I am heading to Houston this Monday afternoon and spending the night. Going to test drive it Tuesday morning and hopefully drive her 10 hours back to the Lubbock area I currently call home. It is a 1987 ford f350 single cab dually with a Banks SideWinder turbo on it's 6.9 diesel. It also has a nice flatbed on it with a recessed ball. I have the chance to ****** it at 900 bucks, but I will try to go lower because it has a slow oil leak. It does have 2 gauges mounted on the dash though, so it isn't done blind. I want this 2wd manual badly and hope it will be in the driveway soon!!! I want to bring it home, wash it, add a straight pipe, pipe bumper on the front, pioneer stereo ( nothing crazy, just stereo) leveling kit, tint the windows, shifter **** of some kind, and a few more things. What do y'all think??

 

It sounds like it should be pretty cool.
Reg cabs look the nicest as far as I'm concerned.
Flat deck is a good option too.
Post up some pics when you get it home.

 

I JUST found out my my neighbor would sell his 96 powerstroke for 1200 with a new starter and it runs and drives!!!! Test driving it this Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!

 

So, you're buying TWO new-to-you trucks? One to bomb like crazy and one to run for parts?

 

I wish!!!!! I can only afford so many things. I am getting my permit soon and I am probably going to end up being my dad's personal driver. That wasn't a joke, he really wants me to be driving him pretty much everywhere non work related. I don't mind though. Gives them an excuse to buy me diesel!!!!

 

which truck did you finally buy

 

Nothing so far, but the truck with the sidewinder sold right after I decided to not take the risk of bringing it up here. I think I will be better off with an extended or crew cab because we will be taking a few road trips with it. I would also like to have a turbo diesel that fits in most drive through s. I also found out the 6.9 in Houston was repainted red from its original white because a patch of paint was missing on the door. I think I am better off with the powerstroke. I was worried driving a truck that was 25 years old 10 hours and being stranded somewhere. I found out that even if I used a free hotel night we had and ate from the dollar menu the whole way and bought the cheapest fuel in Houston, I would have spent about 1,150. Why not spend 50 bucks more and get a truck that is 10 hours closer, 9 years newer, about twice the cab space, and has less tires to replace? I tow at the max about 6.5k which is rare, the rest of the time is about 2k.

 

That post makes perfect sense

 

Not to mention junk yard finds are less rare. No salt here so no rust. OBS fords are plentiful here.

 

let us know when you buy your FORD truck