Well,heres what I ended up with...Its a 1997 Ford F-350 XL crew cab with a 460 and a 5 speed....Its a rust free
123,000 mile truck from Texas...I found it on the Dallas Craigslist and met the guy half way.....Finding a truck
just like I wanted wasn't as easy as I thought it would be....Probably 70 % of all 1997 Ford F-350's are diesels
and most of the gas burners have automatics..There just aren't lots of 5 speed trucks period,gas or diesel..
The truck has numerous little dings that don't show from 30 ft...The previous owner admitted that he caused
them because of a bad temper which is silly...The interior was a little rough but $100 at a junk yard took care of
that..I looked at some 1997 diesels but they were nearly twice as high in price with lots more miles and most
were automatics...Coming home at 75 mph it got 12 mpg..I haven't pulled my trailer yet but hopefully it will do
OK..Everything works on it,heat,AC,both fuel gauges,radio-etc..It has brakes out of this world..
123,000 mile truck from Texas...I found it on the Dallas Craigslist and met the guy half way.....Finding a truck
just like I wanted wasn't as easy as I thought it would be....Probably 70 % of all 1997 Ford F-350's are diesels
and most of the gas burners have automatics..There just aren't lots of 5 speed trucks period,gas or diesel..
The truck has numerous little dings that don't show from 30 ft...The previous owner admitted that he caused
them because of a bad temper which is silly...The interior was a little rough but $100 at a junk yard took care of
that..I looked at some 1997 diesels but they were nearly twice as high in price with lots more miles and most
were automatics...Coming home at 75 mph it got 12 mpg..I haven't pulled my trailer yet but hopefully it will do
OK..Everything works on it,heat,AC,both fuel gauges,radio-etc..It has brakes out of this world..