found this on craigslist....if its truely all original with that low of mile WOW.


RARE FIND 1978 FORD F150 4X4 351M AUTO W/ 52K MILES TRADES WELCOME

 

Nice truck, moderate price...

 

The key word there is IF. And if I had my way, the word RARE would be illegal to use except when ordering a steak. $500 fine for each occasion...use the proceeds to fix the roads...at least folks would have to be more creative in describing how their vehicle is hard to find another example of.

I've seen a lot of "low mile" dents, and they occasionally have more rust and wear than mine does @ 92K miles. I'm one of those who believes that every vehicle should have come equipped with at least a six digit odometer. Sure would drive down the price of older used cars on dealer lots!

I've recently been looking for an '80-'89 F150, and what I've noticed is interesting. If you change the 78 to 87, you can automatically multiply that 52K mileage by 4. Have found seven out of a couple hundred with less than 200K on the clock...(and the 200K+ trucks still have bloated prices)...but then again they have six digit odometers. Kinda makes me wonder how many of our dents' ODOs have rolled over and we don't know it.

 

I really like that truck and I think its a decent price. I like the color and 4 speed. I don't have any trim on my truck but if I did it would be exactly like that.

I've also wondered about the miles myself. The odometer on my 1977 reads 45xxx miles. Based on the wear on the rest of the truck I think it really is 145k but ya never know, could be 245k but I don't think it is. Everything is in really good shape.

 

trims over rated...

 

Here's another SuperCab craigslist ad
1979 Ford F 150 4 wheel drive super cab
http://ocala.craigslist.org/cto/1958445524.html 1978 FORD F150 WITH 42K ORIGINAL MILES - $1750
http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/1952522246.html 1976 F-150 - $1350
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/1957630109.html 1978 FORD F150-$1700
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/1957395914.html 1977 Ford F100 - $1000 (Amboy, WA)
http://greenville.craigslist.org/cto/1955050570.html 1979 Ford F100 - $1200 (Anderson, SC)

 

My 79 250 supercab 4x4 now has 66,000 miles on her. Due to items such as perfect headliner, dash, brake and gas pedals, and near perfect seat I believe the miles to be correct. The body is not perfect, but due to it having a snow plow on it and it not being completely ate up with rust, I did not feel it was a bad deal at $3500. There are some out there....

 

Oh man oh man...I couldn't agree with you more. I've pretty much stopped looking at trucks the owner thinks is rare because typically the owner doesn't know his hind parts from fat meat. No your truck isn't rare.


And I'm there with you on the mileage thing as well. I think it's nuts how there are plenty of 92+ plus trucks with over 200,000 miles on them, but everybody and their brother has a pre-80's truck their grandfather owned and it's got less than 100k original miles. No it doesn't, you're either a liar or ignorant.

 

I agree with most of it, well, except for the steak part! Yuk

 

I always assume the odometer has rolled over at least once on a dentside, dont believe the fairytales about low mileage 30+ year old trucks and you wont be dissapointed .

 

I assume the same. Like I said mine shows 45k. Thats pretty obvious to me that it has rolled- at least once! My uncle does have a 1977.5 F-250 that he bought in 1983 and never licensed it. It actually does have 62k miles on it. He bought it from the original owner when it was 5 years old and already had a crapped out 351m.

 

Well mine has 87K real miles. Would have had in the 40's if my sis in law didn't use it to commute for 5 years.

But I agree, condition is everything, don't bother with odometer readings.

 

1979 Indy Pace Truck

 

ive came across two of those indy pace trucks.....one was at a small dealer around here...and another on craigslist...so if their rare i passed up 2 good chances at them lol

 

I had read a post on here awhile ago about these trucks, they made 500 of them to go with the Mustang Indy Pace Cars.

Trucks on CL today:
http://joplin.craigslist.org/pts/2005294368.html Body and Cab parts rust free
http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/2003403897.html 1979 4X4 $1500
http://evansville.craigslist.org/cto/2000115375.html 1979 4X4 $1000
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv...005312524.html 1978 Ford F150 - $1900
http://morgantown.craigslist.org/cto/2004022190.html 1978 Ford Truck F-150 XLT 4x4 Truck - $2500
http://boise.craigslist.org/pts/2004343777.html 1977 f150 4wd parts pickup - $300
http://fortcollins.craigslist.org/pts/2003244007.html 1976 HiBoy $350
http://frederick.craigslist.org/cto/1999955395.html 1976 4X4 $1000