On 12/30/12 10:50 AM, Eisboch wrote:


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On Sunday, December 30, 2012 10:48:56 AM UTC-4, iBoaterer wrote:
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On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 10:23:48 -0500, iBoaterer
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On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:54:57 -0800, thumper

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On 12/28/2012 4:45 PM, Eisboch wrote:



I don't know. I am sure Ford has fixed the problem, but
it

was a major

failure mode from the late 90's to about 2006.



They fixed it all right. That engine doesn't seem to be

available

anymore. They list a 6.2L V8 flex-fuel gasser and a 6.7L V8

diesel.



There are a lot of new RV's on a Ford chassis with the Triton

V-10 engine. I believe all the 2013

Georgetown by Forest River, for example, come with the V-10

engine. Here's an example:



http://www.dylansrv.com/inventory_item.asp?id=537137#



Maybe the Forest River RV is a 2013, but is the chassis a 2013?



Call them and ask.



Moot point, fool, looks like Ford still offers it:



http://media.ford.com/images/10031/2...ries_Specs.pdf



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2013 is also the last year of the Ford E-series vans. Going into

retirement. I always had a itch for a E-250 or E-350 but could

never come up with a good enough reason to get one. It dates
back to

1961 when it was introduced as a compact van based on the Ford Falcon

chassis.



Yep!!! Friend had one, all fun and games until he ran into the back of a

milk truck! I'd love to find the pickup version, like this!!!!



http://tinyurl.com/b24gful

Never liked the looks of those things. Seemed too front heavy...like
they would tip over on it's nose if you braked too heavily.
I liked the old panel trucks from the 40's & 50's that these new
Econoline vans displaced.

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Those early ones *were* front heavy. Ford installed a 160 something
pound counterweight in the rear of the vehicle when they first came out.


My dad had a Willys FC-150 for a while at the boat store. He was a big
fan of Willys and Jeep vehicles, and bought and restored at least a
dozen of them in the 1950s and 1960s. The FC-150, which sort of
resembled the Ford "forward cab" panel trucks, was absolutely an awful
vehicle, and it didn't tow boats very well, either, even the much
smaller outboard rig boats of that era. A year after he got it, he
replaced it with a Ford "stake" truck, which had a stump puller first
gear and seemingly could tow anything. Pretty fast truck, too, if you
started in 2nd gear.



Looked something like this:

http://tinyurl.com/b98rltq