Back in an IDI

[85hauler]

About a year ago I sold off my fleet of IDIs to pay for my SuperDuty Western Hauler.

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After putting 20k miles on the SD this year I decided I really do need a fleet of trucks. So a couple weeks ago I got a unbelievable deal on a '88 F350 crewcab 4x4 on a 4" lift. It's a 7.3 C6 with only 107k on it. The interior is like new. It was owned by an retired couple and it was their baby.

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Of course it needs a Turbo, so Friday I picked up this F250 ext cab 4x4 Dually conversion with a Banks Turbo for $1000. I'm gonna pull the turbo then fix up the F250 a little and resale it.

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It feels good to have IDIs in the driveway again.

 

[EMD_DRIVER]

Welcome "Back" to the fraternity!!

Gary

 

[69oiler]

wow sweet trucks

 

[RKOCH]

Now that is how IDI's are supposed to be 1 Ton, 4x4, C-6 and of course 4.10 gears man you are in there.

 

[69oiler]

i like the color scheme on that '88. less "dated" looking than the '80's brown i have on mine.

do you have 4.10 or 3.55 gears in that srw?

 

[david85]

Must be nice to find so much rust free fords down there. Very nice trucks.

 

[92F350CC]

Sweet ride. I'm hoping to buy another IDI someday if fuel goes down a little more. That is exactly the setup I would probably look for as well, allthough i'm more partial to either the brick nose(80-86) and the OBS(92-97). Would hope for a turbo, manual, and 4.10's. Ideal setup would be a 7.3 with a turbo-block, head studs, ATS Aurora, some sort of intercooler, moose pump, aluminum rad, 3" dp, 5" straight exhaust, with a zf-5 and possibly a gv, plus 4x4. A custom cam would also be pretty sweet. Throw all that in a crew-cab srw, and life would be great.

 

[69dieselfreak]

that 88 is FN nice serousily

 

[lotzagoodstuff]

That is a great looking bricknose.

 

[85hauler]

i like the color scheme on that '88. less "dated" looking than the '80's brown i have on mine.

do you have 4.10 or 3.55 gears in that srw?

The '88 has 4.10s. Actually all my IDIs have had 4.10s except for the '86 F250 I picked up for the turbo it has 3.55s.

the '88 was originally white and brown. The original owner had the dealership repaint the stripe blue. The interior is brown, so it makes for an odd color combination.

Now the "unbelievable" part of the deal on the '88 it was FREE!!!! The Po had only put a few hundred miles a year on it for the past 10 years and did not want to pay another years registration. They were real picky about who got the truck. I had to write a lenghty email about how I would use and care for the truckalong with my diesel related background. They actually did interviews with potential owners. It was like adopting their child.

 

[Agnem]

That's excellent. Wish more people did that.

 

[jimraelee]

that 88 is FN nice serousily

 

[69oiler]

dang they must not have needed the money, that's way cool. congrats.

 

[FordGuy100]

Wow you are a lucky guy I wish I could find a couple people around here giving their trucks away like that

 

[NCheek]

Where am I when deals like this happen? Nice truck, and "good to have you back."