How "rare" is your truck...?
Fleet Owner
Joined: May 2009
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From: Gilbert, PA
My 91 F250 is called a F250 Super Custom XL 2wd edition....It has a F350 frontend with heavy duty F350 rear leafsprings and can handle alot more than 3/4 ton has thicker plating on the metal and also came with an engine block heater in a 5.8 gas engine.....
It has no power windows no power locks no airconditioning,came with an AM radio,no tilt wheel but does have full instrumentation and delay for the wipers..Its a no-nonsense hardcore 2wd worktruck that could get me anywhere even through the snow mostly throughout its lifetime without the aid of tirechains or the need for putting 4wd...LOL
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The engine block heater is part of the key as to why the truck lasted 29 years on the same engine and accumulated 565,000 miles before needing a fresh mill also the fact that it was built with a S42 5 speed ZF and doesnt need to be revved past 2500 to shift it when driving it normally...
It has no power windows no power locks no airconditioning,came with an AM radio,no tilt wheel but does have full instrumentation and delay for the wipers..Its a no-nonsense hardcore 2wd worktruck that could get me anywhere even through the snow mostly throughout its lifetime without the aid of tirechains or the need for putting 4wd...LOL
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The engine block heater is part of the key as to why the truck lasted 29 years on the same engine and accumulated 565,000 miles before needing a fresh mill also the fact that it was built with a S42 5 speed ZF and doesnt need to be revved past 2500 to shift it when driving it normally...
You do realize everything you listed is a load of crap, right? F250 and F350 have the same front ends, and the same available leaf springs. Then there is the "thicker metal plating". Another load of crap
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Maybe by same front end me means solid front axle. Isn't that the only real difference between the f250 and f350? The thicker metal plating and leaf spring thing...yeah that's obvious BS
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Fleet Owner
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From: Gilbert, PA
By same front end I mean the SAME FRONT END. Identical parts used on both the 2wd f250 and f350
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Even the front end is rated higher on the F350.
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Cross-Country
Joined: Jan 2019
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From: Misery
Not sure how rare mine is, but I've got a:
1992 F-250 XLT SCLB
460, 4wd, ZF5, SRW Sterling 10.25
145k Miles
I'm not sure whether I've got LSD axles or not (seems doubtful) and I've been told by the previous owner that it's an F-250 HD but I'm not sure if that's true either.
1992 F-250 XLT SCLB
460, 4wd, ZF5, SRW Sterling 10.25
145k Miles
I'm not sure whether I've got LSD axles or not (seems doubtful) and I've been told by the previous owner that it's an F-250 HD but I'm not sure if that's true either.
Fleet Owner
Joined: May 2009
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From: Gilbert, PA
The same goes for the rear. EVERYTHING is identical other than the rear blocks but the f350 is rated higher
Laughing Gas
Joined: Jul 2009
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From: NE Ohio
I found out how 'rare' my truck was when it came to buy parts for it. Just about NOBODY's parts catalog listed that Ford EVER made a:
'97 F-250HD ext cab SHORT bed XLT with a 7.5L (460)/E4OD/4.10 posi. Long bed, yes, short bed no. From what I was able to learn, they were made in very small quantities for less than a year covering late '96-early '97 production..
I'd have to SPELL OUT that the '97 F250HD was old body style, and the '97 'light duty' was the new body style. SOmetimes I'd just short circuit the process and say that I had a '96
BUT---
THEN there were the mid-year changes - like finding the correct power steering line! Because they had a bulge in the tube that fit waaaaay down inside the steering box in order to seal properly. Or even the front radius arm frame bracket... Or the... Maddening!!!
'97 F-250HD ext cab SHORT bed XLT with a 7.5L (460)/E4OD/4.10 posi. Long bed, yes, short bed no. From what I was able to learn, they were made in very small quantities for less than a year covering late '96-early '97 production..
I'd have to SPELL OUT that the '97 F250HD was old body style, and the '97 'light duty' was the new body style. SOmetimes I'd just short circuit the process and say that I had a '96
BUT---
THEN there were the mid-year changes - like finding the correct power steering line! Because they had a bulge in the tube that fit waaaaay down inside the steering box in order to seal properly. Or even the front radius arm frame bracket... Or the... Maddening!!!
Fleet Owner
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 21,437
Likes: 75
From: Gilbert, PA
I found out how 'rare' my truck was when it came to buy parts for it. Just about NOBODY's parts catalog listed that Ford EVER made a:
'97 F-250HD ext cab SHORT bed XLT with a 7.5L (460)/E4OD/4.10 posi. Long bed, yes, short bed no. From what I was able to learn, they were made in very small quantities for less than a year covering late '96-early '97 production..
I'd have to SPELL OUT that the '97 F250HD was old body style, and the '97 'light duty' was the new body style. SOmetimes I'd just short circuit the process and say that I had a '96
BUT---
THEN there were the mid-year changes - like finding the correct power steering line! Because they had a bulge in the tube that fit waaaaay down inside the steering box in order to seal properly. Or even the front radius arm frame bracket... Or the... Maddening!!!
'97 F-250HD ext cab SHORT bed XLT with a 7.5L (460)/E4OD/4.10 posi. Long bed, yes, short bed no. From what I was able to learn, they were made in very small quantities for less than a year covering late '96-early '97 production..
I'd have to SPELL OUT that the '97 F250HD was old body style, and the '97 'light duty' was the new body style. SOmetimes I'd just short circuit the process and say that I had a '96
BUT---
THEN there were the mid-year changes - like finding the correct power steering line! Because they had a bulge in the tube that fit waaaaay down inside the steering box in order to seal properly. Or even the front radius arm frame bracket... Or the... Maddening!!!
Senior User
Joined: Aug 2003
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From: Dallas, TX
old post on an even older thread, but to this day, this is the only other truck I’ve seen, either online or in person, with the same metallic smoke paint as mine, and mine also has black from the lowest body line down, and I have yet to see another one with that combo.
mine’s a 93 single cab short bed xlt 4x4 with a 300 and m5od.
Cross-Country
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5th Wheeling
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I've got a 97 f350 cc 2wd dually with an OBD2 mass air 460. I know they were only sold in California and maybe Mass, and only in 96 and 97. I know they're pretty rare in terms of the 460 but I've often wondered how many were made and how many are still in the road, especially in my configuration.