87 stepside rare or not
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87 stepside rare or not
I have a 1987 F-150 step side with a wood bed. I know that this is the last year Ford made the step side and the first year they mass produced the fuel injection. It has a 5.0 in it with emblems front and back. I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts about this being a rare truck... I have not seen any like it. And when I run the VIN it doesn't really show a step side for that year. Any thoughts or ideas on how to get more info on my truck.
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87 Flareside rare or not
I have a 1987 F-150 Flareside with a wood bed. I know that this is the last year Ford made the Flareside and the first year they mass produced the fuel injection.
It has a 5.0 in it with emblems front and back. I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts about this being a rare truck... I have not seen any like it.
And when I run the VIN it doesn't really show a Flareside for that year.
Any thoughts or ideas on how to get more info on my truck.
It has a 5.0 in it with emblems front and back. I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts about this being a rare truck... I have not seen any like it.
And when I run the VIN it doesn't really show a Flareside for that year.
Any thoughts or ideas on how to get more info on my truck.Ford = Flareside, a step side is a Chevrolet.
Rare does not equate to value.
The VIN does not decode to the type of pickup bed a truck has. All your 17 digit VIN will decode to (5th/6th/7th digits) is F150 2WD or 4WD Pickup.
If you get a Marti Report (martiauto.com ~ copy of the trucks original build sheet), it will tell you how many were made, how many came with specific equipment and etc.
Marti charges a fee for his reports that escalates, depending on how much info you want.
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This information is also incorrect. The 300 and 302 were fuel injected in '86. Did the previous owners take care of the truck or is beat up?
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I bought an '85 F-250 new in late '84. A fuel injected 302 was one of my choices even that early (I don't know about the 300 in '85)
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Back the the original question.... there may not have been a lot of flareside trucks made that year.
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