My '99 F-350 Lariat build
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My '99 F-350 Lariat build
I picked up this '99 F-350 Lariat with the 6.8L V-10 today with the intention of imediatly selling it, but I think I'm going to keep it. It only has 125k miles so still has a lot of life left, but the body is totaled. It was a truck from Minnesota, so the bed is rusted out and the cab corners are rusted out.
The reason I bought the truck is because the wheels and tires are brand new, and I only spent 3200 on it. I think if it really came down to it I could still make money parting it out.
I was told it is on a 6" lift, and it has brand new 37x13.5R17 Cooper tires.
I want to keep this one cheap, I will probably get a new bed, doors (depending on how far the rust got through), and have someone weld in new metal for cab corners, then put bed liner on the whole truck. I wouldn't doubt it if I take the lift off and use this as my new work truck, that may happen when I wear out these tires.
The reason I bought the truck is because the wheels and tires are brand new, and I only spent 3200 on it. I think if it really came down to it I could still make money parting it out.
I was told it is on a 6" lift, and it has brand new 37x13.5R17 Cooper tires.
I want to keep this one cheap, I will probably get a new bed, doors (depending on how far the rust got through), and have someone weld in new metal for cab corners, then put bed liner on the whole truck. I wouldn't doubt it if I take the lift off and use this as my new work truck, that may happen when I wear out these tires.
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Looking at what I have to put into the truck it will either stay in it's current state and be used as my occasional work truck / hunting rig, or I may just as equally shove another bed on it, put new cab corners on it, bedliner the whole truck and sell it.
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If I had that truck, I would look for a 7.3 and slap that in it. The V-10's (IMHO) are one of the worst motors Ford has ever made. Underpowered, gas hog's and their unreliable in my experience.
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I think I'm just going to sell it, and sell my 150 next year then buy a newer F-150, or F-250. I did get new tires for the truck though, 37x12.5R16.5 Super swampers.
Last edited by Red-Ford; 11-18-2015 at 06:34 PM.
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Ended up selling her. I bought it for 3200, fixed a brake line for 300, spent 400 licencing it (it came from out of state), traded a guy tires and he ended up giving me 1k on top, then I ended up selling the truck today for 3750, so I made a total profit of 850 dollars.
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Ended up selling her. I bought it for 3200, fixed a brake line for 300, spent 400 licencing it (it came from out of state), traded a guy tires and he ended up giving me 1k on top, then I ended up selling the truck today for 3750, so I made a total profit of 850 dollars.
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Nothing better than making a few bucks. I had a 96 7.3, bought it from Michigan for $1800, the ONLY rust was on the bottom of the extended cab part and half of it was completely gone. I used body filler on one side, and said f-it on the other side, threw on some spray bed liner around the bottom, 2 new ball joints, and a chip (people around here go crazy over chips) Listed it for 4K, had someone come snag it the next day for $3200. Not to mention it had 296,000 miles, and leaked about 5 quarts of oil per week, but let me tell you, that old 7.3 was pretty damn quick on the top end. And I just about melted the rear tires off of it after I got the chip. I'm really glad that I've grown up since summer and actually take care of my F150, trying to make it nicer and not thrashing it.