Now that's a truck
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She sure is purty. I've always favored Chevys (my first car was a big block '69 Camaro RS/SS) and every GM I've own was a good car, but I got rid of my Ford F-150 last year and it had 296,000 miles on it. It was a good truck. But I think a truck is probably the only Ford I'd ever buy because all the other Ford's I've owed were not good. I drive an Infiniti SUV now but miss my pick-up. Trouble is they're hard to find with a bench seat unless it's special ordered 
. Reckon that might be why that '80 was preserved?
Just saying
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. Reckon that might be why that '80 was preserved?Just saying
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The only Chevy's that I ever owned were both beaters. A Cavalier and a Chevy wagon, though I don't recall what is was called. It had an electric window in the back that was great for loading and unloading fishing equipment, even poles, as long as you don't snap the tips off with the window (I did that once)
. Anyways, the more that I see these new trucks, the more that I yearn for the good old days when they knew how to build one. That truck just looks perdy. Those things were very reliable. I'll bet gas milage wasn't too good though. I think nowadays I would go with an early 2000s Toyota Tundra.
. Anyways, the more that I see these new trucks, the more that I yearn for the good old days when they knew how to build one. That truck just looks perdy. Those things were very reliable. I'll bet gas milage wasn't too good though. I think nowadays I would go with an early 2000s Toyota Tundra.
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Ya never know. My 1998 truck got 25 mpg. My Camaro got 9
.My Cavalier left four tire tracks in the snow. 
That was back when they side tracked.
At the turn of the century, both Ford and Chevy were making good trucks. I'm not sure what happened to them after around 2005, but they went down hill a little bit with everyone else. They say that the Chevy 2500 is way better than the 1500 and is still a good truck, though I wouldn't know. I'm still that kid who liked the "heavy Chevy" 57'.
On the tv show 'counting cars', Danny Koker ran into a purple 1955 Chevrolet convertible and he offered to buy it, but the owner declined the offer. That car was da bomb, as they say. I wish that I could remember the episode.
That was back when they side tracked.At the turn of the century, both Ford and Chevy were making good trucks. I'm not sure what happened to them after around 2005, but they went down hill a little bit with everyone else. They say that the Chevy 2500 is way better than the 1500 and is still a good truck, though I wouldn't know. I'm still that kid who liked the "heavy Chevy" 57'.
On the tv show 'counting cars', Danny Koker ran into a purple 1955 Chevrolet convertible and he offered to buy it, but the owner declined the offer. That car was da bomb, as they say. I wish that I could remember the episode.
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Your '98 truck —6 cylinder?Ya never know. My 1998 truck got 25 mpg. My Camaro got 9
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Yep. I think it was the Toyota motor Ford contracted to use. Basically, the same block as the 8-cylinder with two pistons removed. I hauled cords of firewood and tons of mulch in that thing on a weekly basis. In the end it had this weird defect where something in the block eroded allowing coolant on one side to infiltrate the combustion chambers. When the motor was taken apart one side was shiny clean (due to the coolant) and the other not so much; looked like an engine with 300k on it. Same thing happened to my neighbor's F-150. Got is all squared away and drove it another 40k but eventually the repairs start to equal a car payment (even though I always pay cash form my cars) so it had to go.
Last 40 years or so I've driven only pickups or SUVs. I like having the power and being able to sit up high and look over the traffic. My Infiniti doesn't ride very high
, but it's got all the bells and whistles. I've picked my trucks with crank windows, manual everything, FM radio (which I then replace myself) and no bells and whistles but ya get old and let the wife have a say and its heated power seats, leather upholstery, and SiriusXM.Man, I miss my truck.
I think I'll go test drive a few
. See y'all later.
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