NTM wood hauler, bye to an old workhorse.

[osagebow]

Last known wood pic of the affectionately dubbed "POS-10". She's going up to Pennsy to be my nephew's trade school truck, and hopefully his future office. I will miss her MPG, reliability and driveability. I will NOT miss the color. I believe the paint code is "What were we thinking Teal". I hope someone got fired behind that.


The NTM,Truck, Felicia the Ford (groan..thanks, kids) '84 F150. 300 inline 6, 4 speed granny. Going to kill off this bed getting a few more years worth of stacks put up, then restore it a bit with a flareside bed. Buddies' dad had this truck as a flareside, and I've always wanted one. The kids need to learn how to drive a stick, and will have beatermobile trucks of their own soon anyway. I've been on a ford forum a lot trying to get up to speed on her. Any "bullnose" owners out there?

 

[jetsam]

Aww, I'd never call that truck a beater. It's not a proper pickup without a little Bondo anyway.

 

[velvetfoot]

My impression is: "wow, stuff doesn't rust near as much as here".

 

[Lloyd the redneck]

I have herd many stories about the inline 6 ford being pretty much bullet proof. And a good 7mpg on the floor 8 if your nice to it ! That thing looks good for the age!

 

[jetsam]

My impression is: "wow, stuff doesn't rust near as much as here".

Seeing 1960s cars on the road all year was one of the many things I enjoyed about living in Georgia. I drove a 1964 Chevy Impala down there myself.

 

[KD0AXS]

I will always be partial to that body style. My very first vehicle when I started driving was an 85 F-250.

I've owned two different trucks with the 300 inline 6. I've always said if you look up the word "indestructible" in the dictionary, you'll find a picture of the 300 I-6.

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[MaintenanceMan]

I had an 81 with a 300-6 and have a 92 with one now. Best motor ever. Take care of her and she'll take care of you. If that has the ignition module on the side of the distributor then you might be well served to get one and throw it in the glovebox. They aren't that expensive. Heat takes them out. Later they moved it to the firewall to correct that.

 

[Catfish Hunter]

I will always be partial to that body style. My very first vehicle when I started driving was an 85 F-250.

I've owned two different trucks with the 300 inline 6. I've always said if you look up the word "indestructible" in the dictionary, you'll find a picture of the 300 I-6.

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My first truck was also an 85 F250 man I loved that truck! Also owned a few 300 sixes and they are bulletproof. That truck is awesome. I am biding my time to bring a southern truck up north.


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[Hogwildz]

I had a 73 F100 with the 240 straight six. It was a beast. Hit dumpsters, cars, walls etc with it, and she kept on going. Her demise was the rotted out floor & front cab mounts. Cab sank so bad the bearings in the upper steering shaft ground out and finally ground the steering shaft down till it snapped. I loved that truck. Could not get out of it's own way, but ran forever. Flareside or stepside? Lose a lot of bed with a stepside.

 

[osagebow]

I had an 81 with a 300-6 and have a 92 with one now. Best motor ever. Take care of her and she'll take care of you. If that has the ignition module on the side of the distributor then you might be well served to get one and throw it in the glovebox. They aren't that expensive. Heat takes them out. Later they moved it to the firewall to correct that.

Thank you so much for that tip Mman!
I drove her 300 miles round trip to Richmond on a sunny day to pick up a flare side bed and tailgate. She ran like a champ for 275. 25 miles from home she started to act up. Sure enough, I had an ignition module in the glove box. Limped where home though, because who the heck has this tiny bolt size in a DEEP socket?!? had almost every auto tool I own with me, too.
I assumed it was a screw as noted in the enclosed directions with the module.
She's right as rain now, and I didn't have to chase electrons everywhere. I owe you a beer or twelve, man!

 

[osagebow]

It's a regular bed, but going to get this on eventually, Love the flare sides, and it came with a good tailgate for $300. A lot of ins, outs, and what have yous with a flare side install though. Gonna be fun. Older boy should have a Ranger or s10 by then to offset the bed space.( After he ruins this clutch, of course.)

 

[Sean McGillicuddy]

You do have to learn somewhere !

 

[MaintenanceMan]

Thank you so much for that tip Mman!
I drove her 300 miles round trip to Richmond on a sunny day to pick up a flare side bed and tailgate. She ran like a champ for 275. 25 miles from home she started to act up. Sure enough, I had an ignition module in the glove box. Limped where home though, because who the heck has this tiny bolt size in a DEEP socket?!? had almost every auto tool I own with me, too.
I assumed it was a screw as noted in the enclosed directions with the module.
She's right as rain now, and I didn't have to chase electrons everywhere. I owe you a beer or twelve, man!
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Glad that helped you out!

 

[osagebow]

You do have to learn somewhere !

Yep I owe the universe a clutch or 2

 

[blades]

Funny American motors had a similar problem with the 199 and 232 sixes of 60's vintage. Those 232's were another can't killem chunk of iron.