which one would you keep?
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which one would you keep?
ok,I have to thin down my fleet of vehicles by at least one,maybe more. the trouble I am having is when it comes to my trucks. I have a 1978 f100 with a used 351w H.O motor that I swapped in.Tranny also has been rebuilt with less than 3,000 miles on it. the truck runs great 
. The bad part is the body. has cancer around the rear wheel wells,and the bed is bowed up by the cab. The whole truck needs a paint job. interior is very rough also. The other truck is a 1987 ford ranger that has the 2.9 v6 and 5 speed manual tranny. runs decent,but rather boring to drive.I use the trucks occasionally to haul stuff,and daily for the drive to work,about a mile and a half each direction. if you had to make this choice,which one would u sell? thanks for your opinions....Ben
. The bad part is the body. has cancer around the rear wheel wells,and the bed is bowed up by the cab. The whole truck needs a paint job. interior is very rough also. The other truck is a 1987 ford ranger that has the 2.9 v6 and 5 speed manual tranny. runs decent,but rather boring to drive.I use the trucks occasionally to haul stuff,and daily for the drive to work,about a mile and a half each direction. if you had to make this choice,which one would u sell? thanks for your opinions....Ben
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Depends of what else you have that you're keeping, I suppose. If you've got another full size, dump the 78. If you have a smaller daily driver, why keep the Ranger (IMO). If you'd like to GIVE them away, I suppose, if I had to, I could be persuaded to take them off your hands, but just this once.
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Keep the '78. Sounds like you put a lot of mechanical work into it, and it runs good. You can fix the body. If you are lucky, you might find a decent bed at the junk yard.
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Originally Posted by dhermesc
Since oil just hit $54.00 a barrel I'd keep the Ranger and sell the 78 (or park it some where). When it hits $65 a barrel full size pickups are going to get pretty cheap.