Unique Spare Tire and Wheel

Funny facts about Big Brother (from Marti Report):

THE 1984 F-SERIES TRUCK

Of the
• 571,773 1984 F-Series Trucks,
• 1,198 were F-350 4x4 Crew Cab Pickup Trucks. Of them,
• 484 came with 5.8L 351-2V V-8 Engines. Of those,
• 258 had 4-Speed Warner Manual Transmissions.
• 6 of them were painted Light Desert Tan, of which
• 5 had Tan Vinyl Bench Seats. Of those,
• 1 was equipped with a Spare Tire & Wheel.
• 2FTJW36G8ECB10514 is that F-Series Truck.

Lol!  Knowing where Big Bro was going to live (Anticosti, no asphalt, rough gravel highway), it was delivered with a supplemental spare.
This truck is really unique!

Wow!  It really IS unique!  

Wow that is really cool.

1,198 out of 571,773 is already pretty darn cool!! No wonder we don't see many crew cab bullnoses.

viven44 wrote

1,198 out of 571,773 is already pretty darn cool!! No wonder we don't see many crew cab bullnoses.

Man, you make me realize that 4x4 crew cabs were only 0,2% of the whole 1984 Bullnose production!


Completely the revese of today’s sales, if you don’t want a Crew Cab, it’s a special order.

O tempora, o mores, like they say.

Yes exactly. Back in the day when trucks were actually used as trucks, crew cabs were rare! I haven't seen one in person since I started paying attention to bullnoses

Definitely <1% crew cabs sold that year. I assume 0.2% was just the F350s.

Very cool! I like those Marti reports!

Back in the day, when trucks were meant to be used as a work vehicle you could reach over the side into the bed and actually set heavy things in the tailgate.

In the late '80's everyone was after me to lift my truck and put big tires on it.
But I actually had to move skids of cement and roof shingles. (94 & 88# respectively)

Today, tailgates come with a built in stepladder and hand rail!  

I've considered getting a Marti report for my F350, but it's gonna be less than interesting since I already know it was a fleet truck and didn't have any cool options when I got it. Plus I picked it up in the same county it was sold new in, so I already know most of what a Marti report could give me.

When I was looking for a truck to tow our new 5th wheel (my 1977 F150 with the 390FE camper special engine pulled it fine, just didn't like stopping with it), I went to Beach Ford in Virginia Beach and started an order for a 1994 F250 super cab, long bed with a 7.3L Turbo Diesel (pre-Powerstroke) and automatic. Spare was an option and the recommended order was just the wheel so you got the hanger for it. We had left a check for a deposit. Three days later we received a call from Beach Ford informing us that they were balanced out on Diesel automatics and I could have a 5 speed or get a 460 automatic. Needless to say I said no thanks.

I towed the 5th wheel up to a campground near Gordonsville VA that we were members of so my late wife could decompress after quitting her job. I left Karen there with the trailer and her 1980 Pontiac Bonneville and went back up the following weekend to retrieve the trailer. She had told me during the week that the man in the next site had a truck he wanted to sell, a 1986 F350 crew cab dual rear wheel pickup. My first reaction was,"It's too big and unwieldy" based on BIL's 1994 4WD super cab being a bear to maneuver.

I looked at it, drove it and agreed on a price, well below what it was worth due to body damage and needing repairs. I left a deposit with him and planned on going up later with my Horizon and a tow bar, 16 year old son and our tent. I paid the balance on the truck, drove it over to the tent area, and the next morning repaired the non-functional accelerator pump on the Holley 4 barrel, hooked up the Horizon while Matt took the tent down, plugged in my tow lights and we headed to a friend's shop in Suffolk VA so he could repair the fender damage while I replaced the bad original tie rods.

That was in April 1994.

I don’t remember to have read how you met Darth.  Nice story!
So, it’s a chance that the Beach dealer wasn’t able to get you a new ‘94 truck!


Hey Bill, how’s your back, did you have your surgery?

They could if I would take either a Diesel 5 speed or a 460 with E4OD. I said no to both. I had gone to them rather than my 2 local dealers in Hampton/Newport News VA area as I had been a member of first the drag racing club and later member and president of the Mustang club (it was only a rumor that you had to own a Shelby to be a member, president, maybe, 3 of us in a row owned Shelbys).

If I remember correctly, I paid $4500 for Darth in April 1994 making him 6 1/2 years old.

Before buying Darth, after Beach Ford, I had gone to the Dodge dealership I had worked at and found that there were no extended or crew cab models available due to the new body introduction. Then I went to Chevy and GMC only to find a Diesel was not available in the towing capacity I needed (10K 5th wheel), I would have to get a 454. Since the transmissions were the same (TH400, no 4L80s at that time), it was obvious that the 6.2L Diesel wouldn't handle the towing load.