Today was her birthday
 

Back on 12/9/97 I purchased my first truck. I was a senor in high school and she was a worn down ole 87 with 239,000 miles. I picked her up late that night and by the next night her tired 351W was sitting on an engine stand. My parents allowed me to get a credit card and purchase some goodies for the rebuild. I remember how excited I was when I the cam, heads, intake & carb showed up about a week later.

On Christmas I got a pair of shorty headers and by 12/26 I was ready to crank her up. I'll never forget the first time I cranked her up and she came sputtering to life. The carb was in dire need of tweaking but the little beast was alive.

Around the first week of February I was able to scrap up enough money for the 39.5X15X15 Super Swampers and those sweet looking wheels. She already had a 3' body and 6' suspension on her but the guy was running some crappy little 31' tires.

Months went by driving around with the factory 3.08!!!! gears until one lucky day a guy comes in after ordering some FRP 4.56 gears and decides he didn't want them. I was able to talk the guy into 4.10 gears for his stang and I made him a deal that I would pay for the 4.10's if he gave me the 4.56 gears.

Anyway enough with the old story about my first pickup. Here she is in all her glory.

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Yup my license plate says NOT HIGH

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Has it been repainted?

If it has or hasn't...

B-E-A-UTIFUL!!

Man aside from the winshield shade..... that is a SWEET truck..... :thumbsup:

Sweet! I had a 1990 F250 4x4 same body style. Loved the look of those trucks. They look so mean lifted.

Good looking truck.
Very similaiar to my first F-150. A 1987 4x4 with a 302, 4spd. What a gas hog, but gas was like $.97/g back then. Dual 20 gallon tanks and dual whip cb antennas.. Even had a lund moonvisor too. ahh, the memories!! :beers:

NICE RIG!!!

And now that we are talking about old times, I still miss my '79 Bronco with the 400M. Man that thing was a beast. I sold it like two years ago. Why? I have no idea... :confused:

I understand, my first truck was a 93 F150 351W Lightning. I love the looks of those trucks and the engine was damn reliable. I wanted to improve my 10mpg gas mileage so I bought a new truck, but the 05 doesnt do much better lol and atleast the Lightning was quick.

Very nice truck. My first truck was a 1954 F100 that someone had put a 289 and C4 in. It came out of a field. I went to work on it and ended up with a show truck, got tired of the car shows, then started drag racing. I put in a 351 Clev with Nitrous and a built C4, 4.88 gears. My best time was a 12.89. It is in storage now, maybe someday I will get it out and play with it some more. I had a blast with that truck. Loved to run the big block Chevys and look ar their faces when they found out it was a 351 Clev(small block Ford). Those 1969 engines had heads just like the Boss 302 engines. Drank gas but would really go.