Falling for a pretty face.

In reply to 93gsxturbo:

I agree. One if the better-looking front ends in all of truckdom (ahem-avatar-cough, cough)

I have a 95 F50 with a 5.8. How slow is an F250 with a 6 cylinder? 0-60 in a year?

93gsxturbo wrote: The 80s ones are pretty fugly, but the 94-97s are some of the best looking trucks ever to grace our highways!

the 1970 Chevy disagrees with your conclusion:

novaderrik wrote:

mndsm wrote: 6cyl and 4spd manual he said... Did ford even do a 4cyl... Ever?

not in any of their real trucks.. they built millions of 4 cylinder Rangers, but not the bigger trucks.

a friend of mine was ready to give ford cash money for a ranger but they discontinued it and he moved on. Rangers were a great work truck IMO.

Tom_Spangler wrote: OK, I'll be that guy. The 300 straight six is an awesomely durable engine, but it had what, 150 or so horsepower in those days? Adequate in an F-150, but in a heavier F-250, you might just end up needing a calendar to time it in the quarter mile. Yeah, I know, torque, but still. Seems to me in an F-250 I'd want a 351 or larger.

F-250's are not much heavier. The manual transmission will help. It's really not that big a deal. My 5.0 F-250 is an auto. I always get where I was going, whether its just me or I'm pulling 5000lbs.

Did you get your truck yet?

86 is the last year the I6 was carbed, also it was computer controlled by then. Seems a popular thing to do is to backdate the carb and distributor and associated wiring to the older vacuum advance system. Less problematic apparently. Also you can ditch most of the rats nest of wiring under the hood.

My 86 hoopty F150 is still running the computer controlled distributor, but somewhere along the line it got the older vacuum advance carb. So they arent communicating. I still need to get the appropriate older engine harness, distributor, and dualspark II module to complete the conversion properly. Surprisingly, other than not running great until the truck warms up, for the most part it runs and drives fine, even gets decent fuel mileage.

I agree the 80-86 and 94-97 are some of the better looking "modern" ford trucks. Not really a big fan of the flat face of the late 80's/early 90's.

Yep the I6 is a slow truck but whats the hurry. To my finely calibrated butt dyno it feels just as slow loaded up as it does with an empty bed. So theres that. I think the 300 I6 was used in a lot of commercial applications back in the day like delivery trucks and what not.

It's a great tow vehicle and a great commuter. I have had three 85-86 2wd f250's. the diesel one was my favorite, followed by the 300-6.

If you keep the radius arm bushings, shocks and king pins in good shape it will ride great and last forever.

I like the big Ford I6. I've had 4 vehicles with that engine(one car and three truck) and they all did everything I wanted them to do. The car had a bunch of Clifford Research parts on it and was a lot of fun.

It's not that important but the Fords with the "new" nose were '92-96 F150. 1997 F350s kept that sheet metal for an extra year.

I could not resist. Better pics coming when I get it home and properly detailed. It runs and drives excellent. Fast? Of course not, it is a wonderful old tech HD truck. It looks like the camper top has never been off. The inside of the bed will clean up like new. I think Failboat gets it completely (above). My only question now is how will it handle a car trailer or tow dolly.

Hmmm. No pic. Several can be found in my garage.

Its a beauty. I need one more of those hubcaps. Or the Alcoa wheels my neighbor has mostly forgotten he left behind his house....

clean. mine is an xlt lariat so it unfortunately has the trim down the sides and associated clips and holes in the body.