Vehicle Description
These trucks are getting more and more popular and it's getting
harder and harder to find a nice one. They have always been good
looking, hard-working trucks, and this generation F-series helped
make Ford become the best-selling truck in America, a title it has
held ever since then. Here is your chance to buy one of these
classics that has been nicely refreshed. It looks good enough to
head out with on a Saturday night again, but it's still Ford tough,
so you can get the job done with it too. Check it out.
It's obvious from the way the body panels line up so nicely on this
truck that it has not had a hard knocks life. It also helps that
Ford started using galvanized steel and zinc primers in order to
prevent them from rusting. This one has been recoated in a nice
shade of blue that shines nicely. Up front the truck leads with
Ford in script on the leading edge of the hood with a big
rectangular chrome grill underneath it flanked by rectangular
headlights. A sharp looking chrome bumper underlines it all and the
chrome continues down the side with edging around the wheel wells
and a polished strip lengthwise down the side. The back looks
especially sharp with chrome forming a rectangle around the
tailgate and with a couple chrome exhaust tips peeking out from
underneath a back bumper that looks brand new.
Open the door and you will find an interior that is in excellent
condition. The door panel has an upper panel done in silver-gray in
a rectangular pattern and a lower panel with a long armrest done in
black. The seat has been recovered nicely so looks excellent, and
the carpet looks fresh because it has been replaced too. A two
spoke steering wheel sits in front of a neat and clean dash that
has the speedometer in the middle with the oil pressure, fuel,
water temp, and voltage gauges off to the sides. The ventilation
control, including those for the air conditioning system sit just
above the Ford AM/FM radio. A nice headliner is also in good shape
which not only looks good but goes a long way toward reducing cabin
noise. The glove box has a nice burled wood look and the shifter
for the 4-wheel drive system rises up out of the floor.
Pop the hood and you will find a tried and true 351M motor nestled
down in a very stock engine bay. There are signs of good regular
maintenance with newer belts and hoses as well as new ignition
components and a new air conditioning compressor. An aluminum
topped air filter flows through a stock carburetor and intake
manifold and out through stock exhaust manifolds to Flowmaster
mufflers. Underneath the truck you will find a solid axle on leaf
springs holding the back end up while the front axle is supported
by coil springs and trailing arms along with new shocks all around
help keep things under control. Power flows out through a three
speed automatic transmission and the transfer case to get those 32
inch Wild Country tires mounted on new Chrome rims turning.
This truck can be taken out on a Saturday night or put to work on
Saturday morning. If you make it your truck, then you will be the
one making that call.