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   / New truck #@$%@#& #401  
I worked at a service station in 69-70. Owner ordered a 70 F100 I wish I had. No frills, rubber mat, bench seat, 3 on tree. I believe it had a 352 (not 351). Blue & white. It would squawk the tires in third.
Drove a 1969 like that... no options but V8... 360ci if I recall correctly.
 
   / New truck #@$%@#& #402  
I tend to go used for my work truck. It's going to be in the woods, on the farm and really used. Dents are common and I don't like that first dent in a new truck. I've done well buying used pickups from utility company auctions. Used to be they were bare bones, high mileage but well maintained. You could buy cheap and get some years out of it. Now they're like 60K miles and have some features... But I don't need another now. My 1999 F150 is bashed all to dickens but mechanically quite sound and I now only put 10K a year on it - if that. I'll be leaving it to my kids eventually.
 
   / New truck #@$%@#& #403  
I'm retired. I live quite frugally - always have. It's just my way of life. The Taco Wagon is a whole lot of fun. But it's not just that. It's that I have reached a point where I don't feel guilty when I enjoy what is left. I would wish that everybody will reach this point in their life.
 
   / New truck #@$%@#&
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#404  
Drove a 1969 like that... no options but V8... 360ci if I recall correctly.
Imagine having choices like this today!
1970 F100:
140 CID (2.3 L)
170 CID (2.8L)
221 CID (3.6 L) l6
240 CID (3.9 L) I6
272 CID (4.5 L) Y-block V8
289 CID (4.7 L) Windsor V8
292 CID (4.8 L) Y-block V8
300 CID (4.9 L) I6
302 CID (5.0 L) Windsor V8
335 CID (5.4 L) V8
352 CID (5.8 L) FE V8
360 CID (5.9 L) FE V8
390 CID (6.4 L) FE V8
Diesel
203 CID (3.3 L) Perkins l4 diesel
239 CID (3.9 L) MWM l4 diesel
 
   / New truck #@$%@#& #405  
Imagine having choices like this today!
1970 F100:
140 CID (2.3 L)
170 CID (2.8L)
221 CID (3.6 L) l6
240 CID (3.9 L) I6
272 CID (4.5 L) Y-block V8
289 CID (4.7 L) Windsor V8
292 CID (4.8 L) Y-block V8
300 CID (4.9 L) I6
302 CID (5.0 L) Windsor V8
335 CID (5.4 L) V8
352 CID (5.8 L) FE V8
360 CID (5.9 L) FE V8
390 CID (6.4 L) FE V8
Diesel
203 CID (3.3 L) Perkins l4 diesel
239 CID (3.9 L) MWM l4 diesel
Stop! It hurts! 🤣

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   / New truck #@$%@#& #406  
Imagine having choices like this today!
1970 F100:
140 CID (2.3 L)
170 CID (2.8L)
221 CID (3.6 L) l6
240 CID (3.9 L) I6
272 CID (4.5 L) Y-block V8
289 CID (4.7 L) Windsor V8
292 CID (4.8 L) Y-block V8
300 CID (4.9 L) I6
302 CID (5.0 L) Windsor V8
335 CID (5.4 L) V8
352 CID (5.8 L) FE V8
360 CID (5.9 L) FE V8
390 CID (6.4 L) FE V8
Diesel
203 CID (3.3 L) Perkins l4 diesel
239 CID (3.9 L) MWM l4 diesel
Now we look at different battery options since there are no engines in EVs. :)
 
   / New truck #@$%@#& #408  
In 1969, my BIL bought a Ford with a gas 370 2V,,, it is still hauling!!
 
   / New truck #@$%@#& #410  
Imagine having choices like this today!
1970 F100:
140 CID (2.3 L)
170 CID (2.8L)
221 CID (3.6 L) l6
240 CID (3.9 L) I6
Eek! My first car was a '62 Falcon with the 140 in it, couldn't get out of it's own way. I shudder to think how that F100 was with it!!
 
   / New truck #@$%@#& #411  
When did he swap engines?

The '69 F750 came with the 370,,
THEN the 'engine in the '53 F750 blew,,
I took the truck to the local junkyard, they installed a 370 V2 in the '53,, and converted it over to 12 volts.
The ENTIRE engine, clutch, and transmission out of a '69 F750 was installed
The engine came out of the Local Southern States fertilizer spreader truck, the engine had almost no highway miles.
The rest of the truck was rusted away. It was less than 4 years old.

That '53 was my BIL's "hotrod",, it had a lime body, you could hear him a mile down the road when he was spreading lime on a plowed field, the 370 would "talk"!!

They charged $1,000 for all the parts, and the installation.

I had virtually the same engine in a '79 F350,, it was the 400 engine,, That truck was powerful,,
 
   / New truck #@$%@#& #413  
my '74 f100 had a 360 with a c6 automatic. it was bulletproof.

when the divorce lawyer shows up at the door, and wants half your stuff; just give them everything, except your FE block.
 
   / New truck #@$%@#& #414  
I have a F100 1974 360 V8
1987 Jeep Grand Wagoner needs to
be restored 110,000 miles runs good
1998 Nissan sentra
2003 Dodge 2500 5.9L 4 door under 150,000
2018 Chrysler
Chrysler is about the only one I use

willy
 

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