Welcome To OB Takara!

[k_williams1982]

I'd like to be the first to welcome Takara (my other half) to OB. She originally wanted a Dodge puke but I told her IDI or nothing, so we found her a Ford of her own (see thread "Buying Another IDI"). She has helped me work all all my previous IDI's, so she does know a little about these trucks, but like all of us she's still learning.

Now that she's a member, I better watch what I say so that I don't end up with a lump on my head...

 

[LCAM-01XA]

Well then, welcome it is indeed Please ignore some the retardedness some of us spread around, I assure you it's not contagious

 

[icanfixall]

Welcome to the site. We are for the most part harmless but sometimes a few will get out of line and post something not really fair... The members here are committed (maybe I shouldn't have used that word) to helping keep the money in your pocket and not at the dealership....

 

[t_hayes1984]

Thanks I am super excited, it is my first IDI and I can't wait to get it here and start working on it!

 

[LCAM-01XA]

Be careful tho, that's how it starts - soon after this one is all fixed up you'll be looking at others, heck given enough time you'll be eying every crewcab dually that drives by you

 

[k_williams1982]

Be careful tho, that's how it starts - soon after this one is all fixed up you'll be looking at others, heck given enough time you'll be eying every crewcab dually that drives by you

Don't tell her that! I'm the one the has to fix everything on her "honey-do" list and so far I already have my work cut out for me.

 

[LCAM-01XA]

Lol, too late, beans are spilled - prepare for the crewcab dually in your future ;p But hey, at least she's willing to help ya, I bet several of the married guys here would consider you very lucky in that department

 

[poolguy]

NOTE: willing to trade one ex for a newer model that will cook, clean, do some mechanical repairs, and has a nice fishing boat. (please enclose picture of boat)

Thanks,
Chuck

 

[dmaxjoe]

Welcome T !! That is one mighty fine lookin truck. That is my favorite body style. I hope it serves you well.

 

[k_williams1982]

The only dually I've seen so far that I want has three doors down each side. Since we use the trucks for hauling firewood, a dually isn't as easy to get around the woods in. When was the first dually 4x4 trucks made by Ford? If it was a 4x4 I might consider it, but I prefer the SRW trucks. My driveway down the side of the house to the garage is BARELY wide enough for my current CC to make it down. I doubt I could even get a dually back to the garage...

 

[The Warden]

Welcome aboard

And, I don't think Ford built a 4x4 crewcab dualie until the SuperDuties came out, but I can't say for certain...

 

[tjb]

Hey man that is awesome your wife likes to help work on the truck, I too am lucky my wife likes to get out and work with me on mine. I will set her up with whatever tools she needs and if she needs help or questions she just asks.

 

[k_williams1982]

Hey man that is awesome your wife likes to help work on the truck, I too am lucky my wife likes to get out and work with me on mine. I will set her up with whatever tools she needs and if she needs help or questions she just asks.

That's what I do too. She's been watching and helping me long enough that I think she can do most of it on her own. Maybe now that she is going to own one herself she will understand the "addiction" to working on these trucks ... even if it's tearing the rear brakes apart at 11PM in the rain while under a tarp...

 

[LCAM-01XA]

Ha, at least you have a tarp, I had to take apart the D44 hubs of my old '78 and install new studs for both front wheels on the side of the road at like midnight - no tarp, no cover from the freezing rain, and the local idiots flying WOT just a few feet away. The things we sometimes do for our trucks... lol

I'm not sure of the 4x4 duallies, but I've noticed that most any late-'80s and early-'90s Ford dually 4x4 seems to be a crew cab, regcabs seem pretty rare. Beats me, maybe someone else knows more about it.

 

[tjb]

ya before long mine will be telling me how to fix it.