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Jul 28, 2010 | 07:41 AM

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Tom

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Originally Posted by tseekins

Tom, if I remember correctly, you bought an older Mercury to be your DD. Still have that car? I think the 2011 gasser is a good compromise.

Yeah, I do. It's been a great car so far and I've grown to trust it on long trips. I originally was planning on using the Contour until winter when I could find a better deal on a 2011. Unfortunately I have to replace my truck within a few weeks or I loose $2K!

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Originally Posted by senix

how much could the gasser pull? That would be my only concern. You may not get there quickly with a gasser, not a concern.

With 4.30s it's rated for 15,100 lbs towing, more than my '08 6.4 was! I'm sure it would be perfectly adequate for my uses, but after my '08 I WANT THE DIESEL!!!

Jul 28, 2010 | 07:46 AM

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i eat hybrids

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if you thought ur 08 hauled *** with a trailer just imagine what a 6.7 would do with a trailer behind it

Jul 28, 2010 | 07:50 AM

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Tom

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if you thought ur 08 hauled *** with a trailer just imagine what a 6.7 would do with a trailer behind it

Haha, thanks Matt!

Got some good news yesterday, looks like an FTE member will be buying my wrecked truck. He wants it to rebuild it! It's gonna be nice to see it back on the road after some rehab instead of being parted out and scrapped!

Jul 28, 2010 | 07:56 AM

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i eat hybrids

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haha no problem! plus i wanna drive the "6.7" if you get it hahah lmao

and thats awesome. Its nice not to see your wrecked truck go to the scrap yard. Howd that end up happenin? (fte member buying ur rig) I wish someone on FTE woulda bought my Excursion instead of watchin it go to the junk yard

Jul 28, 2010 | 08:46 AM

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ford12508

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I thought the insurance company got the car/truck after it is totalled and you get the money, so how did you sell the rig also?

Jul 28, 2010 | 09:38 AM

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Tom

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I have the option to buy the wrecked truck back, and I then sell it to the buyer who wants to fix it. Seems to be a relatively easy process so far.

Jul 28, 2010 | 10:33 AM

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cartmanea

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And I am very thankful to you for working with me

Jul 28, 2010 | 11:01 AM

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Monster-4

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Well that's a shocker. You rebuilt a totaled truck? Never would have guessed.

Glad it's going to someone with the capabilities and passion to properly restore it.

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Jul 28, 2010 | 11:03 AM

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Rebuild mine twice now.... Bought it totaled and wrecked it last summer when a highschooler ran a stop sign and almost totaled it again. Definitely a good time for a crew cab upgrade

Jul 28, 2010 | 11:34 AM

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Ace!

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Good luck carmanea. Looks doable.

Jul 28, 2010 | 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Monster-4

Well that's a shocker. You rebuilt a totaled truck? Never would have guessed.

Glad it's going to someone with the capabilities and passion to properly restore it.

Have a look at this thread..https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...with-pics.html if you want info on rebuilding wrecked.. amazing

Sam

Jul 28, 2010 | 01:52 PM

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cartmanea

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Here are before and after pics of my '03:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/7...ne-mostly.html

And here it is last summer after an F150 ran a stop sign in front of me:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/860574-totaled.html

Its fixed again, but excited to upgrade to a crew cab!

Jul 28, 2010 | 01:59 PM

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da X-man

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It requires some serious skill to rebuild a truck. Great Job with the old and good luck with the new.

Jul 28, 2010 | 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by sdetweil

Have a look at this thread..https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...with-pics.html if you want info on rebuilding wrecked.. amazing

Sam

Yep I seen that thread and cartmanea's as well. I know he'll do an excellent job with the rebuild. Look forward to the pics!

Jul 28, 2010 | 02:20 PM

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cartmanea

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Definitely will be posting pictures! If you read through pdombrowicki's rebuild thread, you'll see I posted that I was keeping an eye out for an '08 or newer crew cab salvage. So glad I finally found one!