Hello, I am 15 years old and am looking for my first truck. I want a 1997-2002 Ford f-150. It has to have these features: 4x4 (I live in Iowa), 4.2 v6 motor, a manual transmission if possible (I do know how to drive a manual), regular cab is preferred but will settle for extended, around100,000 well maintained miles, short-box would be nice, as little rust as possible. Is this possible with $6,500?

 

yea its possible, to get that it would pretty much be a XL work truck and it might be beat up

ive got a buddy with a 03 reg cab v-6 5speed 4x4 and he gave around that for his, idk how many miles it has though

 

I spent about that on my truck thats in my garage...

2000 XLT 77k miles K&N air filter new radio sirius xm thing is minty. Just look wait a few months to get a great deal, and never stop paying attention to sites like craiglist, or even the news paper classifieds

 

Hey welcome to the forums. Nice to see some more iowans on here. That sounds about tight for price but spring for the v8 ull be happy you did.

 

I got my 99 F150 XLT 4x4 offroad with the 5.4 and oversized tires for $5000. It had 112,000 miles on it. Had to replace a ball joint shortly after buying it but cant beat the price.

 

The only reason I want 4.2 is because of fuel economy

 

There isn't much of a difference. Most of the 4.6's get about the same fuel econ as a 4.2. Take it from some one who has dropped $4000 into a 02 4.2 that he got for $5000 with 67K miles, get the 4.6. 30 more hp but well worth it when it comes to reliability. Oh yea, OE Ford clutches suck. I've got 30K miles on my 2nd clutch (replaced the original due to a bad throwout bearing at 95K miles) and this one is warped to hell. Haven't even pulled anything close to the 3500 lb limit of the clutch, just not worth it if I have to drop the transmission every 30K miles to either sort something out with the clutch or slave cylinder.

 

I dont think your going to find one at that price with that low of miles... my first was a 99 Lariat extd cab with almost 200,000... and we payed 6 for it

 

That's an extended cab. Like I said, I got my reg cab short bed with 67K miles for $5000.

 

U paid 6 grand for a truck with 200,000 miles on it?