Roger B
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Well, I might as well throw my two-cents in. I come from a Ford family. The first one I remember was a '38 pickup my father owned when I was a kid. It was already old by that time. Then came a '57 Ranchero followed by a '59 Ranchero, then in the early 60's he got into Econolines. I learned to drive in a 1928 Model A, but that was a real fluke as it was nearly 30 years old the first time I drove it. Mother had a series of Nash's. The first was an Ambassador she had for a while and then several Ramblers, but eventually she had Fords too. I had a couple Ford Falcons in the early and mid 60's, then joined the Sub Service in 1964, had a '68 Mustang 2+2, but had to sell it as the local bank wouldn't let me take it to Hawaii, so I bought a '69 428 cid Cobra-Jet.. Now that was a ridiculous car to own in Hawaii! You'd be on the other side of the island before you could get out of second gear!! The Navy shipped it (and me) back stateside to California where I discovered that I couldn't drive it from San Diego to Arizona on I-8 as there weren't enough gas stations to fill it up at! Then gas prices went to $0.499/gallon for high test and I thought I couldn't possibly afford that! So I traded it in on a 1971 Datsun pickup with a 1600 cc engine!! Now that was a change in pace, let me tell you!!! Put a cab-over camper on the Datsun and used it until I got out of the Navy in 1974.
I joined the family business at that time and got back into Fords. Had an Escort and an old pickup. The company had Ford vans. We kept them all about ten years each, but by that time the salt on the roads in Maine would devour the metal work and we'd trade them in for new ones. I think we went through around 20 different Ford vans and never really had anything seriously go wrong with any of them. You can say what you want about Fords, but they treated me well for most of my life. Regular maintenance and most any vehicle will last as long as you want.. 'Cept maybe Dodge, they made some real junk for a good many years. I know that they have done some serious advertising for the last few years, trying to convince folks that they now build a good truck, but it's going to take a l-o-n-g time to convince us old guys that they have really changed. The old saying: "Once bitten, twice shy" comes to mind...
Sorry, no jokes . . . Well, here's a couple I didn't see on here: Ford - "Fix Or Repair Daily"... GMC - "Garage Man's Companion"
Ta-Da-Ta-Da . . . That's all folks....
Roger B
Well, I might as well throw my two-cents in. I come from a Ford family. The first one I remember was a '38 pickup my father owned when I was a kid. It was already old by that time. Then came a '57 Ranchero followed by a '59 Ranchero, then in the early 60's he got into Econolines. I learned to drive in a 1928 Model A, but that was a real fluke as it was nearly 30 years old the first time I drove it. Mother had a series of Nash's. The first was an Ambassador she had for a while and then several Ramblers, but eventually she had Fords too. I had a couple Ford Falcons in the early and mid 60's, then joined the Sub Service in 1964, had a '68 Mustang 2+2, but had to sell it as the local bank wouldn't let me take it to Hawaii, so I bought a '69 428 cid Cobra-Jet.. Now that was a ridiculous car to own in Hawaii! You'd be on the other side of the island before you could get out of second gear!! The Navy shipped it (and me) back stateside to California where I discovered that I couldn't drive it from San Diego to Arizona on I-8 as there weren't enough gas stations to fill it up at! Then gas prices went to $0.499/gallon for high test and I thought I couldn't possibly afford that! So I traded it in on a 1971 Datsun pickup with a 1600 cc engine!! Now that was a change in pace, let me tell you!!! Put a cab-over camper on the Datsun and used it until I got out of the Navy in 1974.
I joined the family business at that time and got back into Fords. Had an Escort and an old pickup. The company had Ford vans. We kept them all about ten years each, but by that time the salt on the roads in Maine would devour the metal work and we'd trade them in for new ones. I think we went through around 20 different Ford vans and never really had anything seriously go wrong with any of them. You can say what you want about Fords, but they treated me well for most of my life. Regular maintenance and most any vehicle will last as long as you want.. 'Cept maybe Dodge, they made some real junk for a good many years. I know that they have done some serious advertising for the last few years, trying to convince folks that they now build a good truck, but it's going to take a l-o-n-g time to convince us old guys that they have really changed. The old saying: "Once bitten, twice shy" comes to mind...
Sorry, no jokes . . . Well, here's a couple I didn't see on here: Ford - "Fix Or Repair Daily"... GMC - "Garage Man's Companion"
Ta-Da-Ta-Da . . . That's all folks....
Roger B