This truck is crying inside

[Pizzalovr36]

http://cnj.craigslist.org/cto/4946193527.html

[sboris]

Thats a good buy at a grand. Cant buy much for that any more. That bed would be like wearing a womens skirt, just not right..

[Pizzalovr36]

Yea that bed gotta go

[engineer_gregh]

Someone should be carried out back to the woodshed and get an A@# whooping for treating a truck like that!!

[michael bustamante]

hello?..... chevrolet humane association? id like to report the abuse of an elderly truck.....

[feller]

Wow, that's all I've got.

[alsriv2]

Crying shame....

[EARNHARDT#3]

I saw this ad browsing Craig's earlier today and couldn't believe me eyes LOL

[mechanicalman]

Originally Posted by Pizzalovr36

http://cnj.craigslist.org/cto/4946193527.html

What kind of a sick, twisted mind would do that?

OK, if that truck was a character in the movie "cars", what would his/her name/character be?

Accident victim? Mr. blue jeans? Frankentruck?

[cooperhw]

It's sad for sure. Good thing is it will probably sell and will not take much to improve on it's current state. Pretty solid old truck.
Wouldn't that be the catz azz for high school kids first truck? Dad can teach him right off the bat to "Never, Ever, do something like this to a good old truck". I would say they could even sell the bed to some ferd guy cept all the old ferds are dead and gone and melted down by now

[mechanicalman]

Originally Posted by cooperhw

I would say they could even sell the bed to some ferd guy cept all the old ferds are dead and gone and melted down by now

MAYBE some ferd guy with a newer ferd that still runs could make a trailer out of that?

[69 GMC Daily Driver]

The price is right, but that truck needs so much stuff...... I would pass and look for one with fewer dents, dings, rust spots, holes and missing parts.

[special-K]

I bet that's the happiest Ford bed out there. Take that bed off and they could raise the price. That beat Chevy bed would do wonders for the truck's look.

[Bladeboy1998]

I love this! Lol so of a f**d is a fooked over rebuilt dodge, what is this?

[midniteblues]

that is a crying shame... but maybe someone put that bed on the truck just to haul it to the scrapper

[Boog]

It's a shame I tell ya just what some people will do to a good ol truck. Look what I ran across in a local salvage yard. No respect at all...

[special-K]

When I moved into this house my next door neighbor had the best running '79 Ford F150 I have ever seen. It had a Chevy 350 in it, and this was 1986!

[Boog]

That neighbor. Hes a keeper. 😉

[Bladeboy1998]

I can't bash a ford engine, my mastercraft has a 351 cleveland in it and it has not had a single hickup, only have to do preventive maintainance. My 6.0 in my silverado, I can't say the same thing for. Also the 351 in my grandpas detomaso pantera is running flawlessly since 1972. I just think chevys look alot better and function just as good.

[special-K]

Which 351? There were three. And, that right there alone is what makes Chevy better, IMO. Too much confusion with parts. GMs were always best for keeping going without confusion over parts. I captained a Shamrock cuddy cabin with a 351, it ran hot chronically while the crabbers ran junkyard 350s everyday with no issues. I admit it was a lot of boat and heavy (28'/5200#), but so is a Bay-built with loaded pots. We like what we like, I guess. That neighbor came from a Ford family. He had a machine shop and I'm guessing he just had the motor and put it in. The truck was clean, not sure why the original motor lasted such a short time.

[Bladeboy1998]

I believe the one in the pantera is a cleveland as well, they originally had windsors but when he restored it he out a cleveland in becuae of the overheating problem. I have never had my boat overheat, and it weighs just north of 4000# and will do over 80! It screams! So does the pantera though, to fast for 5th gear! Lol

[hamjet]

LA LA LA LA! (ears plugged) I can't listen anymore!!!!!!

[franken]

Nothing wrong with Ford engines, but the 70s sheetmetal had a tendency to evaporate.
How often does the Pantera get driven, or how many miles on it? Not bashing Ford, I suspect it has no miles.
Not too bad a truck but the grill and bed need swapped. The field bed might last a while with some effort.
Scrape the oval off the fender

[CG]

My ford has Chevy drivetrain I've had more than a few comments from the ford loyalists lol

[Bladeboy1998]

Originally Posted by franken

Nothing wrong with Ford engines, but the 70s sheetmetal had a tendency to evaporate.
How often does the Pantera get driven, or how many miles on it? Not bashing Ford, I suspect it has no miles.
Not too bad a truck but the grill and bed need swapped. The field bed might last a while with some effort.
Scrape the oval off the fender

A little over 30,000 miles in the new engine (new being the 80s), not a ton but it has had about 40,000 on the old one before the restore. It gets driven a few times a week, except the winter.