F450 woes

[Diamondpilot]

My dream truck would be an early Cummins in mint condition with low miles. It doesn't make as much power as my common rail, but you can probably put sticks in 3 older Cummins for the price of them in 1 common rail.

I have said for years I would love to have a 03.5 to 07.5 Ford F-350 SRW with the Torque Shift tranny powered by a 12V 5.9L Cummins. There is a company that does 5.9L Cummins swaps but its pretty pricey. I would have to be in need of major repairs before I considered it.

Chris

 

[Diamondpilot]

Not exactly the same but...

A friends S-10 was rear ended. It was $50 from being totaled. Insurance fixed it. In the mean time he drove a rental on their dime for a week. I'm sure the rental cost more than $50.

Cant fix stupid. We had the same thing happen with a 07 Mercury Milan. The little lady got into a accident and they estimate was $7,200 By the time it was all done the repairs were over $13,000 and they still never totaled it. I sold it a week after it came back from the body shop. No way I was going to keep it after all that.

They keep it for about 2 months while we were in a rental the entire time due to delays with adjusters and hidden damage.

Chris

 

[Soundguy]

I have said for years I would love to have a 03.5 to 07.5 Ford F-350 SRW with the Torque Shift tranny powered by a 12V 5.9L Cummins. There is a company that does 5.9L Cummins swaps but its pretty pricey. I would have to be in need of major repairs before I considered it.

Chris

i knide even like the ld boxy look of the ford f350 .. when did they do the body redesign? 96?

 

[HHR]

i knide even like the ld boxy look of the ford f350 .. when did they do the body redesign? 96?

97 was the last year of the old body style. Ford skipped the 98 model year and introduced the 99 Super Duty early.

 

[Diamondpilot]

97 was the last year of the old body style. Ford skipped the 98 model year and introduced the 99 Super Duty early.

Yep, then in 03.5 when the switch to the 6.0 it got freshened up a little and again in 05 with a new grill and front end.

Chris

 

[frischtr]

I have said for years I would love to have a 03.5 to 07.5 Ford F-350 SRW with the Torque Shift tranny powered by a 12V 5.9L Cummins. There is a company that does 5.9L Cummins swaps but its pretty pricey. I would have to be in need of major repairs before I considered it.

Chris

I know its only a 250, but here you go: 2006 Ford-Cummins F250 Crew Cab Long Bed Diesel Pickup from Handpicked Western Trucks LLC

 

[Diamondpilot]

I know its only a 250, but here you go: 2006 Ford-Cummins F250 Crew Cab Long Bed Diesel Pickup from Handpicked Western Trucks LLC

Like it.

Chris

 

[Soundguy]

what i'd love to find.. as a farm truck.. would be a f350 drw, 4wd. and auto tranny.. old body style.. even if it had the old style handle and push button door handles.. .. maybee the fore / aft tanks in the fenderwell..e tc.. while I'm 'wishing' it would have ok paint.. no real rust. be in average condition.. ac and radio working ( latter easy to remedy ) and a GN plate or pop up or flip over in the bed.. oh and be less than 200K miles.. and not cost an arm and a leg.. ( now blow out the candles )

 

[RDrancher]

i knide even like the ld boxy look of the ford f350 .. when did they do the body redesign? 96?

I love that body style too. I own an SD, good truck, but honestly I think its ugly.

 

[Soundguy]

i like that battleshiop sraight line look.. much better than the curves.

mid you i collect old tractors too.. and favor old style tins.. and not rounded plastics...