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drabina,
WELCOME ABOARD.
Imvho, you cannot beat a Ford 6.9 diesel with manual transmission. - PERIOD. End of story.
(Presuming that you buy a decent one, they will likely last a LONG, LONG time. - I have friend with a 1987 NA 6.9 that has >400,000 trouble-free miles on his, with no sign or needing to be replaced or needing major repair.)
The "going price" for a NICE 6.9 that "needs little or nothing done to it" seems to be 2,000-3,000.oo.
yours, satx
WELCOME ABOARD.
Imvho, you cannot beat a Ford 6.9 diesel with manual transmission. - PERIOD. End of story.
(Presuming that you buy a decent one, they will likely last a LONG, LONG time. - I have friend with a 1987 NA 6.9 that has >400,000 trouble-free miles on his, with no sign or needing to be replaced or needing major repair.)
The "going price" for a NICE 6.9 that "needs little or nothing done to it" seems to be 2,000-3,000.oo.
yours, satx
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drabina,
I guess it depends on how much you like working on a PU instead of driving it. - NO gas engine is even close to the durability of a good diesel & a good/"old school" mechanical diesel is CHEAPER to drive, long-term than most any gas truck.
The secret is BUYING a rust-free truck & "keeping an eye out for" the demon RUST & "killing it".
(As I'm now retired in South Texas, we don't HAVE rust, except right on the Gulf Coast.)
I like NOT having "car payments" & having a truck that I can maintain myself & without being a mechanic.
yours, satx
I guess it depends on how much you like working on a PU instead of driving it. - NO gas engine is even close to the durability of a good diesel & a good/"old school" mechanical diesel is CHEAPER to drive, long-term than most any gas truck.
The secret is BUYING a rust-free truck & "keeping an eye out for" the demon RUST & "killing it".
(As I'm now retired in South Texas, we don't HAVE rust, except right on the Gulf Coast.)
I like NOT having "car payments" & having a truck that I can maintain myself & without being a mechanic.
yours, satx
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08-09-2016, 03:35 PM
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drabina,
I guess it depends on how much you like working on a PU instead of driving it. - NO gas engine is even close to the durability of a good diesel & a diesel is CHEAPER to drive, long-term.
I like NOT having "car payments" & having a truck that I can maintain myself & without being a mechanic.
yours, satx
I guess it depends on how much you like working on a PU instead of driving it. - NO gas engine is even close to the durability of a good diesel & a diesel is CHEAPER to drive, long-term.
I like NOT having "car payments" & having a truck that I can maintain myself & without being a mechanic.
yours, satx
08-09-2016, 03:47 PM
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drabina,
Imo, NO vehicle compares in CHEAP, LONGEVITY & SIMPLICITY, when weighed against the old International Harvester/NAVISTAR Ford diesels.
Plus they will run OK on any number of fuels including used cooking grease, kerosene, filtered/used motor oil, used ATF & combinations of the above.
I drove my old Ford "cornbinder" F250 on used cooking grease mixed with 5% gasoline for over 200,000, when I lived in Northern VA. = It's tough to beat nearly FREE fuel.
(Finally the body/frame was in too poor shape to inspect, so I parted it out to friends. -=====> 'OLE BLUE owed me nothing, as I paid 2100.oo for it.)
Imo, NO vehicle compares in CHEAP, LONGEVITY & SIMPLICITY, when weighed against the old International Harvester/NAVISTAR Ford diesels.
Plus they will run OK on any number of fuels including used cooking grease, kerosene, filtered/used motor oil, used ATF & combinations of the above.
I drove my old Ford "cornbinder" F250 on used cooking grease mixed with 5% gasoline for over 200,000, when I lived in Northern VA. = It's tough to beat nearly FREE fuel.
(Finally the body/frame was in too poor shape to inspect, so I parted it out to friends. -=====> 'OLE BLUE owed me nothing, as I paid 2100.oo for it.)
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