Why do I love this?

I know someone else here will think this thing is cool. For sale on my local craigslist. Could be the greatest tow pig ever. I may have to go get this thing tomorrow. https://miami.craigslist.org/brw/cto/6156990223.html

It's a long bed 1 ton truck that's like 2 feet shorter than a normal one, what's not to like?

A better question is why wouldn't you love it?

I like how it used to be a Uhaul

that is cool on so many levels

you gotta own that

Right? It's a short bus truck basically. I can't think of anything better.

I wonder how many times that odometer has rolled over?

Do you own it yet?

Well ad is gone

snooze ya lose

You gotta find out who bought it, because chances are they have other weird stuff too. Maybe you can get in on what they're selling to free up room for their new toy.

It's like an F350 but without the ease of maintenance.

I just did a timing cover and chain guide (singular) in a 5.4 Econoline, outside, after hurting my chest doing a piston and all rod/main bearings in a flatbed Chevy (also outside on jackstands) so I may be a little bit biased here.

And my chest still freakin' hurts. I don't know if I pulled a muscle or what.

In reply to Knurled:

I'd prefer to drive it over a normal F-series, but would be less happy with having to work on it. Would have to figure out if it's worth the trade off.

Ad is still up for me. I emailed him about it yesterday. Hopefully he'll reply.

How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1806 - 1861

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

For the ends of being and ideal grace.

I love thee to the level of every day’s

Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.

I love thee freely, as men strive for right.

I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.

I love thee with the passion put to use

In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,

Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,

I shall but love thee better after death.

A lot of things are already "cab off service" in a 7.3 powered F350 of that vintage. I wonder if it would be harder or easier to work on, what with there being a removable doghouse inside the van.

dculberson wrote: A lot of things are already "cab off service" in a 7.3 powered F350 of that vintage. I wonder if it would be harder or easier to work on, what with there being a removable doghouse inside the van.

i always thought the old body style ford's didnt need the cab removed to do anything? i know once the super duty's came around they started needing the cab removed for some of the more major engine work but i was under the impression the older stuff didnt have the same issue.

In reply to edizzle89:

I haven't seen any talk of taking the cab off my '96 to do anything...and I hope I don't!

Up to 1997 (last year for the OBS F350's) I don't believe there's anything too involved like the later ones.

Do a Quigley 4x4 conversion and I'm all-in!

I love the fact that someone saw a 6" strip of metal behind the door, and took the time to add a window. Class.

pinchvalve wrote: I love the fact that someone saw a 6" strip of metal behind the door, and took the time to add a window. Class.

And rearward visibility!

Unless it has had an engine swap, an 89 is gonna be an IDI (indirect injection) diesel. AFAIK those share nothing with the later Powerstroke 7.3's other than the displacement. Simple and durable but a little gutless. Be sure to run anti-cavitation additive in your coolant, cavitation is a potential problem for all diesels but can easily kill off an IDI.

And for the record, I have had a 7.3 PSD Excursion for well over a decade, and never heard anything about cab-off services on those. Whatever generation of Superduties required cab-off work must have been after the 7.3's.

It's got box flairs, sort of . . . you GOTTA love it ! !

My brother had a 7.3 Powerstroke F350 and one of the freeze plugs failed. Two shops told him it was a cab-off service. My other brother bought it from him and swapped the motor - it turned out to have a corroded block around the freeze plug - without removing the cab. I do believe there are more cab-off items on a 7.3 Powerstroke truck than just freeze plugs. It's pretty shoehorned in there. I don't know about the IDI.

What's not to love, that's awesome!