update on 87 truck

well I bought the truck last night after looking closer,heres what i found,F 150 XLT LARIAT and not a 250 as originally stated,really straight body,with very minimal rust just starting over one back fender well,excellent interior,paint in good cond and in fact the bed is not even scratched up bad, the only piece of trim even broken is the plastic insert on tailgate.definitly a 351 w,but i got two different stories on engine.talked to both son and grandson.son said they replaced timing chain,and carb was bad before.grandson said they replaced timing chain didnt get it right so it wouldnt start.either way its not a big deal timing is easy enough to check.some work done to engine in the past,mainly to remove emmision setup(headers,dual exhaust installed etc) to try to increase mileage.only thing i did not find is the ac compressor that they must have removed to work on timing chain,but its likely there.shoot for 175 dollars i couldnt pass on it,if nothing else it would make a pretty grocery hauler.I have somewhere around here a set of 2:11 gears that may fit rearend and that may help gas situation.I have another grandaughter turning sixteen before long might make a good first vehicle for her also. Thanks for the replies!

easy to work on trucks. should last many more years.

Good safe truck for the grand daguhter. Like you said not bad for the price. With the emmision gone will you have a problem to transfer the title? Here in Calif. a smog cherck is necessary to change title, and everything needs to be on the truck as far as smog stuff. A story: Years ago,while in Montana with a friend of mine in his chevy truck from Calif. The bearing went out on his air pump for the smog We took it to a parts store, the parts guy said what's that. I emagine things have changed by now, as far as smog equipement. Have fun with your truck. Stan

they dont even do emmision checks here anymore,even safety check arent done.ive heard of guys going into california getting stopped and having to change trucks because of the more stringent emmision laws there.I dont really like all the emissions being removed,besides the power needed to run the AIR pump i never could figure how it would save gas to do so. but guys back then would buy a new truck out of the front door of a dealership,drive it right around back to the shop and have it removed.good thing is the headers they installed on here does have the openings for emmisions already if I need to replace them.