After months of looking for a 1st Gen and having many near misses, I found a truck I couldn't pass up for my son. 1 owner, 80 year old man, 4X4, automatic,power everything, camper shell, 87,000 on a 7.3 litre IDI. No turbo though.$2500


Too bad it is a FERD.



I'll keep looking for me a play truck. It will for sure be a 1st Gen Dodge.

 

Now find a 1st gen with a good engine and there you go! BTW, where do you live? I know of one with a bad body but has a good engine.

Fella, we lost another one

Jon

 

Oh well, you win some and you loose some. Looks like a nice truck

 

I sold a Ferd (7.3L NA = no turbo) to buy the Dodge!

 

dude, if you know what you want, dont settle, i woulda kept lookin for a dodge, but if your sons happy, thats what counts..... i guess, lol.

 

I figured at the price for the mileage and condition I couldn't pass it up. I'm going to get myself a 2wd 1st gen for a play and chore truck. the bad thing with this truck was that the guy originally posted it for $1300 but received so many emails he decided to take offers. If the Ferd don't pan out for him we can always look again for a 1st Gen.

 

thats true, all sounds like a good plan. i been keeping my eye out for a cummins dodge myself, if a good deal came around, to replace my toyota.

 

Man I've seen some nice really attractively priced 1st Gens on craigslist Eugene. If I hadn't been back in school finishing a degree I would've taken a road trip up there to buy one. I remember a sweet blue 4 wheeler for $5995 with 180,000.

 

Is he a first time driver? If so, a Ferd is the best way-only those heavily experienced can handle the massive torque of a first gen! No offense to the son, just to Ferds.

 

AMEN, brother. My first was a ferd, drove it 1 day and the engine caught fire

But it has nothing compared to the cummins.

Jon


PS, can you really compare a gasser vs a diesel, much less the Cummins

 

No you cant. And I dont have much room to talk. I dreamed about one truck for 10 years. I have it now, for 2 years now. Its a Ford. But its a 79 4wd beast on 36s, with sentimental value.

 

Brought the truck home tonight. On further investigation the paint is in better condition than it looks in the picture, there's no receiver so it's never towed anything. The power is better than my 460 Ford I owned but nothing near my 2006 Cummins. It'll make a fine run around hunting rig for him.

 

The IDI 7.3 is a fine pickup truck motor. The power is adequate as long as you're not trying to tow something heavy up a hill in a hurry. Enjoy it and keep after the coolant changes/additive.

oilburners.net is a good IDI board.

 

My truck is a 7.3l IDI it has good power and will tow anything just don't try to do it fast. I plan to get Me a 1st gen when a good deal comes around and install it on the ford (excellent truck) but the IDI is very good for now.

Btw OB is the best

 

Going to do the oil and coolant changes right away. Will add Power Service to the fuel and keep an eye on the fuel filter with a new one sitting in the cab.