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Resident Fruitcake
As some of you know we have moved here in the last month and I'm putting the finishing touches on getting the last of our stuff moved and stored from the house... I have found a couple of items and I'm going to let the first one go in this manner...
Ok I have in my possession an original 1991 sales brochure for the F-Series trucks and I would like to pass it along.
So just for being the first to reply is not going to get you the prize I want to give those that aren't on here like an addict a chance to get it if they want it.
Let's write a little story as to why you bought your truck and why you love your IDI.
To kick it off I'll start to give you an idea....
Back in 1998 Sherri was in a way with baby and we owned an 1996 ext cab short bed Chevy Z71 (5.7L vortec -first year for them) and she said that you can't put a baby seat effectively in the back seat of a 2 door pick up that we needed a 4 door truck. So I said if you get 4 doors then I get a diesel. I started looking and found that they weren't cheap so we started looking for a used on and found that really the only one that made a crew cab diesel was Ford and knowing that Ford made a pretty decent truck we started looking for what would become The Enterprise. I seen on in the Auto/RV at a dealership 100 miles away but just so happened to be in a town that a buddy of mine lived in (Scott - Snicklas here on the site). So I called Scott knowing that his family was a long time Ford family to ask him to take a look at it for me and tell me if it was worth the drive down to take a peek. He said yep I'll a gander - so Sherri and I are running around to local dealerships and individuals the evening that Scott was supposed to look at The Enterprise and though what the heck let's drive down and take a look at the truck if nothing else we'll just be going down to visit Scott and Miss... So we headed off with the intention of having supper with a good friend.
We stopped at the dealership and was nabbed by a salesman right off, I asked about the truck and he said I think we have one like that around here but we could not locate it so as we were standing there in the lot looking for it Scott rolls in behind the wheel with a big grin on his face. No wonder we could not find it - it was out on a test drive. Scott said yep I drove the hell out of it (full throttle take offs and hard braking - truck ended up never seeing the end of driving style like that hummmm....) he said that she ran pretty well. We both looked over the truck pretty good testing out things like the running boards... Now you have to realize that neither Scott nor I are small boys and he jumps up on the running board (and I mean JUMPS up on it) so I do the same right next to him. Salesman about drops a load right here as we start bouncing on it - that salesman just knew that the running board was going to come ripping off the truck.
But it held - the entire truck shook but the running boards held.
I took it for a test ride and when we came back we signed the papers - but did make them fill up one of the tanks before I took it home.
Went out to eat afterwards and enjoyed the ride home in a truck that sounded like it was so low on oil that I was positive that the lifters were shot - what do you expect it was my first diesel.....
So there you have it boys and girls... let's hear your IDI purchase story and let me know why you should get the prize.... I'll let this run for about a week and then will announce whom I think should get it.
Ok I have in my possession an original 1991 sales brochure for the F-Series trucks and I would like to pass it along.
So just for being the first to reply is not going to get you the prize I want to give those that aren't on here like an addict a chance to get it if they want it.
Let's write a little story as to why you bought your truck and why you love your IDI.
To kick it off I'll start to give you an idea....
Back in 1998 Sherri was in a way with baby and we owned an 1996 ext cab short bed Chevy Z71 (5.7L vortec -first year for them) and she said that you can't put a baby seat effectively in the back seat of a 2 door pick up that we needed a 4 door truck. So I said if you get 4 doors then I get a diesel. I started looking and found that they weren't cheap so we started looking for a used on and found that really the only one that made a crew cab diesel was Ford and knowing that Ford made a pretty decent truck we started looking for what would become The Enterprise. I seen on in the Auto/RV at a dealership 100 miles away but just so happened to be in a town that a buddy of mine lived in (Scott - Snicklas here on the site). So I called Scott knowing that his family was a long time Ford family to ask him to take a look at it for me and tell me if it was worth the drive down to take a peek. He said yep I'll a gander - so Sherri and I are running around to local dealerships and individuals the evening that Scott was supposed to look at The Enterprise and though what the heck let's drive down and take a look at the truck if nothing else we'll just be going down to visit Scott and Miss... So we headed off with the intention of having supper with a good friend.
We stopped at the dealership and was nabbed by a salesman right off, I asked about the truck and he said I think we have one like that around here but we could not locate it so as we were standing there in the lot looking for it Scott rolls in behind the wheel with a big grin on his face. No wonder we could not find it - it was out on a test drive. Scott said yep I drove the hell out of it (full throttle take offs and hard braking - truck ended up never seeing the end of driving style like that hummmm....) he said that she ran pretty well. We both looked over the truck pretty good testing out things like the running boards... Now you have to realize that neither Scott nor I are small boys and he jumps up on the running board (and I mean JUMPS up on it) so I do the same right next to him. Salesman about drops a load right here as we start bouncing on it - that salesman just knew that the running board was going to come ripping off the truck.
But it held - the entire truck shook but the running boards held.
I took it for a test ride and when we came back we signed the papers - but did make them fill up one of the tanks before I took it home.
Went out to eat afterwards and enjoyed the ride home in a truck that sounded like it was so low on oil that I was positive that the lifters were shot - what do you expect it was my first diesel.....
So there you have it boys and girls... let's hear your IDI purchase story and let me know why you should get the prize.... I'll let this run for about a week and then will announce whom I think should get it.