Not A Cyber Truck

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The Ford F-series trucks are as American as Cheez Whiz and Twinkies. But unlike day-glo processed cheese and fake cream sponge fingers the F Series is a useful and tough workhorse. And being from 1980s USA it’s big, thirsty and not all that fast. However, while it may be as common as an AK47 at a Texan BBQ State-side, the big Ford is a fairly uncommon sight in NZ and therefore quite desirable. Read on...

It was once favoured mainly by people with names like Bubba and Loretta but these days vintage Ford F Series trucks are appealing to boutique brewery and retro clothing store owners with names like Sebastian and Brittany. And they do look cool, in a straight forward, functional kind of way. This was still the age of the truck as a practical work vehicle before it became what we see today – a luxury family car, or whatever a Cyber Truck is. It wasn’t fast or terribly comfortable but it was durable and could be fixed with bits bought from a mom ‘n pop parts store.

This 1985 example is from the 7^th generation, the first generation to be completely redesigned since 1965, which is a bit hard to believe looking at it. It is fitted with the base 4.9L straight six that puts out a staggering (as in it really is a stagger for this heavy old thing) 125hp. It has a top speed and a 0-100 time but they are still being measured. However, this level of performance comes at a cost as the old timer drinks more than a social rugby team after a win on Saturday.

This F150 is available now at Turners Hamilton for a drive away price of $25,990 More details here.