Looked at this 1995 F150 XLT today

"Nibby" (nibby68)
02/13/2020 at 17:30 • Filed to: None

Was in Brooklyn. I6 4WD with a plow and with 140k miles.... Except the odo reads 153k. The frame is.. See for yourself. The body is pretty rough too... I couldn't get it to shift out of 4Lo (put it in neutral and what not). Brakes were scary and went to the floor. And he was asking $3k. Nope.

DISCUSSION (63)

CB > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 17:33

“They don’t build them like they used to!”

- Man attempting to sell a broken truck (probably)

atfsgeoff > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 17:35

Yeah that frame looks a bit scaley but not dangerously so. The body is pretty bad. I’d say that’s a $1500 or $2k truck at best.

Chariotoflove > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 17:36

$3K. That makes zero sense. I mean, I haven’t perused the Brooklyn market, but that can’t match comps in the area, can it?

Nibby > Chariotoflove
02/13/2020 at 17:37

Lol the NY Craigslist PC market is so ridiculous

wafflesnfalafel > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 17:37

nice new tires!

XJDano > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 17:37

Do you want a manual??

1993 Ford F-150

https://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/d/saint-louis-1993-ford-150/7073691976.html

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > atfsgeoff
02/13/2020 at 17:38

How much is the plow worth?

Chariotoflove > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 17:39

Does it get better if you just drive a little into Jersey?

Nibby > XJDano
02/13/2020 at 17:39

Too far

Nibby > Chariotoflove
02/13/2020 at 17:39

I think so?

Deal Killer - Powered by Focus > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 17:40

If the plow is included, than maybe it’s close in price. As a plow truck, assuming the transfer case can be made to work, than I’ve seen worse rust. As a DD, no fucking way.

XJDano > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 17:41

Send me the money, I’m married... I got nothing going on Friday night.

Chariotoflove > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 17:41

So NYC laziness up charge then.

Nibby > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
02/13/2020 at 17:41

He paid 5k for it...5 years ago lol

For Sweden > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 17:41

Why does someone in Brooklyn want a truck with a plow?

Have public services completely disintegrated under Mayor DeBlasio?

Nibby > For Sweden
02/13/2020 at 17:42

I have no idea

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > XJDano
02/13/2020 at 17:46

Score 1 for marriage

Nibby > atfsgeoff
02/13/2020 at 17:46

The nice part is the heater works

Nibby > Chariotoflove
02/13/2020 at 17:47

Definitely

Nibby > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus
02/13/2020 at 17:47

I don't need the plow just the truck

For Sweden > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 17:48

For comparison: https://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/cto/d/san-diego-1987-ford-f350-4x4/7073560650.html

Kinja'd!!!

fintail > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 17:50

Every time I hate my area, I look at stuff like this, and the hate goes away.

Nibby > fintail
02/13/2020 at 17:56

To be honest I had a feeling it would be shitty. But I wanted to actually drive one and sit in it check it out etc

fintail > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 18:14

When do you look at that two tone one?

These will feel like antiques compared to your modern truck.

Nibby > fintail
02/13/2020 at 18:15

The white and blue one? Told him to send me undercarriage pictures and I'll come this weekend. He hasn't responded

fintail > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 18:20

Oh yeah, damn, maybe hiding something.

Maybe just move west. Half of CA and a chunk of th e region from the upper midwest to the NE has already moved out here, you’re welcome too :)

Nibby > fintail
02/13/2020 at 18:28

Find me a good job and I'm in

fintail > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 18:34

I think my local hospital is hiring for a neurosurgeon. I bet that pays well. I ’ll refer you.

Nibby > fintail
02/13/2020 at 18:36

Do they hire professional shitposters

fintail > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 18:40

I think that’s all they do. NHL Valentines are seen as a bonus skill.

19JRC99 > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 18:49

I mean, the frame on my Dakota was worse than that. That said, it ran and drove perfect when I sold it to him... for $500.

Right before he blew it up, my buddy actually found a shop willing to tackle it.

What could/should have been...

jminer > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 18:55

I’ve owned 5 of these old 80-96 ford trucks and live in a rust belt state too. Never buy a plow truck - ever.

They spend their life abused, transmissions are usually trash and they’re covered in rust worse than most.

Nibby > fintail
02/13/2020 at 18:57

Woo I'm hired?

Nibby > jminer
02/13/2020 at 19:03

What’s it like to own one? They seem to last if they ate taken care of right

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 19:05

Does the plow come with it?

Nibby > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
02/13/2020 at 19:06

Yes

fintail > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 19:18

I’ll see what I can do :)

jimz > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 19:23

did you ask him what particular brand of crack he’d been smoking?

jminer > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 19:24

The drivetrain is solid and they’re pretty simple. Major problem are rust and electrical. Avoid a pre-92 auto transmission with the AOD auto 4 speed, they had big reliability issues.

Gas mileage is going to be terrible even in the straight 6 with a 5 speed. I’ve owned them with a 300, 302 and 351 the 300 engines ones I owned actually gave me the most problems as most assumed they lasted forever and then didn’t care for them at all.

Every one I’ve also owned has the key switch fail and I wired in a push button to trigger th e starter.

That being said they’re beasts, took a ton of load in the bed and towed well. In 4x4 they’d go anywhere and aren’t too large either.

For a beater truck that parts are everywhere and cheap it’s really hard to beat. They were better than the Chevy’s and Dodges of the era reliability wise and none of us can afford a used Toyota anymore.

They are not pleasant daily drivers though, ride rough unless loaded and get bad has mileage but they’re an excellent truck for work, hunting, hauling and so on. It’s definitely worth it to try to get one with little rust, it makes them much easier to work on.

My favorite one was an 89 F150 with the 302 and a 5 speed with Extended cab and 4x4. I loved that truck, ended up wrecking it. Most do anything was a 87 300 4x4 with a 4speed T18, that truck had lots of problems and was mostly rust and junkyard parts but it was a great wood hauling/hunting truck. In granny low and 4x4 low it would climb anything. But it didn’t have an overdrive so it didn’t like t o go over 65. It was also broke down more than it ran, but mostly due to the abuse it had suffered.

I’ve wanted another but here they’re all rust and I don’t want that. That post was a bit more long winded than I anticipated.

Nibby > fintail
02/13/2020 at 19:26

By the way the blue and white one with a plow just got back

Kinja'd!!!

Nibby > jminer
02/13/2020 at 19:31

Thanks for your input. Not particularly picky about engines but I'm looking for 94-96. It's going to be used as a hauler and occasional towing a side by side. Most driving it'll do is a 180 Mile trip to the Catskills.i think I'm gonna have to find one in the South

fintail > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 19:41

Wow, I guess it’s clean rust? I suppose you could treat it and it might be OK for awhile, but stuff like that is alien to me.

Nibby > fintail
02/13/2020 at 19:45

Too much trouble IMO already told him GLWS

jminer > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 19:46

I’d go south if you can. My challenge with that has been getting people to seriously think I want to drive 5 hours to get a $1800 truck...

Also I’d recommend staying away from 96 trucks, they had ODBII grafted onto a truck that was never meant to have it so electronics g et strange and hard to find for the computer controlled stuff.

Happy hunting though!

Nibby > jminer
02/13/2020 at 19:47

Thanks! I'll keep you posted and if I see anything I'll let you know

shop-teacher > fintail
02/13/2020 at 20:10

Kinja'd!!!

Here’s the rocker of my 14 year old truck, and the mounting point of my five year old set o f step tubes.

fintail > shop-teacher
02/13/2020 at 21:13

Yikes. I bet I could go to my local junkyard, find a 40 year old used up truck that’s never spent a night in a garage, and it wouldn’t have nearly that much rust.

shop-teacher > fintail
02/13/2020 at 21:34

I have no doubt you could do just that.

Everytime I get jealous, I think of your real estate prices.

fintail > shop-teacher
02/13/2020 at 21:48

Average sales price in my zipcode last month was 1.7MM. Condos are usually much less than that of course, houses can cost 8 figures. You can find “affordable” houses for under 500K out there, but you’ll get a 90+ minute each way commute for it.

Did my usual CL search today and clicked on this - properly optioned, period colors, not cheap but it looks solid, this is how they survive here if given some care:

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/d/lakewood-1979-gmc-chevy-4x4-sierra/7072275308.html

shop-teacher > fintail
02/13/2020 at 22:31

That truck is incredible. I say NP.

Here though, I bought a 2000 sqft house in a very nice town with g ood schools, for $190k. And I can support a family of four on a middle school teacher’s salary.

Aremmes > For Sweden
02/13/2020 at 22:36

Likely plowing private parking lots, gated communities, and other places off of city streets.

Aremmes > For Sweden
02/13/2020 at 22:38

NIBBY ROAD TRIP

fintail > shop-teacher
02/13/2020 at 23:05

You could probably get it for less, too, I am pretty sure I saw it listed a while back.

Housing wasn’t bad here 40 years ago. Places the lucky generation bought for 100K in 1985 can be 1.5MM today. Then half the country decided they wanted to live here, the tech industry boomed, along with this being a key destination for dirty foreign capital. Let the bidding wars commence.

Various cheaper (sometimes only slightly) squarebodies, notice what they are missing:

https://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/cto/d/everett-1979-chevy-c10/7074759354.html

https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/cto/d/puyallup-1978-chevy-scottsdale-c20/7071849383.html

https://portland.craigslist.org/clk/ctd/d/vancouver-1976-chevy-bonanza-3-4-ton/7070831739.html

https://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/cto/d/olympia-gmc-k1500/7071887396.html

https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/cto/d/tacoma-1986-gmc-wrangler-c2500/7071266048.html (never heard of this model)

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > Nibby
02/13/2020 at 23:44

Dat 90s Ford interior…MY EYES!

shop-teacher > fintail
02/14/2020 at 02:04

Woooooow!

functionoverfashion > Nibby
02/14/2020 at 10:04

Could be worse:

Kinja'd!!!

Nibby > functionoverfashion
02/14/2020 at 10:53

what the shit

functionoverfashion > Nibby
02/14/2020 at 11:05

That is an actual truck I looked at, it was for sale with a plow on the roadside so I stopped to look. It was ok from 15 feet away.

Fun fact, I saw the same truck for sale months later “not running” by someone else in a different nearby town. Original list price $1,200 (I think) - then listed at “$700 just want it gone” by the next guy.

Ouch. But what did you expect?!

Nibby > functionoverfashion
02/14/2020 at 11:08

why would anyone pay money for that... unless it had some desirable engine or whatever

functionoverfashion > Nibby
02/14/2020 at 11:09

It was a diesel so....

Nibby > functionoverfashion
02/14/2020 at 11:12

alright i guess that explains why

this guy said he’d give it to me for $4000

https://cnj.craigslist.org/cto/d/long-valley-1996-ford-f250-xlt-73-ps/7070856283.html

he sent me some pics though

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Nibby > jminer
02/15/2020 at 09:38

https://www.littleappletoyota.net/vehicle-details/used-1994-ford-f-150-xl-manhattan-ks-id-34890423

jminer > Nibby
02/15/2020 at 12:54

The price seems a little stee p for a 2wd, but it is in damn good shape.