My main requirements were:
- Ford
- between 1973 and 1979
- four wheel drive
Automatic transmission would be nice, but not a hard requirement, as my wife can't drive a manual. I also looked at 4X4s from other generations, but I really wanted a 6th gen.
On April 1, 2013 I found a truck that fit the bill about 15 minutes from where I work. I made arrangements to go see it the next afternoon.
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| From the Craiglist ad |
The truck definitely fit the bill. Although, the ad was fairly vague, the truck turned out to be a 1979 F250 Ranger XLT 4X4 with a 400ci motor and automatic transmission. It cranked up, ran, and drove; but there were some issues...
The front hub on the passenger side was not working, although the owner assured me the four wheel drive was working. No way to tell without fixing the hub. Also, the truck was completely eaten up with rust. The area around the frame of the door was especially bad. It didn't seem to have any monumental mechanical problems, but the rust was a bit of a deal breaker. I really didn't want to put time and money into a truck that was rusting to pieces.
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| Rust at the cab corner |
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| Rust at the front of the bed |
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| Rust above the door |
Around this time I found another candidate on Craigslist... Purchase
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