I found this flipping through a Truckin mag from Aug. 01.

 

Its different for sure....

 

Slightly a Lightning! Nice though,don't take me wrong. I'd sure like a stick!

 

Just lower that thing and you've got yourself the best damn copy of an L I've ever seen. I would never spend that amount of money just to have a manual trans. over an auto. And this guy must have money to BURN. I want his job, to buy all that stuff from the dealer costs big $$$. Still nice.....copy

 

I was going to do that until I found out you couldn't even get the 5.4 with a stick, just the 4.6. Nor any other manufacturer. That means the above truck is only a 4.6! Not exactlly an "L". I even test drove the HD V-10 with the 6-speed, and was thinking about cutting it down to a short bed, but I didn't like the tranny. There's a conspirisy against mid sized engines with manuals in sport (reg cab / short bed) trucks, nobody does it (yet)!

Actually I'm gravitating toward paddle shifters. I know its a little wierd haveing a paddle shifting 2 1/2 ton truck, but so is it doing 12's in the quarter!

 

When I baught my truck new in 99 it was way hard to find a v8 in a reg cab flareside. Especially a black one with all the options I wanted.But after the L came out my style truck is everywhere. Hopefully a demand for light weight, full powered trucks will arise. Maybe then we will see some nicer trannys to go with them.

 

The manual tranny that comes with those 4.6s is nothing to write home about, either.

Steve

 

VERY nice truck. Take the Lightning badges off, thats just not right.

 

So?