Lower Radiator Hose Blew (Original part) at 80000 miles.
Emergency brake cables were frozen when I bought the truck.
Carburetor had a flooding problem the first winter I owned the truck, easy fix.
This truck has been a dream vehicle for me. As a sixteen year old I bought it from a older gentleman in town and it served me beautifully ever since.
The engine has the trademark I6 roughness when starting it up, but while running it is a beauty. The body was amazingly well maintained, quite a few northern winters and not a bit of rust.
It is a 2WD model, but with weight in the back paired with incredibly low gears I fared better than some friends with 4WD vehicles.
The engine is a bit slow, but it makes up for low horsepower in beastly low end torque (smokes tires in gears 1-3!). I have had 2 ton loads in the bed and it felt no different driving uphill than it normally does.
The only complaint is poor gas mileage, which is why, with todays gas prices I am trading my trusty truck in for a more gas economical vehicle.
Stop don't do it a little gas money will never equal the repair costs of a newer more fuel conservative car. I own a 1984 f-150 and it is super!!! unlike every newer car I have bought my wife. I want to be buried in this truck!!!
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