Something old, something new
Fleet Owner
Joined: Dec 2000
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From: Central PA
Correction upon more thought (it was along time ago!) The VW was not a rampside... but both bedsides folded down
Posting Guru
Joined: Jul 2012
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From: Southern SC.
Bob This hobby is like a marriage- whether its a long one (42+ yrs for us) or short it's going to cost you a lot of time, effort and dollars!!! 
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From: SE Wisc. (the Rust Belt)
Dave, I've been married for over 25 years, with two kids. I know all about the cost!! It never seems to end but with my marriage to my old vehicles they never sass back and if they do get me ticked off I can cuss and swear at them without getting into trouble. I can't do that with my wife and kids.
Cargo Master
Joined: Nov 2007
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From: sparta ky.
I just bought a 2011 F150, 4x4,4door 6 1/2' bed with the ecoboost v6 and love the room and the fuel milage. Just went to the GSM F1-F100 run in Townsend, TN, pulled a 12' trailer with a golf cart and a 3 hundred# cooler and the truck was loaded down as well at 75-80 mph and averaged 15.9 mpg, I say that ain't too bad. Of course HOMADE was running 75-80 mph and averaged 21.1 mpg, lovin it.
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: northeast Ga
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Cargo Master
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Valley Center, California
As far as the trucks being big today, I do enjoy my 2000 F-150 with the extended cab. The extra room is really handy.
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From: SE Wisc. (the Rust Belt)
I find it kind of funny about the comments of too big trucks when a quarter of the posts seem to be people who want to move their gas tanks out of the cab to gain more room.
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From: sparta ky.
DR Smith, what happened to you, thought you were coming up for that one. Attendence was down but still had a great time visiting with old friends and making new ones. It's kinda like an oversized Docs place, lots of great people excluding Binwin and junior cause you never know what they are going to come up with (DONKY), I'll leave it at that.
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Aug 2010
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From: Morgan Hill, CA
Only if it is like the Falcon-based early ones, not the immense Torino-based barges of the early '70's. The hoods on those were longer than the bed.
Eric/Doraville forwarded me an article a while back that explained how EPA mileage reg's assured that we will never see another compact pickup. It has to do with how they calculate EPA emissions and mileage, nothing to do with technical problems or lack of demand.
How CAFE Killed Compact Trucks And Station Wagons | The Truth About Cars
Eric/Doraville forwarded me an article a while back that explained how EPA mileage reg's assured that we will never see another compact pickup. It has to do with how they calculate EPA emissions and mileage, nothing to do with technical problems or lack of demand.
How CAFE Killed Compact Trucks And Station Wagons | The Truth About Cars
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Joined: Nov 2009
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Hard to find a "pickup" truck any more. Most are extended cab or quad cab basically SUV's with open backu;. I lucked out, found a "farm truck". 02 f250 HD, regular cab, bench seat, rubber mats, 8 foot box. does have air, but to roll the windows down you crank. Use it to pull wife's horse trailer. Thats why I haven't done muc with the 49 F3. Hope to do some work this summer if it wern't for the mosquitos.