1999 Ford F-350 SuperCab 4×4 Diesel 6-Speed

“Deer alerts? We ain’t got no deer alerts! We don’t need no deer alerts. I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ deer alerts!” To misquote the man with the gold hat in Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Looking at the meat grinder-like front bumper guard on this 1999 Ford F-350 SuperCab 4×4 Diesel 6-Speed pickup, yeah, you don’t need no stinkin’ deer alerts. This big bruiser is posted here on craigslist in West Plains, Missouri, and the seller is asking $25,500. Here is the original listing, and thanks to Jack M. for the tip!

1999 isn’t my favorite year for Ford pickups, but it’s an important one, and I’d absolutely love to have this truck. For what, I don’t have a clue, but it’s just plain cool. Ford’s 10th-generation F-Series trucks were made from 1995/96 (F-150/F-250) until 2004, and 1999 was the year that the F-350s broke out of the bunch and became part of Ford’s Super Duty truck line. Made from early 1998 for the 1999 model year, the Super-Duty series is still made today. The Super-Duty trucks included the F-250, F-350, as seen here, the F-450, and the F-550 here. There were other models in other countries, and an F-350 might be a bit much as a daily driver, but I still love this one. There’s a Warn winch on the front bumper, by the way, a very nice bonus. This looks like possibly the Deep Violet color, if I’m not mistaken, as seen on page 14 of this brochure. I thought it was a dark red, but there doesn’t appear to be a burgundy.

The SuperCab (extended cab) configuration is exactly how I’d spec this truck, with its 158″ wheelbase. Also, the color is beautiful, and the duallys are nice for hauling duties, which clearly this truck was made for and used for. You can see the gooseneck ball in the center of the bed, and this would be the ultimate trailer-hauler for driving all of my vehicle finds back home. I mean, if there were any… (wringing hands). Did I mention there is “no rust” on this beauty? Here’s one of the underside photos. As solid as Sears used to be when there was a Sears. Kudos to the seller for including so many great photos in a craigslist ad; that’s unheard of.

The first thing I notice in the interior is the dash cover, but I’m assuming it’s protecting a perfect dash rather than covering up any issues. We don’t know for sure, of course, but the seller says the seats have always had covers on them, and everything looks like new inside to me. The unique extended/super cab… cab, is perfect in my opinion. I would never need a full-sized rear seating area, even in a car, let alone in a pickup. Did you see the shifter and third pedal yet? It’s a ZF S6-650 six-speed manual meant to handle up to 520 lb-ft of torque, which is handy with the 500 lb-ft of torque just ahead of it.

These smaller rear doors and a smaller-but-still-big-enough rear seating compartment are a genius idea. Check out those door sills, this truck looks rock solid overall. With only 17 photos out of the 24 that craigslist allows, unless that’s changed, the seller still manages to hit everything here; nice job. They list the mileage as being 138,000, so there should be a lot of life left in this one. I’m eager to hear from the Ford/International diesel experts out there. This one appears to have the chain-driven, manually-shifted two-speed transfer case with manual-locking front hubs, as opposed to the electronic transfer case dash button.

This photo shows really the only cosmetic things I’d work on here. The headlights are a bit (lot) hazed, but that’s a fairly easy fix. The underside of the hood is either showing some fibers from a hood pad or some surface rust. Either way, it should also be a fairly easy fix. The big deal here is Ford’s 7.3-liter Power Stroke diesel, their version of the Navistar T444E fuel-injected V8, which was rated at 235 horsepower and 500 lb-ft of torque. Sent through a two-speed transfer case and a 6-speed manual to all four wheels as needed, the seller says it starts, runs, and shifts perfectly, and I believe it. I would love to have this one. How would you use this F-350 4×4 diesel?