Kev-Mo Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 (edited) My buddy had this 1998 F150 3 Door 4x4 in his oversized garage (along with two other daily drivers). It had been very well maintained, and preserved. He was driving it about 4-5k miles a year doing chores etc. About 3 years ago I told him, when you downsize, and are ready to let her go, give me first dibs. Patience pays off, he calls me last month and said he sold his gigantic house and acreage, and he and his wife (kids now adults and out on their own) are finally moving to a much smaller property. He told me if I took it "as is", it would be a great deal. We went through the stuff that needed to be fixed and most were things I could do myself (I may have a question or two for Fordtech1). I saved him the trouble of having to have certain things fixed that a potential buyer would bicker over, so it was win-win. I grabbed it at a really great price, and now she is mine. While everyone, including myself, wants a new truck, I think it will be fun using this for my truck chores and keeping it running great and road worthy. I told all my friends; "...I wouldn't buy any old used truck, but this one was one in million..." He is an Air Force Veteran, that explains the color scheme. It is really quite nice in today's black and white world. Edited July 16, 2019 by Kev-Mo 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotRunrGuy Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Very nice! I sure do like that generation. HRG 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
351cid Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Those 2v Mods run for freakin' ever. There are 3 in my family that have 250k+...one is at 338k. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT90SC Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Nice ride! 98 was NPI heads and aluminum intakes. Not the quickest, but dead reliable if you do even a half ass job of maintaining it. There is a reason that lots of the guys I work with have tenth gens or lament giving theirs up for newer ones. I won't give mine up until the midwest salt and sand claim it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2005Explorer Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 (edited) I find the 2019 Ranger’s styling more reminiscent of that generation of F-150 than the current one. Edited July 17, 2019 by 2005Explorer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rperez817 Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Thank you for sharing Kev-Mo sir. It's always nice to see older cars and trucks that owners take such good care of that they look and feel like new. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev-Mo Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 (edited) Thanks for all the 'likes' from my 'Old School' Ford brothers! Edited July 17, 2019 by Kev-Mo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley Lover Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 That's a really clean truck. Congrats! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jniffen Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Planning to do much to it? For example, rims and tires etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev-Mo Posted July 22, 2019 Author Share Posted July 22, 2019 (edited) On 7/17/2019 at 4:43 PM, jniffen said: Planning to do much to it? For example, rims and tires etc. Nope! Just keep it stock. I have added a nice tonneau this week. It would be fun to build it out a bit, but if I budgeted to remodel my old truck before some remodel in the old house my wife would not be too happy! Edited July 22, 2019 by Kev-Mo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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