hey guys and gals, first time at this forum stuff, so here it goes. own a 1953 F250 from ford marmon herrrington 4x4, will be getting into it soon as I found it at a real estate auction, 2nd owner. pretty damn good condition other than surface rust/original paint, i'll be asking quistions as time goes on etc. are there many or few of these factory from ford marmon herrrington trucks around, the dash plate from marmon herrington has a vin#that matches truck vin#, normal or not. are all 53 4x4 trucks from ford or are they installed after truck purchase ? This one appears to be from ford.

 

Newbie to FTE and new to owning a truck! Just bought a 2006 F250 XLT Crew Cab 5.4 with 95,000 miles on it. Love it so far! Going to be getting a tuner for it soon to make up for the low power but thats about it! Maybe gotts mod as well.

 

That is one rare ride congratulations and welcome to FTE

 

53F2504x4; dulas101,

WELCOME ABOARD.

yours, satx

 

well i'm new here and plan on buying a F250 come this winter. So I'll be asking some dumb questions. As close to a truck that I have owned is a 2004 Suburban.

I'm planning on retiring this winter and the truck will be my hauling vehicle for a 7,800lb trailer.

Talk to you all soon.

Mike

 

KBMWRS,

WELCOME ABOARD.

IF you want a Ford PU that may well outlast you, you should consider a one owner/low mileage 6.9 diesel F250 with manual transmission, in my opinion.
(A member of our local Ford diesel group has a 1988 XLT with >400,000 essentially trouble-free miles.)

The 6.9-engined IH Navistar trucks are NOT "speed-demons" but they will pull most anything & they just last & last, with little more than owner maintenance.
(Barring a severe accident, I doubt that I'll ever have to buy another pickup truck, as I'm 69YY as my "new to me" XLT Lariat has only about 55,000 total miles. When completely "returned to factory stock", I'll about 3,000 bucks in it..)

Here in South Texas (NO rust here.), such a PU is commonly available for 2000-3000 dollars. - It took me about 90 days to find mine.

yours, satx

 

Hello Everyone,
I am new to FTE and glad to be a part. I own a 68 F100 with a 390 that was purchased 5 years ago after sitting under a tree for years rusting away. The truck has new paint, a rebuilt engine, and refreshed interior. There is still much to do and sadly the block has recently developed two small cracks. The tranny has also begun to leak. Not sure whats up with these unfortunate events lately but recognize there is more care and attention ahead. Still working out how the site works and hope to post some pictures. Looking forward to ideas and advice. Take care, Jim.

 

Dr.J,

WELCOME ABOARD.

NEAT antique truck, too.

yours, satx

 

First of all I'm not a mechanic. I'm a journeyman plumber. Been plumbing for 22 years. I do take pride in being able to wrench on my own vehicles though. Everything I know about cars I either taught myself or learned from an old family friend who helped me do my first engine swap on my old Bronco when I was about 20. He was a mechanic for the post office for about 35 years and he's very knowledgeable. I still call him from time to time with questions.
It's nice to have a forum like this with people who have more knowledge than I do about wrenching.

 

XxNOGxX,

WELCOME ABOARD. = Fwiw, there is a GREAT deal of real expertise here.
(I'm decidedly NOT an expert, though I've received a great deal of expert help with my project on the forum.)



yours, satx

 

Stax,
Thanks for both

 

jdemkowicz,

You're WELCOME.

yours, satx

 

Thank you. Looking forward to lots of more fun.

 

New to this forum, and wanted to figure out how to save you. In case down the line. Seen your bio. MP, outstanding

Sempre Fi brother
Jason

 

Jason,

WELCOME HOME, brother-in -arms.

As The Good Book says, "Thou did well, good & faithful servant."

yours, satx