Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days!

[greenie]

Inflation calculators put $25,000 as equivalent to $56,000 today. $56,000 would buy the same kind of truck today. And comparing a 6.7 to a 7.3 idi isn’t even close to fair. Comparing a modern day gas burner to that is much more fair. If government regulations were relaxed and Ford was allowed to build a modern day exact replica of that truck it wouldn’t cost much more than the original $25,000. Old school vehicles weren’t as cheap as people think.

Rebuilt transmissions (2) and paint & body work are the only major expenses of this 32 year old truck - spread over the time I've owned it that's $375 per year. That's pretty cheap.
This truck has pulled a 3 ton travel trailer from Maine to Sinaloa Mexico 5 times and to Yellowstone and points west another 5 times. Even though it's 170 HP it would tow 3 tons on level ground 80 mph. Time will tell how newer diesel engines in pickup trucks will age.
With present day labor and materials costs there's no way this '93 could be built today for $25,000 with the current US dollar worth 125% less than a USD was worth in 1993.

 

[not2old]

Rebuilt transmissions (2) and paint & body work are the only major expenses of this 32 year old truck - spread over the time I've owned it that's $375 per year. That's pretty cheap.
This truck has pulled a 3 ton travel trailer from Maine to Sinaloa Mexico 5 times and to Yellowstone and points west another 5 times. Even though it's 170 HP it would tow 3 tons on level ground 80 mph. Time will tell how newer diesel engines in pickup trucks will age.
With present day labor and materials costs there's no way this '93 could be built today for $25,000 with the current US dollar worth 125% less than a USD was worth in 1993.

I have a similar truck with a 460 gas, with a similar experience but now that I have a new one with all that diesel power, I don't want to go back even though I hate lots of the electronic gadgets

 

[Gregster613]

I bought this 7.3 IDI new in '93 for $25,000. I've kept up with the mechanical, exterior, and interior. If it breaks down I have a good chance of getting it going again - the only computer in it controls the transmission. Rust started bubbling over the rear wheel arches after 10 winters - had all that fixed and now try to keep it off sloppy, treated winter roads. It is tight, handles well and reliable.
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Wow! - What a sharp looking 32 year old truck!!

 

[greenie]

Wow! - What a sharp looking 32 year old truck!!

Thanks! 105 years combined - driver and truck....

 

[Rockbadchild]

I might just have found a good old basic truck, if you can call it that ....

Mahindra roxor

 

[WinterDeere]

I might just have found a good old basic truck, if you can call it that ....

Mahindra roxor

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Offroad only, the way Jeep Wranglers should be.

 

[Rockbadchild]

Offroad only, the way Jeep Wranglers should be.

apparently you can make them street legal pretty easily.... they sell the flasher kit as a options.

 

[WinterDeere]

apparently you can make them street legal pretty easily.... they sell the flasher kit as a options.

That's a step in the wrong direction! I'd be happier if you told me there was legislation in the works to ban all Wranglers from public roadways.

 

[Rockbadchild]

That's a step in the wrong direction! I'd be happier if you told me there was legislation in the works to ban all Wranglers from public roadways.

ha I see ... is the the wranglers the problem or the people who drives them ??

Jeeps have been very hurting in sales lately they are in the top 10 least sold vehicle of the last few years.

 

[WinterDeere]

ha I see ... is the the wranglers the problem or the people who drives them ??

Good question. All I can say is that I've never had more thoughts of murdering someone, than almost every time I get stuck behind a slow Wrangler driver. I wouldn't be surprised if grandmoms in Buicks were a faster population, as a whole.