Yeah guys, that's right... Over the weekend I came across a deal on this Ford that I couldn't turn down. It's a 1978 Ford F250 SuperCab Camper Special. It's got a 351 modified paired to a C6 auto tranny. Has an 8 foot bed, so it's a BIG truck. Runs a bit rough but it just needs a tune up. Also has many wonderful electrical hackjobs from previous owners (mainly a mess of random wires under dash for accessories I'm guessing). Anyway, I scooped it up for $900, I've seen these go for a few grand so I went for it. I will most likely wind up putting a bit of work into it and selling (for a profit), but I may keep it. I'm undecided, but for now I'm keeping my Kota.

The Ford:

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I LIKE IT! I totally know what you mean about the electrical hackjobs - I'm just now getting that all squared away with my Dakota.

You gonna keep the windshield visor on there?

 

Sexy Truck.. I <3 older Fords..

 

Thanks man, this is by far my favorite generation of Fords. They just aren't built like they used to be.

 

I agree. My first job out of high school was on a grounds crew at a local college. The trucks that they had were all late 70's early 80's F150's. They were seemingly indestructible!

 

Not bad. When I bought my 78 cj5 the wiring was all burnt and melted together to this day ill never understand how it ran!

 

That is a good looking truck, I really liked that body style, My uncle, way back when, had a new one with a lift lift, huge tires and a loud exhaust, I thought it was so cool to ride with him but I was 7 years old in 1976

 

We actually just got rid of our '69 F250. It's been sitting a long time and a guy from work wanted the axles and t-case for a rock crawler he's building so we dragged it out this weekend. It hasn't moved in 23 years and the back tires still have air!

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To the OP, that truck is in good shape. I love old Ford trucks. We got rid of this one because it was way too big of a project for us. It's in rough shape so a guy at work is taking it for some parts and we're going to scrap the rest. I would love to buy another 1969 F-250 because I really like them.

 

Yeah I had an 81' F-100 I loved that truck; had a rebuilt tranny and 5.0 HO from an 84' Mustang.

 

Wow! Yeah, I would love to some day restore something like that, but that would be too much of a project for me right now. This truck I got seems to be just right for the type of project I was looking for. Pretty much any Ford truck before the 80s I love, even the old 40s and 50s ones with the fat fenders. I think it'd be cool to eventually have restored a Ford truck from each generation. But obviously stop at like 70s or so because I don't really like the newer ones.