Ford: F-150 Standard cab

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1978 Ford F-150 Standard cab

This 1978 Ford F-150 Ranger Lariat Styleside is a 2 owner, early original bit of History-- right down to its own, uthentic1978 Owners manual.

• It is a Rwd, x4 Long box with the Deluxe Tu-Tone Paint package, tep-up rear chrome bumper, nd chrome Grill options. The Truck was purchased over 35 years ago by my Father-in- law, rom a friend of his, ho had purchased it new and sold it soon after.
  

  
  

Along with the Lariat trim package, t comes with factory a/c, actory tilt steering wheel, actory Speed control, nd factory dual fuel tanks. With under 79,000 original miles on its V-8 double barrel 400 --6.6 engine, t’s powerful and ready to go.

• It starts fast, nd easy, nd sounds solid, nd strong -- no ticking, licking or rattling. Iposted a video abovethis description ----of the engine starting and running.
  

  
  

  It has some after market add ons... a bumper trailer hitch receiver, ARR side steps for both doors, trailer wiring socket, nd an electric trailer brake controller.

• Of course to complete the sweetness, here is an under dash Uniden 40 channel CB. Also, ou will rock out with the exciting, orking, -track tapeplayer---complete with a Tom T. HALL 8 track tape, nd perhaps another artist or two--- if we can find more. The Tekonsha brake controller and the Uniden CB come with original manuals.
  

• The truck has had excellent upkeep and maintenance. --- principally garaged, nd for at least the last 10 years, sed only occasionally.

• The interior is in very nice condition. The dash is solid with no splits. The seats have been covered most of the life of the truck and are in super shape. There is one split of about 1/8 of an inch on the drivers side of the seat in the cream colored vinyl trim--minor and easily repaired.. There is a close up photo of this split in the ebay photos above. The dash gauges are clear and functioning.

• The entire inside is still richly colored and in super shape.There is fading on the carpet, ut the carpet is still in good condition.There is a smallloss ofwood grain trim on the steering wheel from wear. You can see iton the outside edge of theleft speed control button in theabove photo of thesteering wheel.

• All the glass is good.

• All the lighting works from the dash and interior to the backup lights.

  
  

The tires are matching Lt235/75r15 steel belted radials with plenty of tread. The spare is full size and held on a mount in the bed of the truck. There is a hydraulic jack (included) waiting inside the mounted, ockable, lue wooden storage box-- also in the bed of the truck. (blue box at no extra charge)

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• The Vintage Top Cap Topper has no cracks or breaks.The topper has a roof light fixture thatis nothooked up. The original locking handleon the topper hatch, s not present and has been replaced by a hasp for a padlock. When the truck was newthe bedwas fitted with a snap-on bed cover (long since gone) -- It would look WAY cool with another one. The snaps on the upper outside of the bed walls are all present. Thesnaps that wereacross the tailgate are gone.
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• The truck body, ears ago,was repainted in it's original Ford Cream and Medium Copper. The inside bed and tailgate were NOT painted and therefore justly haveearned some fresh paint.
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• The matching swing out mirrors are "extend a mirrors" --in great condition and easily adjusted.
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• The rust on the truck appears light and shallow. The rust represented in the photos is an example and is nearly all of it. I will be looking for any I have missed as we go and will post additional photos.
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• You can see from photos, here is a small amount of repair needed on the outsideSIDES of thedrivers side front and rearquarter panels.A light swipe from a one time miscalculation with the garage. Mostly the chrome trim,andno damage to the hood or topper.For that matter, he damage isalmost entirely in theCopperpainted portionof the panels. Theswipes were light andDO NOTeffect anything beyond the running light lenses on the front of the front panel and the end of the rear one.

The pickup was sold with some nice factory upgrades. It has factory speed control, actory tilt wheel, nd Factory A/C. All of which work. The A/C is the R-12 type and the air is not a cold as it should be-- just needs topped off. The Lariat trim pack was very "luxurious" says the sales brochure!

I have tried to cover all bases. I welcome any and all questions-- let me know what I have missed

THANKS!

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