What do i need to look for?
 

Hey guys,


Over the course of the next 2 years, i gonna be browsing around for '97 f-series f250 supercab with the 7.3 powerstroke. I'm setting this timeline, not because money is too much of an issue as much as time is. Newly married with a 10 month old son working rediculous overtime right now lol. You know how it is. So instead of buying my normal half finished product and finishing it myself. I'm gonna shop around for exactly what i want. Essentially, this is what i'm looking for to start with, and how its gonna be used:

note: this is not ment to be an advertisement. I am simply stateing my intentions and goal, for the purpose of hearing whatever reccomendations ya'll have for me. I am newish to diesel building. I have a fair amount of exp building gas trucks, but this will be my first diesel. Thus another reason why i wanna take it slow.

This truck is inteded to be my everyday driver/ toy. I drive 60 miles a day 6 days a week. so gasmilage is somewhat of an issue, but not that much of one. Need to find a happy medium. Ment to look showroom good. Will i be towing with it? occasionally. Excessive loads? unlikely. Will i possibly be doing stress relieving burnouts in my shop parkinglot? Indeed!:w2: that being said... here goes.

1) '97 f250/350 supercab old body style
supercab purpose is solely for space for one of my awesome sound systems.

2) Manual trannsmission zero exception

3) stock highth. absolutly no lifts. I will be putting larger tires on, and my even do a little body chop to fit them in.

4) truck must be in perfect condition. or as close to perfect as possible.
no stacks (i may put a single, trucker-style stack on driverside, but i have no desire to reduce bed storage)

5) duel tanks


now what i'm looking for from you guys, is reccomendations for preformance improvement, anything i should know about the transmissions, and what i might be expecting to pay for what i'm looking for. Thank you much guys!