Originally Posted By: ecotourist
Originally Posted By: 01rangerxl
NPD and LMC are your friends if you are a stickler for details and want it to be a really nice truck.
Meaning National Parts Depot and LMC Truck?
Yep. They have great catalogs for these trucks.
Originally Posted By: meep
if it's in decent shape and you are willing to turn a wrench on it, it sounds like it would probably meet your needs. I don't know that year specifically, but some of those F150s can get really busy under the hood. The one I borrowed ('87?) was that way - it was an unholy mess, which detracted from easy wrenching. Be sure to take a peek into what you'll be getting into. That said, it was a great driving truck, even in the manual, and I would have easily lived with it as a DD.
Ford can be pretty messy under the hood, but on these trucks there's still a good amount of room to work and see what you're doing. Maintenance stuff like plugs are easy. The first vehicle I ever changed plugs on was an '87 F-150 5.8L.