FORD F-Series Trucks over 40 years and 1,588,000 miles

I got my first Ford when I married my wife in 1978. She drove a 1971 F-100 longbed 4-Speed with Granny gear. It was a great truck and we put 150K on it very quickly, but I unfortunately totaled it at the Grand Canyon in 1979. I replaced it with a 1979 F-350 longbed Crew Cab. I drove that for 300K miles until 1983. After moving to California, I went back to a 1971 F-100 longbed 4-Speed with Granny gear, as there was no room for Crew Cabs where we lived. I drove that truck over 350K miles until 1990 when I bought a NEW 1990 F350 Dually Crew Cab with a 460ci Fuelly.

17 years and 560K later, I bought a NEW 2006 F350 Diesel King Ranch Longbed 4 x 4 and drove that 150K until 2008 when I bought a 2008 F-150 Shortbed 4 x 4 with the 5.7 Gas which I drove for 175K. 2012 I bought a NEW Red 2012 F350 Diesel Lariat Longbed 4 x 4 and drove that 90K until 2016. I currently drive a loaded Black 2016 F350 Diesel Lariat Longbed 4 x 4 which after 2 years has 110K on it. But as life has it, for my wife and my 40th Anniversary my gift to her was a fully restored 1971 F-100 longbed! Same color and simply an amazing truck. She was blown away! I love Ford Trucks!