1986 Ford F350 460 MT dually - Good buy?

Probably not going to find one cleaner in that area than that example. It is a bit pricey but it appears to have been kept clean or someone brought it up from the south? A standard cab one ton should be a good work horse if that's all the room you need. Those 460's do have exhaust leaks that will need to be addressed if they've not already been. Flatbed work has already been done. It may not be the most power as a pulling truck but will have plenty of payload capacity.
 
fantastic said:
Probably not going to find one cleaner in that area than that example. It is a bit pricey but it appears to have been kept clean or someone brought it up from the south? A standard cab one ton should be a good work horse if that's all the room you need. Those 460's do have exhaust leaks that will need to be addressed if they've not already been. Flatbed work has already been done. It may not be the most power as a pulling truck but will have plenty of payload capacity.
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I read up on the 460 a bit. It had good torque right through its life, although HP was a bit disappointing.

My work truck from 2002 to 2013 was a 2002 F350 with the 6.8 V10. It was reliable but hard on fuel (though likely reasonable for what its weight and capabilities). It would turn in 20 l/100 km on the highway (14 MPG Imperial, c. 11 MPG US) unloaded, and about 30 l/100 (9 MPG Imperial)/7 MPG US) towing a flatdeck trailer with three ATVs.

Winter driving in town was atrocious.
 
Number_35 said:
I read up on the 460 a bit. It had good torque right through its life, although HP was a bit disappointing.

My work truck from 2002 to 2013 was a 2002 F350 with the 6.8 V10. It was reliable but hard on fuel (though likely reasonable for what its weight and capabilities). It would turn in 20 l/100 km on the highway (14 MPG Imperial, c. 11 MPG US) unloaded, and about 30 l/100 (9 MPG Imperial)/7 MPG US) towing a flatdeck trailer with three ATVs.

Winter driving in town was atrocious.
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For sure they never passed a fuel station 😆
Your experience same as mine. I had a 1996 24' Class C RV E350 Chassis & on a 700 mile trip going 55-60 MPH I achieved 10 MPG (US).
 
Number_35 said:
Do you figure 2-bbl or 4-bbl?

What's TIB?

Thanks.
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I'm only guessing the Motorcraft 4bbl, which is miserable IME. Although because of that, decent chance it's been swapped.

Twin I Beam. You get infinitely variable camber based upon the tides or gentle breezes.

It's just this as front suspension arms (and they're unequal length on TTB ‐‐ admittedly I'm not sure about TIB). The Ford engineers had to think really, really hard on this one, until one of them walked into a barn door (hinge), suffered a TBI and mixed up the letters a bit to design TIB
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It's a good truck if a flatbed really works for your friend, and he's not just enamored by the new paint job on that bullnose cab. Looks like some big-ish gas tanks hanging under the bed.

My 23' class C RV got 6.7 MPG from its injected 460 and E40D.
 
D60 said:
I'm only guessing the Motorcraft 4bbl, which is miserable IME. Although because of that, decent chance it's been swapped.

Twin I Beam. You get infinitely variable camber based upon the tides or gentle breezes.

It's just this as front suspension arms (and they're unequal length on TTB ‐‐ admittedly I'm not sure about TIB). The Ford engineers had to think really, really hard on this one, until one of them walked into a barn door (hinge), suffered a TBI and mixed up the letters a bit to design TIBView attachment 227069
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Twin I-Beam. Duh, I should have gotten that one. I have a collection of old LIFE magazines, mostly pertaining to the Space Race of the 1950s and '60s. As I recall, Ford pushed the advantages of TIB heavily in their print ads.

Did they move away from TIB based on cost, or was it superseded by a better suspension design? I get your point about the variable camber.

Off topic, but this reminds me of Chrysler's torsion-bar suspension, which was always well-regarded but which Chrysler ultimately left behind.
 
Carbed 460 is great. Last year without cats is 86. I have one myself. Twin I beam is a good simple, tough front suspension. Adjusted properly with good bushings they drive and handle well. That truck will likely have king pins, not ball joints which is great if they've been well greased. Not so good if they're in need of a rebuild - not many people around that will bore the new bushings anymore.
 
Number_35 said:
Twin I-Beam. Duh, I should have gotten that one. I have a collection of old LIFE magazines, mostly pertaining to the Space Race of the 1950s and '60s. As I recall, Ford pushed the advantages of TIB heavily in their print ads.

Did they move away from TIB based on cost, or was it superseded by a better suspension design? I get your point about the variable camber.

Off topic, but this reminds me of Chrysler's torsion-bar suspension, which was always well-regarded but which Chrysler ultimately left behind.
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Doesn't Ford still use Twin I-Beam on 2wd F250/F350 along with cutaway E-series?
 
We used a truck like that to haul hay growing up. It was a T19/Carbed 460 with 4:10s. It was fine as I can remember. Slow by today's standards but as a 14yr old kid, i thought it was a haus.
 
BituminousCoal said:
Last year without cats is 86.
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It may have been later than 1986.

Back around ~2001 my uncle owned a 1987 F250 with a carbed 460, standard cab,4x4 auto trans. That truck didn’t have any emission equipment on it whatsoever, and had a non catalyst sticker under the hood.

I wonder if it might have been a heavy GVWR or something that was able to get emission control in those days?
 
As I recall, twin I-beam was heavily pushed by ford and substantially sturdy. However, once they got a few miles on them you had to let go of the concept of wheel alignment. I remember a lot of complaints about alignment problems and constant re-alignments. Ford had so many ads where one side was painted red and the other yellow as the driver bashed the truck over a rough trail. Sturdy, but crude for DD on highway.
 
2013ecof150 said:
It may have been later than 1986.

Back around ~2001 my uncle owned a 1987 F250 with a carbed 460, standard cab,4x4 auto trans. That truck didn’t have any emission equipment on it whatsoever, and had a non catalyst sticker under the hood.

I wonder if it might have been a heavy GVWR or something that was able to get emission control in those days?
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'87 was fuel injection and cats. At least in NY, we had an 87, efi, cats, bricknose. Maybe ford was doing a major change mid model year, wouldn't be the first time.
 
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