My stepfather is waiting in the second crate engine to go into his 91 Hardbody 4WD. My folks bought that truck new way back when. That truck is like family to him. And yeah they looked at new Tundras and F150s but not for long. Last year he paid too much for a very used 98 F150 XL with the 4.2 V6 and 5 speed manual. It's a reg cab short bed in Kenmore white. You could put cou ty stickers on the doors and park it wherever you want. So when that Nissan gets back home I'm gonna buy the Ford. I'm already looking at crate engines for it. Might as well be prepared. I love the old XL base model Ford trucks. I dig the vinyl/rubbery floor covering instead of carpet and the roll up windows. Carpet in a truck is retarded and roll up windows never get bad window motors or switches.
I would love for every window sticker to show legacy costs of each of the big 3 paying pensions and insurance benefits to UAE people who ain't clocked in or assembled a damn thing in decades . What dumbass(es) ever thought that was sustainable ?
I can remember reading a magazine article about job loss due to automation back in the late 1980's. The focus was on the 'hardship' suffered by uneducated union laborers earning $88,000 per year in Detroit by the loss of a few hours each week because the manufacturers were transitioning to robot welders. One worker interviewed said his job was to place four quick spot welds on the undercarriages as they passed over his station. They just didn't know what they were going to do without the extra hours and overtime. A good paying job then in SC was $26,000 per year with a company car. I just couldn't get all teary eyed over their plight.
I once considered buying one of those Isuzu NPR style cab and chassis deals became it was very cheap and pretty clean. At the time i worked at an auto salvage and had access to truck beds. I had already measured out the bed off an older Dodge dually. I know it would habe looked funny as hell but that was gonna be my truck.
