That Truck: More Pics

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 01/29/2020 at 17:13 • Filed to: None

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He’s asking $1,695. I offered him $500 and he countered with $900 and sent these pictures. Thoughts? I’d have to bring a trailer and a shovel.

The Plan: Put the cab on the frame of the Vic.

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shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2020 at 17:18

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$900 is a great price, if that thing runs and drives.  I’d honestly hate to see a 4x4 crew cab stick shift get pulled apart.  I’d swap a better interior in, and drive it as-is.

CB > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2020 at 17:19

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CP. One man’s trash is another man’s also trash.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 01/29/2020 at 17:22

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I hear you and I love having your perspective in these important philosophical discussions! But the bed is beaten! Seriously though, wouldn't that cab be cool on the Vic chassis? Way more fun and exciting to me than an old f-100... 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 01/29/2020 at 17:23

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I have asked him what the status is on the engine.

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2020 at 17:24

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Sad, that was a pretty sharp rig when it was new.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2020 at 17:30

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CP. 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > CB 01/29/2020 at 17:30

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Trash confirmed. 

jimz > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2020 at 17:33

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With that mileage that 6.9 has tapered cylinders and will probably guzzle a quart of engine oil every 500 miles.

Edit: and the glow plug controller is most certainly not working.

promoted by the color red > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2020 at 17:34

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$900 for a running vehicle that doesn’t have to get smogged? Do it. 

Nibby > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2020 at 17:37

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yeet it into the sun

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fintail 01/29/2020 at 17:38

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Farm truck, looks like. It looks really  thrashed to me. I’d think it’s done for actual intended use. My inclination is to hold forth at $600. It’s about 95 miles from here, so I need my pal to help me go and retrieve it with his trailer. So I’ll probably be like a hundo in fuel to go and fetch it.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > jimz 01/29/2020 at 17:42

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This is being an interesting discussion for me because of guys from Indiana and Illinois who for them, this truck is a survivor . But I think mechanically, it has to be almost useless. And note the condition of the bed...

My plan is to do a body swap and put the cab on a 2010 Crown Vic chassis. The more I think on it, the more I like the plan.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > promoted by the color red 01/29/2020 at 17:44

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I don’t know yet if it does run. I have inquired as to the status of the engine.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Nibby 01/29/2020 at 17:45

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Will you translate this into something I can comprehend, please? (I’m a little slow...)

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2020 at 17:47

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I think you have a good strategy.  It looks a millimeter away from scrap now, so people won’t be lining up for it.  Would have been a pretty thing in those colors and configuration when new, and fairly rare, too.  Someone used it up.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fintail 01/29/2020 at 17:50

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I think it’s about $500 away from scrap, at most. I might go $600 because I’m a nice guy and in hopes of maybe getting a couple hundo for a transfer case or something. Again, the plan is to put the cab on the Vic chassis and part or scrap the rest. And a big Knack box behind the cab as a trunk. Even the cab needs to be completely gutted.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2020 at 18:02

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Yes, but that is an F350 with a diesel. It may be slow, but it’s a manual diesel 1 ton. Desecrating that truck with Crown Vic parts is a crime against humanity. Provided it’s running and driving, that would make a killer work truck for someone needing a cheap truck. 

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2020 at 18:18

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Does that cab fit on a Vic chassis? Vics are big but I don’t think they are crew cab F3 50 big.

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2020 at 18:21

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Inspect it closely, I know old PU cabs have structurally important areas where they can rust (corners, I think). Sou nds like a project to keep one busy for awhile :)

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2020 at 18:29

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It would be, but instead this truck just needs a fresher interior, and a flatbed.

and 100 more > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2020 at 18:54

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Thou shalt attach thine horseless wagon , verily, to a catapult, or tre buchet if thou so wouldst p re fer, and thenceforth upon the count of Thrice, release thee lever hastily and forthwith, and by God’s W ill and a complete lack of an understanding of physics, propel said wagon verily beyond e the atmosphere of the Good Earth, and thence into the aether, whereupon it shall be ca rried aloft by angels and shall be dropped unceremoniously into the V ery Luminous and Bright and Haute Sun, henceforth never to be seen again.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 01/29/2020 at 19:32

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I need to confirm a few things...

they put F100s on Vic s...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > and 100 more 01/29/2020 at 19:34

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Therr's an emoji with one raised eyebrow...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 01/29/2020 at 19:35

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Stripped to the metal inside would constitute a fresher int erior...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fintail 01/29/2020 at 19:37

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Beauty is not even an aspirational goal here.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2020 at 19:45

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An F100 is a lot smaller than an F350.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2020 at 19:46

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It’s a NON-turbo  diesel. It was mechanically useless when it was new. 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 01/29/2020 at 19:52

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I realize that. I don’t imagine the frames were appreciably different in width though. Could  be wrong...

PyramidHat > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2020 at 20:12

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Is the empty Coors Light can included?  Also, like the shredded rear tire, there...

MM54 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2020 at 20:16

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Around here it’d be sold for asking in about 15 minutes and by the end of the week have a rattle-can paint job (either flat black or camo, depending on the buyer) and either some awful 20 inch wheels or a lift kit and awful 18 inch wheels.

Yes, I have seen lifted crew cab duallies. It’s obscene.

Edit: and be belching black smoke, potentially with a sticker of the engine’s manufacturer in the window; I’ve give it another week to have stacks through the bed.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2020 at 20:21

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you could probably get a new bed for cheap money from a utility box installation company.  dont tear that truck apart.

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2020 at 20:27

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I’d just be concerned with roadworthiness - don’t want it to crumple like an empty beer can if it hits a bump the wrong way.

Jim Spanfeller > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2020 at 21:30

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Yes, do it. And while you’re at it, put the Vic on the frame of the truck.

ttyymmnn > and 100 more 01/29/2020 at 22:07

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...In Thy mercy.

ttyymmnn > and 100 more 01/29/2020 at 22:07

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#COTW

RangerSmith > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2020 at 23:29

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Why the frame swap? Have you confirmed that the frame on this one is toast/rusted ? Ford had issues with the frames on these until sometime in 1984 model year. 1985s and 1986s have always been thought to be pretty safe. If you were to swap frames I would be looking at finding a wrecked 1990s crew cab or even a Ford Exc ursion with a 7.3 and doing a swap that way.

and 100 more > ttyymmnn 01/30/2020 at 00:28

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Amen. 

and 100 more > ttyymmnn 01/30/2020 at 00:29

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You're too kind. 

M.T. Blake > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/30/2020 at 00:33

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Does it come with more Coors Light?

atfsgeoff > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/30/2020 at 01:17

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That truck is so haggard it’s cool. For $900, I say go for it.

Ad says it runs great, it probably burns a quart of oil every hundred miles though

sony1492 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/30/2020 at 01:19

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With enough welding, length would be a non issue, I say it’s a good plan if you can get the price you want.

Long_Voyager94 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/30/2020 at 06:59

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The bed is fine, it just needs a new fender.

Seriously, destroying a cool old truck like that is just a waste.

Long_Voyager94 > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 01/30/2020 at 07:00

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Na they were plenty useful, they just can’t be used quickly.

Speed > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/30/2020 at 08:47

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As much as I love that patina, it’d be hard to spend $900 on that thing considering how much more it’s going to need. However, if you can score it for $500 and it runs, I’d clean it up and work on the chassis and suspension while searching for a 12v Cummins or turbo Powerstroke to swap in. That truck on a lift with some big tires would look so cool with the patina.

Bull Nose FTW!

Tristan > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/30/2020 at 11:12

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Wait... What happened to the ranger?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Tristan 01/30/2020 at 13:04

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The 4.6L V8 is four feet wide, and the Ranger’s engine bay is three feet wide. Unless I want to use the frame rails for the exhaust, it’s an extremely difficult swap. So now I have this low-mileage beater Vic. That my wife is now encouraging me to enjoy, because the alternative is a giant body swapping project that I do not have an adequate facility to support. Not much spare time, either...

Tristan > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/31/2020 at 13:13

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That’s kinda what I thought when you bought the Vic. Do you still have the ranger, or is it gone?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Tristan 01/31/2020 at 14:23

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The Ranger is gone. I brokered a sale. Swapping a 302 into a Ranger is a fairly common, fairly doable swap. I bought the Vic totally on impulse because it was such low mileage and only $1300. Drives great, passed smog. Did you see my post about paint scheme?

Thanks for asking.