Is it my battery?
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From: Pennsylvania Wilds
Funny how everyone tells you you paid too much after the fact. That's why I never tell anyone what I spent for anything. If I think I got a good price that's all I say & if I think I got ripped off that's all I say also. Some class wholes always "could have" got it for less no matter how much you got it for. Kida like the guy & the gerbil story... every body knows sombody who was there but it's never them. My 0.02$ about prices. Just tired of guys going off topic to beat the crap out of others on how much they spent after the money's gone. Just kepp kicking them while there down, it's kind of fun to watch the blood spew in fun patterns on the ground.
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From: Dallas TEXAS!!!
No worries, the ribbing didn't bother me none. I had actually been looking on Craigslist for about two months. At first I wanted a 1952 F1 (a "52 Pickup", just like cards). The problem is that I have two boys and a wife; a standard cab wasn't going to cut it. So I did me hoke work and found that the first Crewcabs from Ford came out about 1965. So from that point the hunt was on for a 1976 Crewcab ('76 being my birth year). Finally found one (also for $1800), but didn't relish the 460 in it for daily driving. Took my oldest (6yo) out used truck shopping and he tells me he doesn't like Crewcabs, he likes Supercabs. Ok, so now the target changes yet again! So the wife and I are talking and she wants to know how hard it's going to be to weld in supports for shoulderbelts in the backseat. So I go online, call around, and decide that I'd feel better (piece of mind) if my boys were strapped into factory shoulderbelts, so back to the research...
Some Googling reveals that Ford started putting shoulderbelts into the Supercabs around '92 (a rare few VERY late '91s have them apparently). So at this point the hunt goes to being for a '92 or newer Supercab with a full bench in the back (not the jumpseats), 4X4, and although I would have prefered a stick, the wife chimmed in and wanted an automatic (she can't drive a stick, EXACTLY why I wanted one
). The only limiting factor is that I didn't like the "fish" bodystyle in '97 through '03(?). So at this point we had a solid target- '92 to '96 Supercab with 4WD, and something $2500 or less since it was intended as a minor project truck for some "Father and Sons" time (wrenching, fishing off the tailgate, hauling the canoe, etc.). We looked for two months and found nothing that really fIt the bill. So then we considered trading in the Wife's Focus and gettng me a new '10 F150. Went the the stealership found one, thw wife told me to buy it, but new car/truck prices seem outragous to me. That and the newer trucks seem too... I guess luxury is the word? A truck just shouldn't be like a Lincoln Towncar.
So eventually I turned back to Craigslist and found the truck pictured above. He was asking $2200 and I got him down to $1800. He had two calls asking to come and see it while we were getting the title notarized, and about the time I'm getting ready to drive it home, the 20-something FedEx kid that was supposed to have come test drive it before me, finally showed up. Around here, trucks run around $2000 for what I bought. You local CL market may vary.
So there you go, that the entire saga, and more than you probably cared to read. Oh, and why only $2500 budget? I sold some stock to buy a 1976 Harley. I know, I know, "1976 is back in the AMF period", but it's also the year I was born and that kind of makes it a thing to me. So anyway, wife talked me out if the bike and into a rat rod two door 40's/50's Ford, so at that point the target changed from a motorcycle to a... (hahaha)
Some Googling reveals that Ford started putting shoulderbelts into the Supercabs around '92 (a rare few VERY late '91s have them apparently). So at this point the hunt goes to being for a '92 or newer Supercab with a full bench in the back (not the jumpseats), 4X4, and although I would have prefered a stick, the wife chimmed in and wanted an automatic (she can't drive a stick, EXACTLY why I wanted one
). The only limiting factor is that I didn't like the "fish" bodystyle in '97 through '03(?). So at this point we had a solid target- '92 to '96 Supercab with 4WD, and something $2500 or less since it was intended as a minor project truck for some "Father and Sons" time (wrenching, fishing off the tailgate, hauling the canoe, etc.). We looked for two months and found nothing that really fIt the bill. So then we considered trading in the Wife's Focus and gettng me a new '10 F150. Went the the stealership found one, thw wife told me to buy it, but new car/truck prices seem outragous to me. That and the newer trucks seem too... I guess luxury is the word? A truck just shouldn't be like a Lincoln Towncar.So eventually I turned back to Craigslist and found the truck pictured above. He was asking $2200 and I got him down to $1800. He had two calls asking to come and see it while we were getting the title notarized, and about the time I'm getting ready to drive it home, the 20-something FedEx kid that was supposed to have come test drive it before me, finally showed up. Around here, trucks run around $2000 for what I bought. You local CL market may vary.
So there you go, that the entire saga, and more than you probably cared to read. Oh, and why only $2500 budget? I sold some stock to buy a 1976 Harley. I know, I know, "1976 is back in the AMF period", but it's also the year I was born and that kind of makes it a thing to me. So anyway, wife talked me out if the bike and into a rat rod two door 40's/50's Ford, so at that point the target changed from a motorcycle to a... (hahaha)
