Ugly duckling?
Post Fiend
Joined: Apr 2006
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From: Saskatoon Saskatchewan
Im not sure why they did that i think to make the truck lighter and to get good mpgs with all the stupid emmisions and gas mileage crap sure makes it easier for the frame to rot in half or snap
Post Fiend
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Yorkton Sask
other than expense, why don't they use more aluminum?? properly engineered it can be as strong as steel but a fraction of the weight. make the body panels out of kevlar, with the color dyed on so scratches wouldn't leave big white marks, no rust, no dents, etc... she'd be one heck of an expensive truck, but tough and light i think.
Post Fiend
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Yorkton Sask
i don't even want to think of it. then again, it would be good to know roughly what it would be...
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From: glenora mb
one of my buddys bought a new ford 1/2 ton in 83-84 and it had f-100 on one side an f-150 on the other. heard a story about a guy buying a new 1980 ford 1/2 ton with the swiss cheese frame brought it home put a 100 gallon slip tank in the back went to fuel his tractor out in the field drove across the worked field when he got to the tractor the truck looked like a banana
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Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Pensacola, FL
Hi guys! NewB here . . . I have a 1983 F100 that I bought a couple years back, drove for a while and now have let sit for about a year.
I'm wanting to restore/customize it and use it for a no-frills everyday, around town driver.
I'll post some pics later, but it is nearly identical to slick66's . . . except not in nearly as good condition.
I'm wanting to restore/customize it and use it for a no-frills everyday, around town driver.
I'll post some pics later, but it is nearly identical to slick66's . . . except not in nearly as good condition.