Soo I have a 95 f150 5.0 and Im going to be honest that I am starting to lose motivation to work on it or upgrade it. I cant focus on an idea or anything and starting not to care. Any ideas, I really love this truck and dont wanna give up.

 

There's two different courses of ownership that normally appear here regularly. There's wanna' & gotta'.

It's based on if the truck is a work truck and/or only mode of transport or a secondary vehicle.

I call mine a useful hobby. Growing up in the 60's era big Ford sedans, I think of it as a really big LTD with an open air trunk.

It will always be able to haul something useful & haul *** too.

Make a list of want to, need to & have to. Budget accordingly. Do little jobs that bring personal satisfaction. Save for the big ones.

One man's suggestion & not expected to fit everybody.

If it doesn't bring you some sort of happiness on a regular basis, sell it.

Good luck.

 

Then don't give up. If you have the means to retain it, then write a goal plan with deadlines. Be realistic with yourself. Tape the plan next to your monitor or on the beer fridge. If you still find yourself lagging behind. Say goodbye then send your truck to a new home.

 

Keep in mind the preponderance of owners who rapidly & longingly regret giving up "that" truck.

You might want to find a goal soon.

 

You don't need to upgrade your truck to love it. I love my 1996, and its a straight six 5 speed truck that's slow as hell and sucks gas like its going out of style. I love it because of the classic, timeless look, because I get to row through the gears and really DRIVE my truck, and because it turns heads (either the clean body or the fact that it takes me 5 min to get to 60 MPH )

Furthermore, I do feel very accomplished when I can fix a problem on my own vehicle. But if it doesn't make you happy to drive or work on then you should probably get rid of it or park it behind the house until you wind up missing it.

 

What interests you?

For example, I like getting away and recreating on our public lands. Mountain biking, snowmobiling, hiking, etc. Thus I want my truck to serve as transit for trips, haul a bit more than I need, and be able to go down rough roads so I don't have to camp next to a 45' RV with a generator buzzing all night. So I've ensured the drive train is set, suspension is in good order, and the flatbed system is versatile. Body looks like hell but it's fine with me, its hard to keep a truck nice in the mountains anyway. Knowing my efforts lead to memorable trips makes the wrenching more than worth it. I get an odd satisfaction knowing my rig on a budget gets me to more remote places than most and it's also oddly satisfying when I hear, "you're still driving that thing?". I've had my truck 15 years, and it was my first vehicle back in highschool. It is my only vehicle, but if that were my sole reason to keep it running I'd have sold it a long time ago.

I know other people like to go fast, or do truck pulls, or have a very clean truck and show it off. So they dial in their truck for that and get satisfaction from it. If you can find your "why" it might help you out. Otherwise these things will feel like money pits, no sense dwelling on it then.

 

HaHa been there many times. once i sell them i start regretting it a few years later. best to just park them behind the house tell you get lusting after one again, or just save up and get the exact one you want in the condition you want, the problem with me, if it doesnt need some work on it i get bored of it easily.

 

Put a spoiler on it.... and no less than 3 bumper stickers from Jegs, or Summit.

If you don't love working on it after that, it wasn't meant to be.

 

what have you done to it since you go it? List? Then maybe a suggestion would motivate you, there's so much you could do, it could get overwhelming sometime's as to where to start.

LOL! Motivated now!

 

get a 99 up ford truck then youll always have brakes to do .

 

Post some pics then we'll see what's up

 

It doesnt have the shell anymore

 

I agree with the other guys about identifying a use for a vehicle being key. I had an old muscle car that I bought in high school and restored over 18 years, but almost never drove it - our roads are so bad, I hated knowing that it was getting the daylights beaten out of it. The odd guy would holler taunts at stop lights wanting to race and I'd have to park on the outer edges of parking lots to avoid jackasses. It was broken into a couple times for the meager stereo it had. Eventually working on the car became a terrific drag and it just wasn't fun anymore, so I happily sold it to do something more enjoyable. If a person's priorities or interests change, that's not giving up, it's just growing in a different direction. When I think of the old car, it's "that was fun for a while, but thank god I'm out of it!" haha

 

One of the best things about mine is the really nice FTE folks I've met IRL & now count as friends.

 

I’m very new to this site (as in joined today) but I’ve been a long time lurker. My 2cents on this.....please don’t give it up. I’ve been looking VERY hard for a 92-96 F150 for the last 3 years with no luck. Finally I found a decent truck, not quite everything I wanted but the closest I’ve found that wasn’t 5+ hours away or way out of my price range. These trucks are HARD to find and I’m settling on one with rough paint, fairly high miles and of all things...single gas tank( 1992 F150 Custom). All that said Friday afternoon I’m happily driving 2 hours to look and buy and trailer it back to my home to start a long process of slowly restoring it.

i hate that I traded my ‘93 F150 back in 1999...I’ve been wanting it back since then. I think you’ll regret it very soon if you sell.