pjf45

I plan on trying to find a 6th,7th,8th gen. f150 to build up. I have found a couple im interested in trying to build and i have no idea which to choose. I have found a two 79s with 351s in them, and 84 with a 300 and a 86 with a 351, and a 91 f150. Which generation should i choose? is there anything i should look for when going to look at the trucks? Im planning on swaping in either a fully built 351 or possibly a 460 in which ever one i choose at somepoint in the build

f1504L1F3

Depends what you wanna do with it...work truck, mud truck, show truck, etc I am partial to the late 70s body style. absolutely love them.

F-ReV

+1 on that those 79s are sweet probably my favorite gen to date

BUCKSHOT

X3, had more metal than plastic, easier to work on and the only thing holding someone back on the mods that can be performed on those is their bank account.

Aqua_Man

My favorite ford trucks are the early 60's flaresides. Out of your options though i would go with the 84 or the 86 as a mud truck or trail truck type build and the 79 as a bad *** daily driver. I own an 89 which is practically the same as the 91 and I love that too. It just depends on what you want to do. You can't really go wrong with any ford truck though.

rbrais

Don't go with the 91. Go pre-computer for restoring and swapping engines. Much less hassel. Plus with those old trucks you can pretty much sit on the inner fender well to work on the engine!

Not only that, if you go with a 70's or 80's, you have something desireable. 90's aren't really "classics" yet.

Wanted33

+1 Good advise indeed.

ymeski56

Pre 81'
81' is the year the MTU (Pre OBD1) was put into use.

Scrappy Doo

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The 79s all the way

Tacoma

In my opinion the best generation of the Ford F-150 was the 1997-2003 models