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Was in at the Ford garage the other day watchin' the boys pre-deliver this pickup.

I really like that blue tooth thingy (radio operates your cell phone while it's in yer pocket) and also the AC power outlet.

Salesman was standin' there; told me that the tailgate alone probably cost 3 times more than I paid for my first car. Geeeze!

Allan

Try to get a bench seat so your dog and gate opener can get in!! They can keep them!

I've been told that you can no longer get an F-150 with a manual transmission. Also I was told that you cannot get a manual shift transfer case even in a Superduty with the manual transmission. Looks like Ford wants to cater to the "Shiftless" crowd. I hope my '05 lasts me till I tip over, cause there won't be any of those shiftless trucks for me.

Eveyone drives a truck for various reasons. Some, like me, actually haul stuff and pull a trailer. Others like the "status" of a bigger more agressive looking vehicle. Still a few others hope to be able to talk their wife in to riding in the back as much as possible. : - )
It appears that they are building these for the overspending buyers that were gobbling them up prior to the big financial crash two years ago. I hope there are still enough people out there that want to spend that much money on a vehicle with wasted space since they seldom haul much of anything.
When I get to the point that I cannot climb in the rear, I will get something else. I will not really need a truck unless I am hiring others to load and unload it for me.
As for seats, the best concept in my opinion is the split. You can have somewhat of a bucket seat with the center console down, or you can put three up front with the console up.

About the only way three can ride up front comfortably is the one in the middle is a midget.
Joe

U can"t even get a manual transmission on a superduty anymore. BIL has a 2011 w/ the Powerstroke, and after about 20,000 miles he is getting almost 9mpg.

Heard the same thing from a fella last Sunday.

I think he was talking about a 2010 or 2011 Chevy tho. Don't know fer sure.

Allan

I agree with the truck for various reasons, and I use mine for hauling and pulling the gooseneck trailer. The thing that sold tons of pickups in Iowa was the license fee was cheap for farmers and folks that used them like trucks. So many suburbanites started buying four door trucks to use like cars (hence the auto trans) that the state now licenses them same as cars . By weight and value. Sometimes I'm glad I am on the downhill side of the mountain. Dale

That blue tooth thingy has been around for years, in WVA. Most of the drivers there either have blue teeth, or none at all!

I wish they still made 66 chevys with the six cyl engine. These new trucks suck.

The prices and features of these new trucks has gotten way out of hand. It's not really the fault of the manufacturers though, they are just building and selling what the masses ask for. Unlike most I'm looking to sell my '03 Dodge and downgrade to a simpler truck.

Allan being 67 years old I laughed when the salesman went to show me the sinc- last year on my 10. After him loading my phone and a 5 minute lesson I will say it is the single most improvment I have had in pickups for my run. I do have the old man tail gate again laughed but do use it just seems to make life easier. Have been back three times lately ford has just came out with a new gas v6 that the specs are better than the big v8 I now have in the f150 10 .. I am not a fan of the 250 diesels since I usually trade ever two years. I am really going to have to watch how this new engine plays out. If half off the specs prove out in real world will probably be my next engine.

Getting some of your weather in Tenn today blowing snow

Well I have a little 96 150 Ford in the shop, V6, Stick, bench seat, gets over 20 mpg. FAST truck, SWB with stepside. 50K on the clock. I haven't put plates on it for three years. It's also looking for a home
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Allan in NE I have a photo of pre-deliver prep work on Model T Fords that I"m including a link to. I don"t care to resize the image because of the album it is in or I"d simply embed it.

Decades ago at least some of the Model T Fords were shipped to rural areas via railroad box cars. To conserve shipping space they were partially disassembled and stood on their nose so to speak.

Upon arrival to their destination they would be removed from the box car taken to the dealership and assembled.

This photo is for the Ford dealership at Utica, Kansas owned by Bill Whitney. Shown assembling a Model T are mechanic Roy Crabtree and Whitney"s son Herbert (in the western hat) who eventually took over the dealership. Roy remained the mechanic for decades under the long bonds of friendship.

On the back wall over the bed of the Model T truck are what appears to be boxes of some sort. They were in fact a part of the Edison Light Plant electrical distribution system for the town. The agency housed the Light Plant until grid power was eventually brought to the small town.

I haven"t been in the building since the 1980s but the objects were still present at that time. Perhaps fuse box covers for individual line circuits? I don"t know or at least don"t remember.

The hot link for the photo.
This link shows the exterior of the building.
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t298/growerguy/Utica%20Kansas/scan0151.jpg
Pre delivery Prep for Model Ts.

Yeah,

Gotta admit, was kind of surprised at all the negative comments. :>)

For sure, when I'm farmin', I'm in and out of that darned truck box 10 times a day for this and that. Was disappointed that my '08 didn't have the step.

Allan

One of the best trucks I ever had was a 69 Bronco the first type built. no nothing rubber mats Standard trans & transfer case,6 cly, no radio Had heater. put about 250,000 on that little buggar it had 135,000 no it when I bought it. I over hauled it a few times. Would like to see one of the manufactures build a plain jane for the working guy.

I guess it's each to his own! I am sure each of us has reasons that he owns, and drives what he does, For many years I traded every 2 to 3 yrs for a new Ford, but I had a good job with Boeing, and most people I worked with, was doing the same thing. Then prices started getting rediculos, and I bought this 10 acre place, and wanted to pay it down before I retired, so it would be manageable, when I did retire. I found an 80 dodge short bed that had an exceptional body, but a worn out 318, and bought it cheap. I went to the wrecking yard and bought a low mileage 89 318, which was the newest I could find at the time. I put the motor in, and took the truck to a paint shop, and had it sprayed, with new paint and clear coat. I then took it to Les Schwab tire shop, and had them replace any worn steering parts, and balljoints, and bearings,and give it an alignment. After 4 new tires, I had a total of $2300.00 wrapped up in it. Try buying a new truck for that in 2000! I have put a set of brakes on it, one U joint, and countless lube jobs, and oil changes,since 2000, and It has done all my comuting, along with feed hauling,seed trips down to Oregon, and used it to go to Popular Bluffs Mo. this past summer to see my son. When, and if it starts using oil, or loosing power, then I have the original motor setting on a pallet in the shop, covered up after being overhauled several yr's ago. By the time I need it I will probably have to have one of my grandsons install it!

But remember when beds were 8 foot long, and you could see into them? Seems they keep building them bigger and bigger for all the little Napoleans running around out there...

(quoted from post at 17:46:12 12/12/10) I wish they still made 66 chevys with the six cyl engine. These new trucks suck.

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Not much of a chevy guy, I'll take a Dodge with a Slant six.