up slight hills towing anything much faster than 60mph though because, well. NA IDI.

Maybe part of the reason I am trying to convince you to not get rid of yours is because I have been around these 80's/90's F series since I was a kid and seeing a nice one is heartwarming (for lack of a better word).
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Did you forget where you live? I stopped at TSC for dag food, and saw a "newer" Silverado with the wheel arches GONE in the bed. No wonder there are so many LS out there; the trucks surrounding them rotted away!

Yeah it's nuts. They want $20k for a truck that needs wheel arches and rockers. It's pathetic.


I shot two spray cans of fluid film underneath this thing yesterday. I haven't had it professionally sprayed this year and its supposed to snow tonight and tomorrow.

Dad's 6.9 IDI 1 ton gets 11-10 mpg empty (I guess as empty as a service truck with generator, air comp. and torch can get), towing 7000 lbs, at 55mph or 70mph. It literally doesn't care, lol. It won't go up slight hills towing anything much faster than 60mph though because, well. NA IDI.

Maybe part of the reason I am trying to convince you to not get rid of yours is because I have been around these 80's/90's F series since I was a kid and seeing a nice one is heartwarming (for lack of a better word).
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I can appreciate that. It just pains me to see rust popping back through in spots because it was such a labor of love to get it where it is. But at the same time I hate to park for half the year just to avoid salt.
 
Drove it to work this morning in the snow for the first time. Salt truck passed me going the other way and hit me with some salt spray. I felt that in my soul. Lol.

The roads were slippery and the truck did better than I expected.

Limited slip, 5 speed and good tires probably contribute to that. Glad I fixed the ABS back in the spring too.

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