Does anyone have an idea of the percentage of 92-96 F-Series that still exist? I imagine quite a few have been wrecked or worn to the point of crushing. Furthermore, with the drop in truck values, it seems more people would be able to upgrade into newer trucks for the price they may have paid for a 92-96 just a year ago... With the value of 92-96 trucks falling, I assume many more are just gonna be sent to truck heaven...

Guesstimates are welcome-

 

I know around here quite a few are getting a lot of miles on them (mine included). Seems people just keep driving them until they're wore out. It's getting harder and harder to find a nice low mile one.

I have noticed them dropping in price, which is good. I just bought a 94 F-150 for $1000 (at a dealer!) with low oil pressure and a little rust. It'll be a nice truck when I get it running.

I'd like to think I saved both of my 95 F-150's. My good one was wrecked, probably totalled back in 02. I bought it and had it fixed...125K miles later it's been one of the best 92-96's I know of. My beater was going to be parked or sold due to high miles and a little rust when I bought it in 05. After a little TLC it's still a great truck and driven almost daily.

 

Around here noone wants to get rid of them. You'll see them sitting all the time but they're "not for sale" when you inquire. IF the dealers have any around here they want 6 to 7k for them on average.

 

It's that way around here too. And when the dealers do get them, especially a nice one, they're gone instantly. I got VERY lucky on my 94.

 

I picked up a 1ton centrion conversion this weekend with 400,000 miles. I just got in for the injectors and turbo... Have the truck complete, with flatbed.

 

I picked my 93f 350 w/ only 22,000 miles on it 2 yrs ago, I think its a find. Around here you cant pull up to traffic light and not see at least 1 or 2. Their gonna be a part of the scenery for a long time just like the 70s /80s Fseries that are STILL driving around.

 

Our trucks are instant classics and will be around forever. Everone just hangs on to them and they just keep going.

There are some vehicles that will always be loved by many. 64-69 mustangs, 67-72 chevy pickups, 67-69 camaros, and 87-97 Ford trucks, to name a few.

 

yeah, looking at these trucks does give me warm fuzzies

 

It is amazing how many of these trucks are still in use by commercial/fleet owners.And the youngest of these trucks are 12 years old!! The telephone company still has these vintage trucks in their fleet as does other commercial users here in the Denver area. Still see tow trucks in this vintage F series in service all over.

And you have to remember that almost one million of these vintage F series were made each year from 1987 to 1996 and some of 1997. Even if the attrition rate was 50 percent per year-there are still millions on the road. This makes for easy spare parts availability for years to come.

These years F series outsold all vehicles in the world for years!It was the world's most produced and most popular vehicle!

 

If you watch Nascar with any frequency (or racing alone, for that matter) you'll see this vintage F's as the dedicated track vehicles. The Talladega dryer trucks show up alot at other tracks all season.

I've noticed NASA has quite a few 92-96 F-series as well. They're always around on any program or news report if you look. That distinctive nose & grill stand out.

 

Good observations!!And did you notice that ICE uses Broncos still ?? And have you noticed that it is almost impossible to find these trucks on used car lots?? For the millions in service--not many owners are trading them in on other vehicles. And it seems that there isnt a lot of them in the bone yards--other than the F series with severe collision damage. They still bend-just like lesser trucks it seems.

A modern durable classic!!!

 

The USAF uses lots of them for gen. utility vehicles, and the USFS has untold numbers still in service.

 

Yeah my old '88 is still gettin it done every day with 194k on her. The thing I like the most is in the summer when it's hot, I'm rollin down the road with my A/C running. Granted, I converted it to R-134A a few years back but you can hang meat in the cab.

Tim

 

I'll go out on a limb here.

1)Despite some design weakness in certain areas that are due to economic factors in building a mass produced vehicle for profit...

2)Plus others where you just gotta ask "Who's bright idea was this?"...

3)And add the very real fact that Ford doesn't really want the thing to last forever...

Then these are really good trucks and people, companies & organizations recognize their strengths. A really simple basic truck/suspension design coupled with the pinicle of push-rod, cam-in-block design along with a relatively reliable, efficent EFI/ECU control electronics that is not "Rocket Science" & can be maintained & diagnoised by a competent tech with minimal specialty equipment. These trucks are a plateau in a truck philosophy.

Just my humble .02

 

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