Hey y'all (I'm a redneck now)

I just bought a 1995 F-150 short box. The thing is sweet: 114,000km's, 4x4, is super clean and runs perfectly! Plus the price was VERY good! It should be perfect for getting me onto the job sites and up rough logging roads...I think I want to get some more aggressive tires though. 31 inch BFG All Terrian TA's maybe.

I plan to keep her for a year or so and then hopefully if the budget allows, pick up a new Dodge or Chev.

Question: I want to get a soft touno (sp?) cover for the bed...where is the best place to get one? How much am I looking at spending?

ciao

Andy

 

Congrats I would suggest checking out e-bay for the cover. It should be a very straight forward install.

 

Now you'll need a light bar and/or a winch, with a few dents in the body(or paint one panel with a spray bomb). A loud exhaust or no exhaust(even beter) helps. Remember the goal is to spend more on the drive line than anything else.

Expect to pay a few hunderd $$$ for a cheap torno

 

Don't forget the GUN RACK and the 93.7 JRFM bumper sticker.

 

congrats!!

I would stay clear of the Dodge trucks, for now anyway. Pretty much all the newer ones from 94 to now have bad front ends. Its almost like a switch! Right around 100,000km's the front end starts to break down. Looking at anywere from $1000-$2000. Not pretty every 100,000km's. My brother-in-law works for Fountain Tire in Port Kells... I trust what he tells me, especially with the amount of trucks he works on.

 

I also heard the new 4X4 Dodges always pull to the right when braking, aparently its got to do with some shimming at the transfer box or something that after a few thousand clicks she goes, Dodge has a repair kit you can buy but aparently it makes it worse LOL.

 

That's a big ten four trucker buddy and a tonneau cover will look cool and it's a great way to hide stuff.

 

That's normaly with all full size trucks. Some last more some last less. It depends on the driving habits, tire size, road condisions and a bunch of other stuff.

 

project transam going to sleep ? or you just needed 2 gas guzzlers instead of one ?

4byin is a lot of fun though .. at times more so than drag racing .. i did that for a while untill i rolled the ol' jimmy

 

no...this thing gets decent mpg. I got 420km to my 60L tank running on 87 octain.

This truck is used for work. I'm going to be going up logging roads and onto remote job sites...I need something that can get me there.

Project Trans Am is one big **** OFF right now...thats the update

Andy