The second owner of this 1989 Ford F-250 XLT Lariat pick up is selling this truck here on eBay. Current bids have reached $10,000 with 2 days remaining in the auction. This is a survivor vehicle with only 53,500 miles. The seller purchased it from the original owner 7 years ago with only 39,000 miles. This truck is located in Corvallis, Oregon. There have been 22 bids placed so far.
The interior looks factory fresh and obviously in excellent condition. The bench seat has been covered by a seat cover for most of its life. The truck is well optioned with air conditioning, dual fuel tanks, cruise control and AM/FM stereo with cassette. The truck has power windows and power locks, too. The beige and tan cloth interior contrasts well with the two tone Light Chestnut and Desert Tan Metallic exterior. My roommate in college had a Desert Tan F-250 equipped similarly to this truck with a 460 cubic inch V8 engine but it had a 4 speed manual transmission. That truck would pull anything!
This truck is powered by Ford’s 7.5 liter V8 engine which is mated to a 4 speed automatic transmission. The seller has recently replaced the front shocks, front brake rotors and calipers and converted the air conditioning from R-12 to R-134 freon. The truck is clad in its factory wheels with new P235/85R16 tires. The seller states that the muffler and catalytic converter were replaced just a few years ago.
The truck was sold new in Newberg, Oregon. The seller states that the truck has not been in an accident and has had no paint work. The AutoCheck Report shows a clean Oregon title and the pick up is said to run and driver very well. All the accessories are said to work and a trailer hitch and trailer brake controller have been added. The bed liner was removed for the pictures and it has done its job. The truck is being sold with the bed liner and Gem Top canopy.
Need to pull a gas station too. It’s no coincidence that it has the dual fuel tanks.
What is with all these low mileage trucks coming out of the Northwestern States. Must be all the rain that keeps them off the road.
These are a great deal compared to new ttucks. Here’s why:
Let’s say a new truck gets 2X better bas mileage than this one. For easy math say 20MPG vs. 10MPG. Say a new truck is $45K and this one sells for $20K. How many miles befor this one costs you as much as a new truck? If gas is $5 per gallon, your penalty is 25 cents per mile for the older one.. That means to overcome the price premium of the new truck you have to drive this one an additional 100K miles!
So, as anything other than a long commuter this makes sense, and that’s even if my #’s aren’t exact. You can do your own math to compare vehicles.
I totally get your point. I owned a 92 F250 similarly equipped. 7 mpg in the city and about 13mpg on the highway. Loved that truck and it never let me down. $5 a gallon for gas when I was working in CA let me down. I did sell it on and replaced it with a 04 F250 XLT with the 5.4 Triton. 13 years later I still own the same truck which now runs 4 wheel drive and a 6.0 Powerstroke. It’s next owner will be the salvage yard.
Sold for $14,912.00.
How well this truck is doing goes to show you the demand for these older trucks. Proof positive of how ridiculous the new truck market has gotten with many thinking they need 4 doors, all the toys, etc. It is very difficult to find them in this condition and there are many out there for sale in marginal shape with inflated asking prices. About the hardest work many of these new trucks will see is hauling the 80″ tv home from Costco. I long for the days of honest trucks at reasonable prices. Bring back the extended cabs and the 8′ beds for the masses.
Right on brother
Nice Ford. Attractive and well-cared-for. The next owner will get a gem.
Regular cab and extended cab pickups with 8′ beds are available today. But they are not big sellers, beyond fleet buyers. The big sellers are the four-door pickups with lots of options. The pickup market has dramatically expanded… and changed… over the past couple decades.