I have been in Florida (Ocala) for the last several days and saw flaresides everywhere. They seem to be much more popular there than at home in North Carolina. I guess that means the folks down there have good taste I stopped by Ford of Ocala while I was there and they had about 8 F-150s customized by LA West Customs. They were nice rides.

NC Sean

 

Always interesting seeing what goes on in various parts of the country. You have flaresides up the wazoo in FL while here in So Cal, after driving 14K mi in the last year all around LA/Orange Co, San Diego, eastern desert and SF Bay Area, I personally can recal seeing TWO flaresides on the road.

My local dealer says they are no longer taking delivery of flaresides except when pre-ordered with down payment, since they can not get them off the lot.

 

KC Metro area has TONS of SCrews!

 

Why can't they sell the Flaresides? I like them, but don't know if I'd buy one personally. The front of these trucks look even larger with a Flareside bed, kind of an odd appearance at first. But I think with larger tires, maybe a better offset rim, and possibly a lower suspension would ease the appearance a bit.

 

Yeah, it's lousy with Screws around here. Hardly ever see a Flareside.

Is there Ford web site that tells how many of each were sold??

 

I drive a 2004 Black SCAB FX4 Flareside. Had to order it from the factory to get everything exactly the way I wanted it. Don't see too many of them around here in suburban Philadelphia and I like it that way!

 

Hey masterP...I guess it's just you and me in Delaware County (I'm in Broomall)!

I also had to order mine, been lovin it for over 13,000 miles already. Still pretty much stock, but have 4.10 gear swap and cat-back exhaust mods in sight.

Give a honk if you see your twin!!

 

You got it, Don! I'm not a big mod guy either, but I am also thinking about a new CAT back system...

 

Tons of Flaresides up here in Toronto. Today alone I saw 5 of them. Even a red one with a cap on it, looked strange.

 

masterP...could you PM or e-mail me regardng an accessory for our trucks that you might be interested in? Your e-mail is currently turned off.

Thanks / Don

 

I grew up in Flourtown and moved out of there 30 years ago for the shore. How can you you guy's stand living up there?? My brother lives out in Lansdale and I only go up when I have too. All the same old roads and 5 times as many vehicles as there was 20 years ago..

 

Dunk...you're right about the road conditions, but most of the cars move out of my way!!

The big problem is we're back to my wife's hometown, and the M-I-L is only one and a half blocks away (easy walking distance). If it were TWO MILES, then she'd think twice about walking down "whenever she pleases"!

 

im tryin to find a flairside here in cali and am told they are a rarity. I currently have a 2000 flairside extended cab 4x4 im debating about tradin in on a 2005. I would love to see one in person or at least a couple of pics to see if i like the looks of the new flairside

 

hksigman,

Here is a link to a site that sells a die cast replica of my flareside truck. It is exactly like my truck except that I have the chrome step bars. What’s neat though, is they have a picture of the truck from every angle, so you can get a pretty good idea of how it looks. Go Flareside! http://www.idcow.com/bs2007.html

 

Don, I believe I enabled the e-mail option...