Thursday, February 14, 2013

Some Vehicles Are More Equal Than Others

a/k/a/ "2 wheels good, 4 wheels bad."

Although the FJR is still my go-to for basic transportation, there is a new hunk of metal in the driveway at the Estrogen Palace...


1987 Ford F150 XLT Lariat

Man, it's going to be nice to be able to take rifles to the range again without getting pulled over for "safety inspections".
That and getting to work dry when it's raining...
Yeah. That will be nice too.

TBG- ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE

6 comments:

Luc said...

You're going to put a gun rack in the back of that thang?

kx59 said...

looks like whoever had that before you took pretty good care of it.
Is it carbureted or throttle body injection?

Old NFO said...

Oldie but a goody and probably good for another 100000 miles at least! :-)

The Big Guy said...

Luc: There already IS a gunrack in the back window.

KX: It has a rebuilt 302 (4.9L) V8 EFI plant.
Sounds like a tank when it's idling...

ONFO: easily. About the only thing I need to do is replace the headlights- the aiming hardware (small plastic parts) is shot and the lenses have cataracts; I found them on ebay for $22 each.

kx59 said...

so here's the $64 dollar question: Does the AC work?

The Big Guy said...

Oh yeah.

(Not that that would have been a deal breaker- No AC on the FJR either.
Nothing like sitting in summer traffic with jacket and gloves...)

But yeah- nice AC.