Registered vehicle
1989 Ford F-350 “Dads red truck”
About the 1987–1991 Ford F-350
from the generation archive
The OBS F-350 (1987-1991) shows up here in every stage of life — from a clean two-tone four-door with a custom wooden bed extension to an '88 dually rolling coal out the back, plus rigs beating through rocky trails in the woods. You'll also find the real-world details like weathered hoods down to bare primer, rusty driveshaft carrier bearing mounts, and that classic red bench-seat interior that defined these trucks.
The story
I bought this truck in about 1998. Oil in the radiator said to me hole in the cylinder wall due to porosity not uncommon in diesel engines. All cylinders bored and sleeved decked the block milled the intake to fit after decking the block. Turned pump up 10%. The day after putting engine back in hooked to the sled at the local Ox roast fair and twisted and broke rear drive shaft right in the middle of the tube. Never spun a tire just pure torque. Was very pleased with the results. decking the block boosted compression and turning up the pump to cram more fuel down its throat what a diffrence on a naturaly asperated diesel. — Sledpullkevin
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