Need moral support

[Brokenarrow]

Guys, please tell me I'm not crazy. Here's the deal, I have this new King Ranch , but every time I need to go to town for something I walk right past it and drive the old '68 . I have people ask me all the time, "Why the he77 are you still driving that old truck, I thought you got a new one". And I really have no good explanation, only, "You know me, I just like my old Fords I guess". They just shake their heads like I'm out of my mind. So tell me, am I truly "out of my mind", or do they just not get it.

[flyboy71]

Just say "Its a bump thing, your Jeep wouldn't understand".

[390Nut]

[Ranchero50]

Just tell them the new truck just depreciates when I drive it, the old one appreciates it.

Jamie

[Brokenarrow]

Just tell them the new truck just depreciates when I drive it, the old one appreciates it.

Jamie

Haha, Thanks I like that, definitely gonna use that one. Of course my affliction might be partly caused by the intoxicating sound of a strong Ford FE roaring through glasspacks and the occasional smell of burning rubber, ya think?

[flyboy71]

That and the characteristic squeak the door hinges make when you open the door. Its a bumps way of saying "welcome back"

[Racer Z]

Well, first off, you're not nuts.

Now, answer me this: How does the new Kings Ranch drive? Does it feel like a truck (We all know the Bump drives like a truck.) Or does it wallow like a big old Cadillac?

When the motor in my 70 died, I went out and test drove some newer trucks thinking I might be better off just getting something newer. Nothing I drove, drove like a truck! They all looked, felt and smelt like a big luxo-boat. I couldn't stand it. It was real easy to realize that I would constantly be unhappy and would be kicking myself if I had a modern luxo-boat-of-a-truck.

[fordman]

its a matter of of yuor mind being more comfortable in the bump. i think the newer trucks are ugly.

[71highboy]

just tell them that the new truck has more comfort features but they just dont look as good has a bump.how many nice bumps get compliments over the newer trucks ? ALOT.

[Brokenarrow]

The '09 drives like a dream and smells like a saddle-shop . I know what you mean by "does it feel like a truck" and yes it does. More so than the '04 F150 I had, and MUCH more so than the '06 silverado that is my work truck. It actually doesn't feel as big as it is when you're driving it.

[Brokenarrow]

its a matter of of yuor mind being more comfortable in the bump. i think the newer trucks are ugly.

You're probably right fordman, I've had an old Ford truck of some sort as a driver since about 1980 so my mind must be pretty comfortable with'em

[towtruckerfour]

The new trucks are nice with all their options but our old bumps are still the best. Now, if they made a new truck with the old bump body style there may a lot more interest. Its all about the bump character.

[Thunderfoot]

Which one gets you noticed more the old bump that sticks out in a crowd or the new truck that blends in with everyone else on the road, they wouldn't even know you showed up if you weren't driving the cool one.

[mk]

And you could always find a KR seat to throw in the '68....


mike

[Brokenarrow]

Which one gets you noticed more the old bump that sticks out in a crowd or the new truck that blends in with everyone else on the road, they wouldn't even know you showed up if you weren't driving the cool one.

Seems like I do get more thumbs-up from strangers in the old truck Must mean it a has a higher "cool factor" than the new one .