This is a big truck. End of story. Tune in next week and… Isn’t it funny how vintage crew cab pickups seem so much bigger than the “normal” quad or crew cab trucks sold today? This 1996 Ford F-350 XLT Crew Cab Diesel five-speed pickup is a bit bigger than the usual F-150 crew cabs of today because it’s a one-ton version. The seller has it listed here on eBay in Logan, Utah and they have a $23,500 buy-it-now price listed, or you can make an offer.
This truck checks quite a few boxes for me, although I would never need a one-ton truck for anything as I don’t pull a huge trailer. An F-150 five-speed diesel 4×4 crew cab would be fun to own, mainly because a shorter 6.5-foot bed was available in the F-150 and F-250 models, but the F-350s got an eight-foot bed and that’s it. No shorty for the tonny. Although I don’t believe a diesel engine was available in the F-150, buyers had to move up to at least an F-250. Please correct me if I’m wrong – did I even have to say that? Ha.
Zooming in on the last photo, I noticed something in front of the left rear wheel well that looks like paint or something. I’m guessing it’s just a little ding on the end of the left rear wheel trim maybe? The seller doesn’t mention the body at all other than the paint looking fantastic, which it does. It does appear to be a bit darker shade of teal on the front fenders but maybe it’s a trick of light and/or shadow. Here’s a YouTube walkaround video. Here’s a photo of the underside, but there are others in the listing, so please check out the eBay link.
The ninth-generation Ford F-Series pickups were made from 1991 for the 1992 model year until the end of 1997 in the U.S. This example has either 185,206 miles or 250,000+ as of 2003. The seller talks about a possible discrepancy in the AutoCheck report, please check out the listing to see that part. The interior looks solid, nice, and clean, much nicer than a truck with 185k on it should look. The best part is that you can take three extra friends along in the rear seating area, all while pulling a four-bedroom, four-bath split-level house down the street without breaking a sweat. This is the only view of inside the bed, unfortunately. It’s set up for major towing for sure with that big ball in the center of the bed.
The engine is a 7.3-liter turbo-diesel V8 that should have 225 horsepower and 450 lb-ft of torque. Backed by a five-speed manual and transfer case sending power to all four wheels as needed, this is one tough and cool truck if you don’t have to parallel park it in Hoboken. Have any of you owned a Ford crew cab?
Beautifully spec’d truck. Odd mileage discrepancy. Gooseneck equipped.
I also have a gooseneck (or ostrich/giraffe) so I can relate to that hitch!
Correct, Scotty – no F150 diesels of this vintage. Ford did offer them for a few years during the past decade.
These seems too cheap that engine will go forever and truck looks perfect
Nice looking Ford PowerStroke. The manual was for the buyer who wanted to wring every bit out of that motor. Great Grandma color scheme. Dodge called it Aqua. I liked then and now but the dealer wouldn’t let me order it for stock.
The 1992 new product show was all Dodge Truck except for the Daytona R/T IROC. We showed up at the Pontiac Silverdome and on of the “rides” was a weight transfer sled being pulled by the new intercooled Cummins against an F-250 PowerStroke. They rode along and instructed you to apply full throttle to make a full pull of 300′. The Cummins’ torque built a bit differently and you just held on to the steering wheel and completed the pull. I kinda watched what was going on and hopped in the Ford. When it was go time I rolled into the throttle to prevent digging in and losing traction. This was NOT how the exhibit was to run. The guy in the cab made me shut it down just shy of the line. Both were good trucks.
I’ve got one of these similarly equipped except in red and white it’s been a great truck. I bought it for the five speed stick and manual transfer case and manual hubs. Author is correct. No diesel in the 150.
Auction update: the seller lowered their asking price to $21,999 or best offer.
Mine brand new listed for 34k. I ordered mine but the dealer threw some add things on. I got it for 30k otd. Back then they had a problem with the crank sensors made to tight. I put 10 of them in. But mine was forest production off the line fit 96 year and ran on the test track. That guy tweaked it and it would smoke the tires ! It was an automatic. And my mpg was 17 hwy after a month. Then I took it to deals for stalling problems. It was fuel pump I was told. They reprogrammed it and mpg dropped to 14 and it wouldn’t get out of its own way. 488k miles later it burned while sitting in my driveway. The following year they had a recall in them fire catching fire. Mine was that solid teal color. I still use the bed for a trailer