Re: Ford Tough Trucks
I have owned a few different rigs:<br /><br />1989 Dodge Daytona Shelby Turbo (1st car, brand new, never had any problems, sold after three years)<br /><br />1979 Honda Prelude (bought cheap for a work car, needed too much work, got rid of it)<br /><br />1978 Chevy 4 door sedan (forgot the make, it was a beast, ugly as sin, made for a good work car)<br /><br />1981 Ford Escort wagon (Ugly flesh color, but always ran good)<br /><br />1980 Suzuki GS 450 motorcycle (Bought from a friends wife who rode it twice and put it in storage when her brother was injured on his bike. It only had about 400 miles on it, I bought it to learn how to ride a motorcycle, then sold it)<br /><br />1988 Isuzu extended cab pickup (went through 2 heads, but owned it longer than any other vehicle)<br /><br />1995 Ford Probe (Its a Mazda MX6 with different styling-no problems until a ford pickup totalled it for me and sent me to the hospital)<br /><br />1979 Subaru 4x4 wagon (Had 5 billion miles on it and ran perfect every single day, ugly as sin, sold it for more than I paid for it)<br /><br />1995 Suzuki Sidekick 4 door 4x4 (no problems, awesome economy, never got stuck, I needed more oomph for boat towing)<br /><br />1970 International Scout (bombproof, ran like a tank, could not get it stuck, rebuilt it from the ground up and sold it when I needed money)<br /><br />1975 Chevy Blazer fullsize 2wd (was given to me, I gave it to someone else, didn't have the money to fix all the things wrong with it.<br /><br />1983 Chevy Monte Carlo (gave it to the ex wife, she sold it for cigarrette money)<br /><br />1979 Nissan 4 door sedan (forgot the make, it was given to me, never got it running, sold it to a scrap yard)<br /><br />1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited (current rig, has had all sorts of problems, thank God its paid for)<br /><br />1995 Ford f150 4x4 extended cab with 351 (other current rig, 142k with no problems, runs strong, will tow a house)<br /><br />I am not loyal to any manufacturer, I just buy what I can afford, take care of it, and sell it when I get bored with it or a better deal comes along. I will say that I have been very happy with the Ford pickup, it just feels better built and stronger than its Chevy counterpart. I would own a Chevy pickup too, however it would have to be exceptional. Now, if I ever get any real money to get a new rig, it would either be a Dodge Ram, or a Ford Superduty. The new Chevys are'nt doin' it for me right now....<br /><br />At work we have two chevys, a ford, and an Isuzu NPR for work rigs. The Chevys are always needing work, the Ford never needs work, and the Isuzu only needs work every now and then, but it is always expensive. It doesn't help Cheverolet that the 350 is the cheapest engine to buy and replace. Maybe it is because there are billions of them out there, or they are cheaply made in the first place. Who knows....
<br /><br />As for the '73 Boss Mustang argued earlier, I always thought '73 was the starting point of the little embarrassing Mustang, the Mustang II, of which the only thing desireable was the front-end suspension by street rod entusiasts, so I looked it up. Boss 351, 4bbl, 266 hp, and it looked something like this:<br />
