85lebaront2 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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