HorseHead1089 99 #1 Posted February 10, 2016 (edited) Well as the title suggests, my Grandfather had a truck. as a young kid I rode in the truck with him as we would get break fast from a Pancake house early in the morning as we visited them in Pennsylvania in the summer. That truck was one of the most exciting things to see when we would visit. 8 Years ago they moved to a retirement center and sold the Truck to a neighbors brother who owned a Garage for truck repair for $1000. Now just last week we called the neighbor, called the garage, and found the owner the garage sold the truck to...for $2000. So we called the current owner who used it as a work truck off the road in a little backwoods nursery. Anyways, I bought it for $1000. 500 from me, 200 from my parents, and 300 from my grandparents. Needless to say i was very happy. 1988 F250 HD 2WD Open Diff. 4.9L/300CI Inline 6 C6 auto (3 speed) Reg. Cab LB Dual 19 Gal. Tanks Embossed "F O R D" Logo on TailGate est. 160,000 miles Factory working A/C, and questionable radio manual and smokers windows Edited February 10, 2016 by HorseHead1089 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 19,532 #2 Posted February 10, 2016 I deleted your duplicate posts for ya. Congrats on getting the truck! They have to be the most useful vehicles ever produced. Mike........... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HorseHead1089 99 #3 Posted February 10, 2016 Thanks sparky I will be getting it in one week! 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Racinbob 10,276 #4 Posted February 11, 2016 Great story. I'll bet the bulletproof 300 inline is just getting broke in. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roadapples 6,981 #5 Posted February 11, 2016 I thought you said old... My daily driver is a 98 with a 147,000. Newest vehicle I`ve ever owned. Glad you got Pap`s truck. It will last a long time.. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 51,627 #6 Posted February 11, 2016 51 minutes ago, Racinbob said: bulletproof 300 inline is just getting broke in. I'll second that; we had an '84 F150 on the farm that I had to replace the 300 CID six after about 300,000 miles, still ran great but the rings were bad enough that it wouldn't pass emissions and used too much oil. I always love to hear the younger generation finding "Grandpa's stuff" is worth hanging on to. Thanks for sharing. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HorseHead1089 99 #7 Posted February 11, 2016 Yeah definitely rare these days that kids my age are into this. To bad he didn't have a wheel horse, next week while getting his truck I just found, I'm picking up my grandfather cub cadet 100 he bought new in 64. In Pennsylvania where the truck was driven the roads weren't really salted so the truck has just about zero rust problems. The worst is bubbling over the rear wheel wells. Also more pictures will come next week. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oliver2-44 8,852 #8 Posted February 11, 2016 Yep, just getting broke in!. I had a 1991 F150 with the small block 302. It had 260,000 miles on it when i sold it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terry M-(Moderator) 2,125 #9 Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) F-250s....Nice Trucks Edited February 11, 2016 by Terry M Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken B 3,116 #10 Posted February 11, 2016 Very cool story and I'm very happy you were able to track it down and purchase it. She looks to be in real nice shape and that drive train is bullet proof. Back when my brothers owned their own electrical business I worked for them for 5 yrs. (late 80's early 90's) one of the trucks they had was an 81 F-100 with a 300 straight 6 and a 4 on the floor. The truck had over 250,000 HARD miles on it The truck still looked and ran fantastic so my brother kept it going. They put heavy duty helper springs in the rear and it had a contractors cap on it, that truck was always loaded and it was driven all over the state to various work sites.. Not once did we ever have a problem with it... My advice is to try and keep it off salted roads in the winter and stay clear of any roads that are calcium treated in the winter... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 51,627 #11 Posted February 11, 2016 Happy 17th birthday! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JC 1965 1,528 #12 Posted February 11, 2016 Congrats, You can't beat those old trucks. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TDF5G 2,051 #13 Posted February 11, 2016 That's a great story! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 59,644 #14 Posted February 11, 2016 4 hours ago, 953 nut said: Happy 17th birthday! good luck with Gramp's old truck! I always cherish the things from my Grandpa and love to use his old tools. I make sure I use his old tiller for even just a few minutes every spring to remind me of the years and years he tilled his garden to grow us that amazing rhubarb! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wishin4a416 2,185 #15 Posted February 11, 2016 Glad you could get it back in the Family. Good Luck!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
