My '93 Ranger Splash. Man I cried when I had to sell it. The clutch blew the day after I had fixed the water pump, so I had no more money to dump into a pefectly good truck with 150,000 miles... I ended up buying a '97 Splash that's literally 1/2 the truck. 4banger, automatic, no a/c. everything that matters. I hated that Victory red paint, though. I had to power buff the thing so many times to keep it from turning white from oxidation that the paint was worn through at the corners of the hood. But other than that, it was exactly what I'd dreamed of in a truck since I was 16.

 

i had a 69 ranchero GT (kind of a pickup) my last year in high scool. 428 CJ. stock mustang GT wheels, functional hood scoop with the vacum operated cold air door. i wonder what that would be worth now.

 

What a monster! So nice, the perfect colour. Now I know what I am missing!

 

Sounds just like the 69 F-100 4x4 I had, which is also the one I wish I still had - it was a Montana truck (I lived there at the time). The body was rust/dent free - it had a worn out 360 that drank oil. I shoulda kept it, yanked the 360, put new paint on it. It was baby blue with white grille and bumpers - MAN what a nice truck it was after I got rid of it - I saw it again and it was just like I'd have done it! It looked like a NEW truck!

Scott

 

Ah yes, such memories of the 88 F250. This was my daily/plow truck. Had 300 6, 5 speed, beefy front and rear bumpers that stuck out 8", homemade aluminum headache rack, 35" Buckshots on aluminum 3 blade Progressive rims, 7.5' Meyer plow, and of course the 4 bulb rotating beacon bar. Burnt a valve and never ran right after putting on new head. Sold it for half of what was worth. Next day bought my '76 playtoy. I saw the 88 a few months later and guy did a few mods that totally ruined the look of the truck. If i didn't have engine probs ,i'd still have today.

 

1979 Ford Courier = a little 4 banger & a big POS, but one of the best Ford's I've owned.

1977 Chevy Deluxe 1/2 ton = A real good truck, body was crap but the 454 that had taken residence under the hood would burn the tires in & out of the gas stations, wasn't able to pass many of them but I had the power to burn them tires.

 

my 79 jeep J10, i know i know, not a ford haha. but it was a good truck its too bad it was my first vehicle (even though im only 19) i got it before i really knew what i was doin on cars real well and took apart some stuff on it and it never ran again. sold it to a mechanic i know and he uses it now to plow snow

 

1980 f150 with 351c in it.

 

1994 F150 4x4 5.0 ext. cab. Ran great and those captain chair seats where so comfortable.

 

the one my son has now, 77 f150 its in my gallery

 

I still have all but one( that's pathetic) my 56 shortbed. I still see it running around though.

 

Please don't laugh, but I miss my 1990 Chevy C1500. It was an extended cab short bed, 4.3 liter V6, 5 speed manual transmission, bought it with 214,000 miles on it. Engine would RUN! The tranny blew out on me at 217,000 due to two of the truck's three drivers' (myself and the previous owner's kid) raggin on it. I learned how to shift clutchless on it, double-clutch, and the other kid just ran the hell out of that truck. Bought it for $300 dollars with an almost brand new Rhino lining on the bed, got $1800 for it and that was with a blown tranny. That engine still had plenty of life in it.
I miss driving a manual.
Greg

 

I wish I had my 84 F-150 back. It was a reg. cab 4wd with a stepside bed that had a real oak floor with a 300 I-6 auto. It was my truck in high school and dad and I had restored it after graduation, it originally had a reg shortbed but we found the stepside and did it that way instead. We never could agree on a color so we matched paint to our Ford emblem on the front. Some called it Smurf Blue but everyone knew it was Ford Blue. We eventually had the truck back to looking like it had just rolled out of the plant, mechanically the truck had 250,000 miles on it and we did everything we could do to it to make it new again but there's alway something youjust can't get done. We sold it last year and it's been across this great country twice and back. I have thought about buying it back but I think I would have as much fun building another like it or better. The ideal plan would be the same body on an 04 frame with a 5.4 under the hood, then I'd call it the clone.

 

82 Plymouth Arrow. First truck, bought it new, drove it 9 years and then dad drove it for a couple more. It had over 150,000 miles and when he got rid of it we drove it to a junkyard. Bought it new and used it up. The Kansas City winter road crews were not kind to it! Too much salt.

 

My 1980 F 250 Custom regular cab 4X4, grannie gear four speed, traction lock front n rear, dual tanks, dual batteries, sliding window, 4" lift kit, 14/35 - 16.5 Monster Mudders. I sold it when my oldest Son was born..........couldn't get a wife and two kids in it.