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i remember the day
while sitting at the computer i looked at the original 79 ford four wheelers brochure and i can recall when i was 18 and went to the ford dealer to pick out my first car, or should i say truck. brand new 79 f150 ranger xlt 4x4. 8600 bucks later and i was driving it home. what i would'nt give to be able to walk in to a ford dealer and order me a brand new 79 again, course i would probably have to order 2 or 3 to fill my desire for this truck.
what a great job ford did with these trucks
what a great job ford did with these trucks
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From: New Braunfels TX
i remember the day
My dad and my brother both bought 79 f-150's 4x4's brand new. My dad is still driving his. Can't believe he still has that truck. My brother lost his 20 some years ago. My dad's is still a good truck except for the pizza cutters he keeps on it.
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From: Langhorne, PA
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Why can't Ford (or any other company) keep a truck line going for years and years?
I think it would be great if they kept one line going for 30 years, building the same truck. I think that I would love to buy a 79 or 72 Ford truck new at the dealer right now! There really isn't much difference between my 92 and a 72 model; they start up, go from point A to point B, and haul stuff in the bed. The gas mileage isn't much different, the reliability is the same, and they both were great trucks. Imagine how well they could make a truck if they could keep building one model, and the engineers would improve the way it is built while learning how to bring the cost way down, because they don't need to retool the line every 6 years. Workers would learn how to improve the quality and pass what they learn down to the new autoworkers. I worked a production line and understand that the product quality improves and the price come down once the line is "tweaked" for max performance.
I think it would be great if they kept one line going for 30 years, building the same truck. I think that I would love to buy a 79 or 72 Ford truck new at the dealer right now! There really isn't much difference between my 92 and a 72 model; they start up, go from point A to point B, and haul stuff in the bed. The gas mileage isn't much different, the reliability is the same, and they both were great trucks. Imagine how well they could make a truck if they could keep building one model, and the engineers would improve the way it is built while learning how to bring the cost way down, because they don't need to retool the line every 6 years. Workers would learn how to improve the quality and pass what they learn down to the new autoworkers. I worked a production line and understand that the product quality improves and the price come down once the line is "tweaked" for max performance.
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i remember the day
I make my own "different" vehicles.
The ones off the "ticky tacky" assy lines are all the same, not different. When you buy one you are getting the same thing that a thousand other people have...
The ones off the "ticky tacky" assy lines are all the same, not different. When you buy one you are getting the same thing that a thousand other people have...
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i remember the day
Ford has to sell 200,000+ new trucks every year. If they did not change them and they lasted forever, they would run out of customers or worse, lose them to GM.
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From: Keweenaw Bay, MI
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My first new Ford truck was a 1971 with a 390 ci engine and three on the tree. I sold it five years ago and it had 418,000 miles on it. I put them all on myself. Re-built the engine once at 256,000. What a gret truck it was!
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From: kissimmee
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Serious off road adventurer... 86' Ford Bronco daily driver, mud boggin buggy 86' Zuki Mods, include custom body custom duel transfer case costum four link front and rear 1.6 zuki engine header pipe two barrel weber 35 inch boggers and it Will float...
Current project: 1980 Fiat Spider body on 1975 Jeep J10 pick up frame narrowed and shortened rockwell front and rear 2 and a half ton Jeep AMC 360 turbo 400 custom duel case set-up, should be done in 2 months. Come and see us at 535 Mudhole on Sundays Orlando Fl.
Current project: 1980 Fiat Spider body on 1975 Jeep J10 pick up frame narrowed and shortened rockwell front and rear 2 and a half ton Jeep AMC 360 turbo 400 custom duel case set-up, should be done in 2 months. Come and see us at 535 Mudhole on Sundays Orlando Fl.
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From: mesa, az
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Originally posted by ranger429
while sitting at the computer i looked at the original 79 ford four wheelers brochure and i can recall when i was 18 and went to the ford dealer to pick out my first car, or should i say truck. brand new 79 f150 ranger xlt 4x4. 8600 bucks later and i was driving it home. what i would'nt give to be able to walk in to a ford dealer and order me a brand new 79 again, course i would probably have to order 2 or 3 to fill my desire for this truck.
what a great job ford did with these trucks
while sitting at the computer i looked at the original 79 ford four wheelers brochure and i can recall when i was 18 and went to the ford dealer to pick out my first car, or should i say truck. brand new 79 f150 ranger xlt 4x4. 8600 bucks later and i was driving it home. what i would'nt give to be able to walk in to a ford dealer and order me a brand new 79 again, course i would probably have to order 2 or 3 to fill my desire for this truck.
what a great job ford did with these trucks
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From: Merryland
i remember the day
My first new truck was a 79 F150 sand box ed. Man i miss that truck! Does anybody know how many of the sand-box truck were made,it came with tilt wheel, alum. rims 31in. tires capt.seats,roll bar 351-m short bed!It also had some wild stripes that were painted on!!
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