I hope that people are coming to this section. Oh well, if not it'll just be like when I talk to myself.
My dad (and my boss) is driving a '93 F150 with the 5.0 for work (plumbing, residential, light commercial). He bought this truck a couple years ago and it's been a POS since day one with it. He has problems with most of his work trucks because he doesn't take very good care of them. I try to tell him how important preventive maintiance is. I guess you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Lately he's been talking about getting into a new"er" truck. He saw a '97 F150XL in our area. I took it apon myself to go and take a look at it. It looks real nice, for an XL. The problems that I found with it are is the 4.2 and it has over 110,000 on it. They want $6500 for it. I think he should have at least the 4.6.
What do you all think? Is this truck past it's prime? Would the 4.2 hold up to the riggors of the plumbing world? Would it stand up to my dads neglect? Could he get a lower milage, V8 F150 for a few grand more?
Thanks!