How does this look for a disgusting pickup truck.

Ford fleet can go blow it out their ears. Nothing but the run around on getting a new F250/350 XL. SO I have decided to find the biggest, ugliest low mileage truck that I can with a lift gate and just service it really well and drive it till it dies a terrible death.

IE this truck, every panel has a scrap and ever dent is huge but it drives clean and has a clean bill of health.

http://www.commercialtrucktrader.com/listing/2001-FORD-F250-113192805

Are those headlights stock for a F250 in 2001, thing only has 56K miles and it drivers really well and has no frame damage that I can see. Plus it was a fleet truck and they have the records including a recent plug change.

Told them I would do 4500$ OTD on it Cash today.

That would make a great motorcycle hauler and Home Depot/Lowes run hauler. I'd drive it .

You know that thing is going to ride like a truck. A real truck.

Good score. Hard to believe that mileage

Well it would get about 5K miles a year and 2500 would be completely loaded. The other 2500 are to the dump for mulch/dirt/furniture with a empty bed.

Looks good. If you drive it fully loaded half the time, even the gas mileage won't hurt so much.

I had the same truck except white & v10 (and now has 180k miles). Drove the snot out of it and then sold it to my current employer (thus keeping it as a work truck). Ugly, dented, and rusty (came from MI)- reliable as a hammer.

Be sure with any ford to grab the VIN and run an oasis report - Any ford dealer can do this for free if you ask nicely. This will tell you of any warranty work (or service work). recalls too.

Also ford lets you re generate the original window sticker. Just put your VIN at the end of this link:

Window sticker lookup

Base work trucks got the sealed beam headlights like that. You could switch to the fancier type that XLT and above trim got, but why?

Datsun1500 wrote: Start it up cold and see what it sounds like. The 5.4 can have issues.

I know the Triton issue pretty well. Assuming plugs are going to blow out on me at some point. I fired it up cold, idled really well, non of the funny noises you would associate with the fords.

I figure ~1500$ for some better tires, a full service including plugs and tranmission and rear end fluid swap and it should be good for at least another 30-40K miles right. The thing will pay me back in less then six months completely at that price with what I am paying for rentals with a lift gate in the same period.

Not disgusting enough try harder. Cab and a half V 10 or deezel, you know for the granola grazers.

Vinyl floors, vinyl seats, and crank windows. That thing is a beast of burden. If all of that recent service has been done, I see no reason that it wouldn't last another 100-150k miles.

Doesn't look disgusting to me, just looks like a truck

Other than not being a GM, its perfect. Don't wash it and enjoy never getting cut off in traffic again.

Datsun1500 wrote: The plugs were replaced last year at 46K miles, they should be OK.

That was in the fleet service package. Going to try and get it tomorrow if I can.

Nice truck!
I have a love-hate relationship with lift-gates.
Specifically, I love them but can't help remember the time I caught my thumb in one.

5.4 spark plug issues you know about. Also the exhaust studs love to rot away and cause leaks, and sometimes the exhaust manifolds will crack. Dorman makes replacement manifolds that may be better.

These don't rust in the same atrocious fashion as the crappy round-faced trucks but do look at the bed crossmembers to make sure they still exist.

That is not disgusting. YOU LIE!!! LOL

Nice snag.

that is what a truck should look like.

In reply to wearymicrobe:

I have the exact same truck, only dressed in white, and without the liftgate, sitting out in front of the house right now. 325k on the odometer. I hate it.

Nick_Comstock wrote: In reply to wearymicrobe: I have the exact same truck, only dressed in white, and without the liftgate, sitting out in front of the house right now. 325k on the odometer. I hate it.

Why the hate, you have driven it 300K miles.

We have a fleet of those and have had pretty good luck with them. One blew out plugs and one had 2 of the 8 plugs break otherwise we drive the snot out of them fully loaded year round with just fleet maintenance. They are pretty un-inspiring but reliable.

In reply to wearymicrobe:

Besides my deep and passionate hate for the blue oval. It's a company truck, I've only had to put up with it for the last couple months. It's been heavily smoked in. It has a broken A/C system. The steering wheel has turned into a black gooey mess. The seat is decomposing. And I'm in this thing for way too many hours, in central Texas, with no A/C.

Other than that the stupid thing starts every time, tows and hauls with ease and has not failed me yet.

seems fine, and I'm a Chevy guy.

nice color scheme. Whose fleet was it in, McDonald's?

Seriously, I'd rock it. Maybe with a big red clown wig, streaky makeup over a 3 day beard, and a bent cigarette. Blue collar Ronald.

My work truck is a Lariat F350. I really miss the XL I had with the vinyl seats and rubber flooring. Use to take the hose and clean the interior. I never would have bought the Lariat, but Ford was unloading all the trucks really cheap back in 07 when the new 08 models were coming out. I bought that loaded 350 for much less than I paid for the 03 XLT I had prior. I would love to go get a new stripped down one now, but its hard to justify getting rid of something that gets up and goes to work every day without any drama or complaints. My 07 Diesel F350 has been good to me.

ultraclyde wrote: nice color scheme. Whose fleet was it in, McDonald's?

Frazee paint, I wanted ugly and reliably and this was the closest that I could find while still have an airbag.