I've got a SCAB...I like it, but in retrospect, I shoulda bought a regular cab. A nice 4wd reg cab with the 6.5 box would suit me fine. I've got bedside toolboxes now, so the extra room behind my seat is almost always empty/unused...would have preferred the extra cash from buying a cheaper truck.

 

I got what I wanted and I don't give a rats rear end what anyone else thinks

 

Because some people can get a Screw to haul passengers and tow a boat. That's still using a truck for what a truck is meant to be used for and they don't need a lot of bed space either.

 

this is such a stupid thread.

 

what!!?? this is a great thread!! almost as usefull as one argueing over color choice! good thing there isnt a price difference there..

 

I just think there is not a real competion between regular cab, supercab or crewcab, you get what you need, in my case, I wanted a little bit of extra space, you know, for groseries, small things, and a friend that needs a ride from time to time, there just my wife and me right now, so I got the supercab, with a LONG BED, because we are in the middle of a construction at home, so I knew I would need the long bed to transport any king of materials I will need, for me the SuperCrew would not work, because such a small bed, also, I mountaing bike with my friends, I can put my bicycle alongside with my brother's bike just fine, I am not sure the SuperCrew could fit my bike without skratching my brother's bike.

Ford put out the options, you just get what you need, I don't think one is better then the other, you just have to use the best application for you.

 

Vamp,

Heres a new concept. Some of us use our trucks for recreation as well as daily drivers. I have the SCab w/ 6.5 bed and I find that it accomplishes all that I need and paid for it to do.

When I go hunting, fishing, 4wheeling, etc... I can comfortably fit 4 grown men for several hours in the nice climate controlled cabin while all of our gear is safely stowed in the bed. And when we are done, all of our dirty, wet gear, and game conveniently ride in the back. I don't know about you but getting duck blood out of the capet on a Chevy Impalla is a real PIA. (sarcasism)

What I can't understand is why anyone would invest 4/5 the cost for a regular cab and fail to realize the benifits that these "fadish" trucks have.
BTW these trendy rigs have been around for at least 30 years. Yeah, I see this as a passing fad (sarcasism again)
1974 F250 CREWCAB.
1976 F150 SCAB


Don't limit your options.

Ox

 

man i love those older ones ox, but the red one is not a 76, unless someone changed the front out from a 78-79.

i have a supercab, suits me just fine. long enough bed to haul a riding mower wtih the tailgate up. enough room for a few people to sit in the back every once in a while. thats all i needed!

 

Oxlander...My replay stated that my LTD/Impalla would never go off road, so duck blood on the seats is not realavent..Your pick's of the 74 and 78-79 are cool looking trucks and it proves my point that the pick up is a reinveted fad, What comfort and conviance options was arround back than compared to now?

Truck for truck I would take a 1973- 1979 f-150 over a new f-150 to use at the job site, And a 80's rwd car to crusie in. I'm locked into the 04, so I'm dreaming...Times do change and the market has to reinvent its self to stay ahead.

So, reg cab, super cab, super crew, we buy what we need/what we can afford.

 

Lots of good points in this post, but hey, no digs against the reg cab.
My truck seats 3 (twice in 9 months, and both times, I wished it only sat two...) and fits in my garage, without making it hard to get to the other side.
I looked at Scabs, but my wife didn't want to back one up. Even with a short bed, it's a looong sucker. She backed up a 2003, and that was the end of that.

The Reg cab has lots of space, great for tossing the rifle case or whatever behind the seat. And about that 4/5? No way! My reg cab STX with goodies sold for about half the cost of the cheapest Scab on the lot!!

Funny thing about the pricing on these trucks, around Sothern California they put the Reg Cabs and the Screws on sale about four times as much as the Scabs. Works for me.
Chris

 

Um, I don't go off-road to hunt. I do bring back game. OK, not in a long time, but the point remains.

On the years you like, spoken like someone who has never owned those trucks/cars.

When we are young, we become fascinated by cars we see around us.
I fell in love with the 68 vette.

Had to have one, in white. Years later, when I did get one, I found it really wasn't the best year, model, etc. Not that I let that stop me from buying one. Or later selling it…

The guys a little older than me have ‘had’ to build rods.
Guys a little younger, build 65 stangs' 56 Chevys. etc.
Ten years younger, and they want Camaros, and 69 Mach ones.
Ten more years younger, and they want Trans-Ams.

It has nothing to do with the cars, it's about getting older, and wanting to get your 'first love'.

I have had all the cars listed, lots of others, and trust me, the 80's sedans were at best, god-awful. Best vehicles from the 80's were marginal.
The 73-79 ford trucks were poorly executed smog motors, with rotten emissions, truck like ride, poor gas mileage, etc.
Sure, guys fell in love with them, and some guys got good service. Some guys get erections just looking at the pictures, but that doesn’t make them exceptional trucks. They were 'transition' trucks, as the builders were still trying to figure out how to add mileage, lower emmisions, better brakes, etc.
They were dumped as soon as something better came along.

Don't kid yourself that they would have a chance in Haydes of competing on the market if you brought them back.

As to 80's sedans, sheesh.
Oh well, as has been said,
Stupid thread.
Chris

 

well, chris, you get what you pay for...or do you....I have owned a 1973 Mercury Meteor 1977 f-100 1978 LTD 2 1981 Chev Mailbu, 1981 LTD and a 84 LTD...all were org owner cars. .I admit thease are not hot products for todays world Total cost of all was half off my years payment's on my 04 f-150. I also owned a 97 f-150 2002 f-150, you don't have to agree with me.....I know what I'm talking abought.

I admit tmy desired cars are not hot products for a morden world. Ford, dodge GM are still playing "Tranasition game" with trucks...it's not ever going to end.

I can Handel the truck like ride, poor gas mileage and cheaper, oh no fix it your self with out taking out the coil packs v/8.

as I said, I'm in dream land and Loking to buy/restore a older f-150. In 30 plus years you would expect a 04 05 truck to be better, but factor in the cost, some times thier not.

sorry for putting this post off track, buy what ever makes you happy.

 

From an asthetic standpoint, I think Supercrews look kinda out of proportion, the additional interior room is nice though. For what I haul around, the 5.5' or 6.5' beds do fine, and like someone else said, I've got a trailer too for bigger stuff. I think my next truck will be a Supercrew someday though.

 

ChrisAdams,

I never intended to throw digs against the Regular cab (or any other cab for that matter).

When I am comparing the pricing btwn Reg. Cab and the SCab I am using MSRP straight from Ford.com.

Of course regional incentives and inventories will dictate pricing variations.
Here in the Houston market the difference btwn the two is usually less than 20%

Cyclone Vampire you are correct when you say buy what you need/afford. Just don't criticize others for doing the same.

FYI def: "Fad- A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; a craze."

What is this "reinvented pickup fad" that you speak of? Please educated me.

1926 Ford Model T

I just hate those 79 year old fleeting fads

Ox

 

Wasn't really worried about it, more in fun.
My most recent adventure in Ford pricing was a month ago.
Prices actually ran more like this
Reg cab 13,899
Supercab 19,699
Supercrew 22,999
This is before tax, after rebates, what you would pay if you went in and bought each of these trucks that day.
Sale prices, but they are available most every weekend.

So call the Crew 100%
Then the Scab is 86%
close to your number,
But the reg cab is 60%
When I bought mine, the cheapest Crew on the lot was an XLT, and even with rebates it was 26,000
My truck was 12,999 so that would be 50%. Which is more what the dealers actually carry in this neck of the woods.

On the debate, I think for a 'work truck' that doubles for a people carrier, the Scab makes a lot of sense. For a boat tower, camper, mostly people carrier, the Screw clearly wins. Any one letting a kid out of the back at school, knows why you have the four true doors.
And if it's 90% work, or you have just the wife/girlfriend, the Reg wins on the dollars every time.
Chris