Bigly acquisition coming soon UPDATED with correct answer

"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher) 05/18/2020 at 12:32 • Filed to: FreeFerd

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I never dreamed that I could actually top the amazing deal I got on the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! from XJDano, but somehow I have. This week, possibly as soon as tomorrow, I will be trading an approximately 4' long piece of I-beam that has been sitting in my garage for years, for a running driving vehicle with a clean title. It is a vehicle that some of you know I am not particularly fond of. Here’s a hint:

The only catch was that it is under no uncertain terms, not allowed to live at my house. Frankly, I cannot blame my wife there. As it would really be in the way. Fortunately both of my main partners in crime gave me an instant yes, when I inquired about storing another vehicle for us to send to Valhalla on their property.

UPDATE : Rusty Vandura got it. It’s a ‘99 F-150 extended cab, 8' bed, with the 5.4L V8, 196k miles, and leaky power steering.

ttyymmnn > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 12:48

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Congratulations!

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 12:49

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Harlequin golf??

shop-teacher > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 05/18/2020 at 12:51

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Much bigger

TheRealBicycleBuck > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 05/18/2020 at 12:51

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My first thought too.

shop-teacher > ttyymmnn 05/18/2020 at 12:52

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Thank you.

The vehicle in question is m uch bigger.

For Sweden > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 12:53

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He’s eating beans!

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 12:55

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Uum Harlequin phaeton?!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 12:56

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F-150?

Sovande > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 12:56

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Previa? 

shop-teacher > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 05/18/2020 at 12:56

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LOL!  Nope :)

MM54 > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 12:57

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Trading 4' of old I-beam for a big bag of jellybeans would be a good deal; for a running, driving car I am not sure what to think. Someone must have really wanted rid of a car.

From your “filed to” we know it’s a ford and it has to do with jelly beans; the most jelly-bean fords that immediately come to mind are a 90's mustang, a probe, or perhaps a bubble-taurus... or a mid 90's f150 , but that seems less rally-like.

ttyymmnn > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 12:57

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WilliamsSW > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 12:57

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Does it have the ever slow Vulcan?

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/18/2020 at 12:58

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*DING!*

A ‘99 F-150, aka a jellybean F-150

shop-teacher > Sovande 05/18/2020 at 12:58

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Nope.  Bigger, and less cool.

daender > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 12:59

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Third-gen Ford Taurus?

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 12:59

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???

Reminds me of a Mitsuoka:

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 13:00

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Hopefully not with the V-6; unless they made corrections, the early V-6s in those trucks were a disaster.

shop-teacher > ttyymmnn 05/18/2020 at 13:00

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Not that big!

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > ttyymmnn 05/18/2020 at 13:01

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Best name for a product ever...

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 13:01

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Ford Taurus or F150

shop-teacher > MM54 05/18/2020 at 13:01

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It’s not very rally-like, but nei ther was the Metro and that’s what made it so fun.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/18/2020 at 13:01

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5.4 V8

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW 05/18/2020 at 13:02

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Nope!

shop-teacher > daender 05/18/2020 at 13:02

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Nope.  Bigger.

shop-teacher > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 05/18/2020 at 13:02

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Ford yes, but bigger.

shop-teacher > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 05/18/2020 at 13:02

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It is one of those two.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 13:04

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I see Rusty got it correct with the F150. That’s a nice trade you’ve made there.

shop-teacher > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 05/18/2020 at 13:06

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I can’t wait to hammer on it.

vondon302 > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 13:08

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Congrats!

daender > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 13:08

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SVT Lightning swap when?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 13:21

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And you’re going to rally it?

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/18/2020 at 13:24

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Absolutely!

shop-teacher > vondon302 05/18/2020 at 13:24

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Thanks!

shop-teacher > daender 05/18/2020 at 13:26

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That would require money.  No, this will be for beating to a glorious death for as close to $0 as possible.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 13:37

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Is it standard cab or extra cab? 8-foot bed or 6-foot?

Should be relatively cheap and easy to beef up the suspension, or repair it... I don’t think there’s much in the way of performance mods for the 5.4, but shorter rear end gearing and traction lock would be a must. You could probably pick up a used rear end for a few hundred dollars.

ttyymmnn > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 13:45

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shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/18/2020 at 13:47

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Extended cab, 8-foot bed. She looooooong.

I will be doing nothing to it, except beating on it.  As close to $0 as possible will be spent.

Pickup_man > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 13:59

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YES! Welcome to jelly bean life! Learn it, live it, love it.

Can’t wait to see updates and shenanigans. 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 14:00

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Not the optimal rally configuration. Maybe now you can flip/swap it for a standard cab 6-foot bed; did they make  a six-foot bed?  I hear you on the spending zero dollars, but I’d want the optimal rear axle just for the FUN aspect.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 14:01

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I was just coming back from lunch, about to put in my vote for the F150. Timing is everything, and I missed it...

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 14:30

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Ooomf! I wanna see the big whale rallycross :D

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 14:34

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i was thinking 1st gen rx, but congrats. 

shop-teacher > Pickup_man 05/18/2020 at 14:46

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I couldn’t wait for you to learn about this. I wasn’t exactly a big Metro fan before I got a hold of one, so perhaps the jellybean F-150 will wiggle its way into my heart :)

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/18/2020 at 14:47

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There will be no flipping. I’m being given this truck to give it a proper sendoff, and send it off I shall!

It may have a locking rear end already, I honestly have no idea.

shop-teacher > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 05/18/2020 at 14:47

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Thems the breaks!

shop-teacher > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 05/18/2020 at 14:48

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It’s gonna happen!  And it may happen soon!

shop-teacher > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 05/18/2020 at 14:48

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Thanks!

Pickup_man > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 15:14

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I hope it does! I request all of the information, color? , trim level? 4x4? The extended cab 8 footers are long bios, that’ll be fun to hang the rear end out on.

And of course, if you have any questions or problems I’m intimately familiar with these trucks and happy to help. 

Pickup_man > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 15:22

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No locking rears, or even limited slips in ‘99. Limited slip was introduced in ‘02 with the introduction of the FX4 package. FX4 stayed limited slip until ‘09 when they went to an E-locker. 

shop-teacher > Pickup_man 05/18/2020 at 15:35

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It’s a darker than cherry red.  I honestly have no idea what trim level or if it’s 4wd or not.  I’ll give you all the details when I pick it up.

shop-teacher > Pickup_man 05/18/2020 at 15:36

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Seriously?  NO lsd diffs or lockers until ‘02?  Lame Ford.  Lame.

Pickup_man > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 15:37

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Pickup_man > shop-teacher 05/18/2020 at 15:45

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Turns out I was wrong. LSD was an option apparently but I couldn’t find a lot of info on them and the only identifier for them is the axle tag so it’s not easy to tell. The ‘02 FX4 just made it a standard feature.

shop-teacher > Pickup_man 05/18/2020 at 15:46

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Gotcha.  Either way, I’ll have some fun with it.