Anybody have any ideas on which of the 87-96 pickups will be the most sought after as collectors' items in the future? My guess would be the Flaresides because they made fewer of them, and they're already getting pretty rare. Also the flaresides were only available in 87 and then again from 92-95. Imagine how hard it is going to be to find a nice, original Flareside pickup from this era in about 10 years.

 

i will agree, an 87 flareside in original condition will problebly be quite sought after, my sisters boyfriend had one about 6 yrs ago told him he should sell it to me, never did than sister dumped boyfried and i never saw truck again. it was an 87 2wd flairside xlt if memory severs me correct.

 

Sounds like a cool truck. I've only seen a couple of 87 Flaresides. My fiancee and I both have 92 F150 2wd Flaresides that are in excellent original condition, and we intend on keeping them as collector vehicles.

 

maybe a Lightening with low miles. it would have to be rust free. having all the original paperwork would help.

most other f150's will not merit collector status unless very clean with maybe an unusual set of options.

they would just be good to own used older trucks.

 

I would bet on the flaresides. I have a 95 supercab flareside, and I had to special order it in 95 because none of the Houston dealers could locate one with a 302 and standard transmission.

 

what? there are so many of these trucks its going to be a long time.. wait a very long time until they become rare. I just can't see it.

 

yes there is quite a few of these trucks on the road still but as johnt said the flaresides in 10yrs will be few and far between expecially in good shape, most trucks that are over 15yrs old are pretty much rotted, to an extreme if you live in an area like ours (yes i live in quispamsis as well, seen your truck looks good)
mine is a 90 long box and look at gallery to see what is left after 15yrs.
as for flairsides not really alot around, even less of 87-88 yrs, more of the 92 style because of popularity of p/u trucks as a family car and not a work horse. i was raised with trucks that we beat and abused in construction work, then hose the floor out to use on weekends. thus why we used f-150 in buisness, nothing else could handle a load of concrete soaked foundation forms.

 

I have a hard time thinking of fuel injected vehicles like these ever attaining classic status. I just don't think the shadetree mechanics are going to be willing to put up with it "restoring" these trucks.

 

I'm thinking like many of you, it's unlikely for a very long time for these trucks to be classics. There are so many of them around still, and while they are nice trucks for sure, there is nothing overtly special about them. Essentially it's a box with four wheels. It's not like it has the lines of the 50's or 60's trucks.

But maybe someday they will. But by that time, there will be no more fossil fuels and all vehicles will be running on fart gas from the drivers eating Taco Bell 3 times a day, as they are going to win the "franchise wars" ;-)

 

I am going to have to disagree with frederic on this issue.these 87-96 trucks do have classical lines . the vent window and old time bolt upright grills and hood lines meld the classical 50s and 60s truck lines with the aero headlights,out- of- cab fuel tanks and digital odometers and fuel injection of the 80s and 90s.

These trucks have classical lines and the safety and cold start performance features of todays trucks(for the most part--I know--they dont have passenger air bags nor drivers airbags pre94).

I bought my truck for its quiet classical good looks. It doesnt have the effeminate looks of todays import trucks.

 

can you imagine the buck tooth grill and japanese styling on the honda ridgeline ever achieving collector status? I think not.

i am with phoneman, i like the lines on my 94 f150 longbed, it has always looked good to me. it just looks like a truck should.

but i am with frederic on the fact that these trucks will just not reach collector classic status.

 

I resemble those remarks!

I will stay with that body style for my driver (94 150 RCLB) and I will buy a 95-97 250 SCLB as a toy truck.

These trucks look like a truck should and from my experience, they wreck like a truck should!

I also love the versatility and ease of working under the hood. They aren't too terrible to work on (have you even seen a Neon!!). The Tritons are good motors, but the SBF and 7.3 will always be my favorites.

Just on numbers, I have no reason to believe that any of these trucks will be sought after. I do believe that all of us who keep these in great shape will always have guys that ogle them. More importantly, women LOVE a shiny truck!!


Mike

 

If the numbers made and the availability of a vehicle was a determinate of what will become classic --then the 57 chevy and the Volkswagen beetle would not be classics.

There were several hundred thousand 57s made and several million Beetles--and they are considered classics.

Popularity of the vehicle when new--is one of the greatest determinates of what will become classic. And these F series were the most popular vehicle made in the last 20 years.

 

I've seen low milage GEN 1 Lightnings change hands for $10k and above. IMO, the only other trucks of this era that would be collector items are the Nites and maybe the Eddie Bauer editions.

 

I bet people in the '50s were thinking the same thing you all are now about vehicles. Just because the trucks are still around now doesn't mean in 10 or 20 years they won't be.


FWIW: Rusty,how on earth did your truck get THAT bad?

I think that in a few years,our trucks will be sought after,but thats just me.

Will the stylesides EVER be worth anything?