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I agree with both of you...

My interior has gray seat and door panels with black carpet and dash. I've wanted to redo mine with tan upholstery and yours confirms my 'vision'. Thanks for posting that - I stole your pic for future reference.

It also has a 1994 Corvette LT1 and a 4l60E.

Using a 99 F350 crew long these days with the 7.3 and manual everything. Pulls and carries everything you could ask of it, and has for over 250,000 miles. Plows snow, too.

Gets good mileage, heater, AC and windows work, nothing fazes it.

Those are some nice trucks you JGray and Tater!

I like that drive train your running Tater. The optispark ignition is a little weird though.

I need to put disk brakes on mine. It has factory power but it is drums. Also I have a Turbo 400. would love to have a 4l60 so I could run lower rear gears and still cruz at a reasonable RPM.

My friend who's life revolves around cars and motorcyles says that 400 trans is costing me 30 HP extra to run as opposed to a smaller turbo 350.

My son has a '22 model 4x4 Ford with the 5.0 and he loves it. Good power and MPG. Chevy has jacked up a perfectly good engine design in their later model trucks.

Call me the old curmudgeon here, but I've owned 8 trucks since 1987 and each one, with one exception, was an improvement over it's predecessor. The one exception was my 2003 Ram 2500 with Cummins. Somewhat juiced up, it made 503hp and 1060 lb/ft at the wheels and was a blast to drive. Upgraded the transmission (Garmon Diesel Performance Transmissions) and drove it for 300k miles. The 2014 that followed it was quite tame in comparison. Traded it at 208k miles for my current 2023 Ram diesel, which is the most comfortable, best equipped, best tow vehicle I've owned.

I think they keep getting better..........

You get that off Safariman?

I think my truck is about perfect for my needs. 2015 Ram 2500, 4 door short bed, deleted 6.7 with a leveling kit rolling on 35x12.5-17's. 62k miles right now. But you said dream so.... https://www.legacyclassictrucks.com/p-34987-legacy-power-wagon-conversion.html

Late 60's to early 70's K5 Blazer

I always thought the 80-86 bullnose fords looked better than anything since. In '86 the solid dana60 front axle returned to the F350 after a hiatus. I'd love an '86 F350 crew cab.

We've fallen into possession of an '86 F250 with diesel and auto. I have a ZF5 in the garage for it. They're dogs without an aftermarket turbo, but still fine for local use or if not towing. I could see a solid axle swap and a VE-pumped cummins in its future. I've owned four different 6.9 or 7.3 IDI fords, so know that game well. They work pretty well with an aftermarket turbo and a manual transmission. Big bulky engine, not a lot of room to work around them, and they're always leaking something from somewhere.

Otherwise I can't find reason to part with my '99 F350 CC 4x4 LB with 452K on the odo. 7.3 and 6-speed manual. My eyes will wander but first finding a manual CC 4x4 LB truck and then fixing all the little things is daunting. They don't grow on trees. I'd love to find a later V10/manual F350...2005-2010.

This would be my choice. Probably rough riding but it's a beauty. Just a photo off the Internet.

Do y'all see the Mecum over the weekend. quite a few pre 80's truckes went for <$15k

This isn't an easy question. I really liked my 1974 High Boy. There is one I would like, 1974 International 200, 4x4 with a pto winch. Not many made and not many left. Always liked them.

I was surprised to see all the posts of the truck owned by the posters. My “dream truck” isnt something I’ve achieved. Kudos are in order

Stupid crazy the prices those are bringing, right?

I've got a '59 Apache short/wide, that I'm considering setting on a mid-'80's 4X chassis.
Body's pretty straight other than the front fenders.
What to do - what to do? Not sure I've got enough time for another project.

One of those, here in town - front plate reads "Grandpa's Wagon".
Just a little darker color, too - pretty!