1994 Ford F-150 Flareside Will Transport You Back to a Different Era

By Brett Foote - February 4, 2022

This 1994 Ford F-150 Flareside hails from an era where many gave up bed space for style.

There was a time, not long ago, when most people bought regular cab, two-wheel-drive pickups with long beds. Times have obviously changed, and now, most are trading bed space for passenger space, though, in the 1990s, we were also giving up bed space for style. Yes, we’re talking about the hugely popular Flareside, a trend that came and went like a shooting star, and one that we still appreciate today. If you feel the same way, you’ll likely love this 1994 Ford F-150 Flareside up for grabs at Cars & Bids.

This Metallic Red 1994 Ford F-150 Flareside is certainly a looker and has period touches that make it extra cool in our book. That includes a set of side steps with a two-tone silver treatment to contrast the red body, as well as those familiar 15-inch wheels that appeared on many Ford trucks from this era. With 99k miles on the clock, it certainly looks to be in fantastic condition, a testament to those that have cared for it over the past 28 years or so.

The interior is in very nice condition as well, with cloth upholstery and the good old-fashioned 40/20/40 seating configuration. There are plenty of amenities present inside the cabin as well, including power steering, windows, locks, and mirrors, power-adjustable lumbar support for the driver and passenger, tilt steering, and air conditioning. A newer CD radio was added at some point, but that’s not really a surprise.

Mechanically speaking, this 1994 F-150 is powered by Ford’s venerable 5.0-liter V8, which in this guise made 205 horsepower and 275 pound-feet of torque. That power flows to the rear wheels via a four-speed automatic transmission, and the engine sips fuel from a pair of tanks for those long road trips.

The whole thing is quite tidy and a nice little trip back to a very different time in most of our lives. But this was also a very different time for trucks, long before consumers were paying huge money for luxury-laden pickups with smaller beds and huge cabs, instead eschewing cargo space to look good.