My boy's new truck

redtom · Jul 9, 2017

I bought this from my uncle's estate. 84 with only 26k actual. 6.9L diesel, 2wd, f-250. Ugly but clean as new. Typical farmers truck but very nice and runs great.

larry@stinescorner · Jul 9, 2017

that is a great looking truck!!The very best of luck to him!!!

psimmer · Jul 9, 2017

I sure don't see Ugly! I think if I lived in a northern state where they salted the roads, I would park that one in the winter and have him drive something thats already rusted.

SweetFeet · Jul 9, 2017

Great shape! The thing is probably collectible in that kind of shape.

kcm.MN · Jul 9, 2017

Definitely not ugly! While I'm more partial to the 70's model Fords, that's a nice, clean-looking machine.

redtom · Jul 9, 2017

Yah, this is in Michigan! My uncle was nervous about snow so it never really got out in the winter. Ziebart rustproofed from new. Not one ding in those chrome bumpers. It will be a fair weather rig for sure. Plus, its different nowadays with kids that grew up on front wheel drive.

kcm.MN · Jul 9, 2017

Hmm...guess I'll have to add that to my bucket list - "[i:fabf0d9a06]Some day, try driving something that's front-wheel drive[/i:fabf0d9a06]". *lol* To this day I never have.

Brendon Warren · Jul 9, 2017

I had an 86 in the same color but it had the 300 six.

Northvale PA · Jul 9, 2017

So, just a word of caution about the undercoating. My truck has it too, and winter salt water started rusting on top the frame, where it was never under coated then ate down between the undercoat and frame, bad. Watch for bubbles in the undercoating.

K Effective · Jul 9, 2017

Sure beats sitting at home with no wheels!

RBoots · Jul 9, 2017

Man that thing is SHARP! I'm a fellow Michigan Ford fan. Those are a really nice body style, my buddy had an 86 4wd with a 4sp and 302, and without those running boards, it'd look less of an older fella's truck. My cousin got one a few years back from his wife's grandfather's estate. It was an 86, XLT, 4wd, F250 with a 6.9 and a 4 speed. It had a banks kit on it as well. It had a perfect body on it and around 80,000 miles. It didn't run, so he got the injection pump rebuilt. After that, he found that they had quit running it because it had a bit of a rod knock from getting fuel in the crankcasecond back when her grandfather was still running it. He got fed up with it and sold it without me knowing it for $800. Man, sure wish I'd known that he was gonna do that.

Ross

redtom · Jul 9, 2017

Yah, we're working on "updating" it a little. We took off the matching fiberglass cap that kept the box like new but REALLY made it look like gramps truck. With a low budget, we hope to find an old school set of white spokes or something for wheels and get rid of the old lady LTD hubcaps. My work buddies gave me heck for turning my teen son loose with it but since my mom passed in Jan and my dad in May I've been cleaning out "special" and "nice" things that they put away and never enjoyed. Now I'm selling some tractors that my dad did the same thing with, never enjoying them. So I figured we'll take our chances and drive it.

flying belgian · Jul 9, 2017

That thing is immaculate!

Ultradog MN · Jul 10, 2017

Thanks for posting.
Great truck.
Real bragging rights for a kid.

psimmer · Jul 10, 2017

I think I still have a set of 4 Dog Dish type Ford hubcaps from a 1978 I had. Not new, but decent shape.

Geo-TH,In · Jul 10, 2017

I can't wait for trucks to return to the classic body style. Truck gets my vote of approval.

Dan Richardson · Jul 10, 2017

I hope he does not do like the ones around here do. That is to put on straight straight exhaust ending with a 5" tailpipe. Just to make noise!

tomstractorsandtoys · Jul 10, 2017

Looks great. My first truck was an 82 with the 300 six engine. Tom

rrlund · Jul 10, 2017

SHARP! If my 85 had looked a third that good I never would have gotten rid of it.

Leroy · Jul 10, 2017

I hate those white spoke wheels on anything, they are UGLY. Take a good looking vehicale and put them on and it looks like trash.

Ande · Jul 10, 2017

I would say, he is one lucky guy! Nice truck.

Leroy · Jul 10, 2017

I had an 86 F 250 and liked the looks. It was a 2 wheel drive and gas V8. I bought it as a one owner with 69,000 miles. Well that is when the problems started, any thing that could go wrong did. turned out the dealer I bought it from had got it from a different dealer that got it from a leasing company that got it used, so much for the one owner and that 69,000 should have had a 2 in front of that for 269,000. And I never could keep it on the road for wandering with a trailer hooked on, even with load levers ans sway bars, same set up that I had no problem with my 74 Chevy half ton. it was in 3 different alignment shops and even had a new steering gear put in and the 4 wheel drive sway bar put on. Finally got rid of it as a non running truck. My friends 85 and 84 had none of the problems I had and I was told something in the front axle assembly was changed and they could no longer slightly bend a part in aligning it something about that part being made of a steel that would brake if they tried to align it like the 84 and 85 models. Even replaced the good tires with new ones as was told that was the problem but all were factory type and size. Hope yours is one of the good ones but could it be that he was having those problems that he did not use it much.

jddrawbar · Jul 10, 2017

Ugly is the last word I would use to describe the truck......very nice, and taken care of will last for many more years.

jeffcat · Jul 10, 2017

One thing you want to do. Jack it up, take the wheels off, cover the hoses, get about 5 gallons of the icky sticky drain oil you can find, and spray the begabbers out of the under side. Get oil into every nook and cranny. Really slows down any body rot.

The Dukester · Jul 10, 2017

Ugly??? You must be kidding, those are some of the best looking trucks ever built, much better looking than most new "Toyota styled" new stuff......IMHO of course.......

52BW · Jul 10, 2017

Nice truck and a good looker!

The Dukester · Jul 10, 2017

Well, keep all that original stuff you take off when you do your "Mexican dope runner restyling" to put back on it if you ever want to sell it.

DR. EVIL · Jul 10, 2017

Loosing those long running boards along with the LTD wheel covers would help its looks a lot. White painted wheels with the shiny stainless dog dish hubcaps would look better. I had a '78 short box reg cab F-150 4wd with that style wheel. Looked OK when every other truck had 8-spoke wagon wheels. The '87 short box reg cab F-150 I traded it in on had 8-spoke wagon wheels from the factory.

One thing about Ford trucks, their rust proofing kept getting better with each passing model year. My '78 had holes I could stick my fist thru by 1982, 4 years. My '87 got a free FORD paint job about 1993 from pealing clear coat and silver paint, but really didn't start bubbling the paint till '96, 9 years old. My '96 has NO bubbling paint and after being my daily driver for 12 Wisconsin winters and 21 birthdays and 305,000 miles that'S surprizing. It's all because I had it rust proofed, paint protected, and Scotch-Garded at Auto-Armor. It beats Ziebart, and any other rust proofing any dealer offers. I've had two other cars treated and one didn't have any rust after 12 years and 205,000 miles, other car has no rust after 12 years and 145,000 miles and has only been washed ONCE in all those years.

The new trend is to put flat black painted wheels on vehicles, "Murder them Out". NOT attractive! Wheels are supposed to be shiney.

Traditional Farmer · Jul 10, 2017

That's a great truck

ericlb · Jul 11, 2017

its a great looking truck, i too am suprised the long running boards are still there, the reason is they found out back in the day, and you can even watch it today, the cab, is mounted on rubber bushings, the bed is mounted differently, this caused them to flex at different rates, solid boards will eventually crack due to this happening, most aftermarket running boards now are 2 piece

Phil9N3667 · Jul 11, 2017

That's not ugly by any means and I'm not a Ford person! That 6.9 is a good engine, keep the fuel filters changed, along with air, oil, etc and it'll last a lifetime!!

hd6gtom · Jul 11, 2017

I bought 1 of those for a tire service truck. 6.9 good engine?? 2 engines, 3 torque converters, many starters, 1 transmission, several sets of brakes, several heads later I sent it down the road. Truck was NOT abused, I drove it myself. Kept a spare starter behind the seat. When the glow plugs burn out, we bought several sets from ford and had them install them, buy Olds glow plugs, they are 12 volt not 6 volt like the fords. That cured 1 of the many problems we had with it. If that 1 has the Mitisubshi (I think)starter, there is a Delco, again (I think) that is far cheaper than the Mitsubshi. If you are in a cold state, find out where the glow plug controller is located, you will need to know. I put approximatly 80000 miles on it. Good luck with it.

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