My dream ride, without the powerstroke!

 

I would love a bumpside crew... But my vision of what to do with it would be completely different. I'm just not digging on those bling wheels and modernized bumpers and door handles. To me it subtracts from the masculine look of the 5th generation truck. At least they didn't put Micky mouse ears Dodge towing mirrors on it I guess.... in whatever photo manipulation program this truck exists in...

 

Yeah, I agree ford. I'm not about all that bling. I just mean a bump crew with a juiced idi. Guess I should have gotten a different pic. How about this...



I know it's not a bump, but you get my point.

 

This is more like it!

 

those SD bumpers are hideous on that bump side.

this style is my first ford love.
i have a 71 thats been in my family for more than 3 decades.
i wish it was a crew cab, but atleast its a camper special!

i wouldnt mind a powerstroke in it, i have a PS in my 63 Chero'
havnt driven it yet, but its gonna be pretty damn fun!

i want a 41 Ford with a IDIT!

 

I agree. I shouldn't have pickedthe first pic. I really want a plain bump crew. My first truck was a 69 ranger. Loved that truck! I would work on that thing just to do it. Swapped motors and trannies. Wound up with a three speed manual from a c6. Had dual exhaust with 16" glass packs. The engine had to be tough, I would wind her out to hear those pipes! Someone had already swapped the big block for a 302 and I swapped it for a 351w.

 

me and my dad built the FE 390 back in 1986,
we used the truck on cross country camping trips.
in 2000, we went to Las Vegas, after my dad had the timing cover replaced.
we ate 4 mechanical fuel pumps by the time we got to vegas.
turns out we got a faulty timing cover.
on our way home, i con'd him into putting an electric fuel pump in.
we got about 100 miles away from home and the cheap *** ele pump he bought took a crap.
changed it again with a holley pump and its been golden ever since.

after that trip, he gave the truck to me and went out and bought a new truck.

in 2005, i went to change the cracked exhaust manifolds, which most of them broke, so the heads came off, new SS valves, new cam and edelbrock intake, and shes still a beast...

shoulda seen my dads face when he heard it with headers for the first time..
he about shat his pants!

she dont get driven much now, but she will always be " ole faithful"

 

I'd like to take a ride in it!

 

for many years we had a 69 4X4 F350 with a 427 FE sideoiler highrise under the hood. it also had a 4 speed trans and 5.13 gears in the axles. top speed was 57 mph taching 5400 RPM
try to take off too fast, and the rear driveshaft would end up on the road looking like a twisted pretzel.
i used to grab every rear shaft i could find in the junkyards every time i went to one.
we used to drop at least 5 every year.
luckily the 4 wheel drive worked to get it back to the body shop to put a new spare shaft in.