Like I said -clueless...And speaking of badging, look at the badges on Ram and GM pick ups.. they say..."Look at me"!  Ford, my 22 F-150 STX had some chrome and a touch of red paint on the fender vent-not bad.  My 23? Black plastic!   My youngest son has a loaded V-6 Bronco...Badge? a "Paper/plastic patch. My oldest son, a 24or25? Tremor 150 with all kinds of badging-and I don't think it was that much more than the loaded Bronco.

Makes no sense??  7M that just shows how clueless they are-or they either truly intend to exit 6 and 7 when the next UAW contract comes due (when is that?) or they may have a totally new product that shares components with E-series and full range of class 4 to 7. and they are not willing to spend any funds on keeping the steel cab going in short term.   As for failure for Ca dealers to stock 7.3 650/750  I can't believe the pricing on the 7.3  version of those conventionals is not a huge attraction.  The lack of air brakes I'm sure is a factor but here in New England but there are plenty of 650/750 gas trucks on road and in dealer lots and a hire percentage of them are set up with dump bodies- and with light plugs and pintle hooks   As for the Cummins Octane, is the cost savings vs diesel insignificant??

What?!?! But, they deleted the passenger side engine size emblem from the door....now, you have to walk around to the driver side to figure it out. 

Gorgeous car.  

This didn't deserve its own thread, so this is probably the best place to post this.   (1557) GT40 MkII Lightweight Sells for $12.3 Million at Mecum Kissimmee - YouTube

Took a good look at the 2027 650/750 order guide.  Basically no changes at all, diesels still not available in California and no air brakes for the gasoline models.  I am thinking that whatever the issue is with offering air brakes with the 7.3L the cost of fixing it is just not justified by the expected sales.  That's maybe not too much of a surprise seeing how the Cummins Octane gasoline medium duty engine is starting to look like a sales dud.  I was thinking there would be considerable interest in it, but it looks as though Kenworth and Peterbilt will be the only ones offering it in a truck.  International's IC school bus division will also offer it, but that seems to be it.  Freightliner was supposed to have it by now, and rumors were Isuzu and International would have it in their trucks soon as well.  Another surprising thing I have noticed is that here in California I am not seeing more new 7.3L Ford 650/750's.  Diesel emissions regulations are still up in the air with the conflicting EPA and CARB standards, so one would think there would be some kind of market for gasoline medium duty trucks at least until the regulations get resolved.  I passed by a large Ford Pro dealer Friday and he didn't have a single 650 or 750 on his lot.  Loads of Transits and 250/350's, along with a fair number of 450/550's, but nothing larger.  The only gas engine medium duty trucks I see are the Isuzu/Chevy LCF's.   Also noticed Ford dropped the special CNG/LPG instrument cluster option for the 650/750, but did keep the gaseous fuel prep package option.  Makes no sense...  

Both Jimbo and Billy Boy shared their thoughts recently about the current administration's approach to agreements with Canada and Mexico that impact the automotive industry:   Jim Farley: "We really see Canada and Mexico and the U.S. as an integrated manufacturing system. And that’s how we’re going to approach this negotiation. Very critical for us, but we need revisions."   Bill Ford: "It’s a game we’ve been in my whole career. If I had a perfect world, which I never will, we’d have some certainty in regulations."

I've said it before, but it would be such a missed opportunity to not make a street going hybrid V8 Ford gt inspired by this and f1. 

Teach the family members to push the fridge door(s) shut with the handle not push on the panel. Also on double door fridges, stainless or not, be sure that the left side door with the hinged mullion closes all the way... ME    "Did you get up in the middle of the night?" HER: "Yes, why?" ME   "The door on the fridge wasn't closed all the way." HER  "Well I gave it a shove with my elbow, didn't notice that it didn't close all the way. ME    "Well the ice in the ice maker started melting into a 3lb block, couldn't get ice for my lunch cooler. HER  "Oh, sorry. I finished the leftover pot roast, by the way." ME:    

This afternoon's updated gas prices in Hamden, CT 06514 (Greater New Haven)  $2.83 Regular (Cash) @ Gulf (Decreased $0.06 from $2.89)  $2.97 Regular (Cash) @ Citgo