Ordered new Ford F-150, will I ever get it?

RCSB F-150 was one I was considering, until nothing came up in searches on the lots. Looked at a few used ones through Carmax/Autorader sites (and one in person at local Carmax). Used is so overpriced (new ones too!). Every lot is filled to the brim with 4-door trucks. How long before 6-door trucks become the fad?
 
Hold out for what you ordered ......it will be a keeper

Even more rare will be a chevy like you are wanting ........but they do make them mainly for autozone fleets
 
When the bubble bodies came out in '97 my ex-FIL ordered a heavily-optioned RCSB F150 with the new 5.4 Triton and was allowed to spec a manual t-case (smart man).

It took longer than expected and the reason given was that they were struggling to make the t-case lever work with the new cab and 5.4. Just an excuse? Probably, but still a cool story.

Waiting for a t-case with an actual lever = totally worth it :D

In fact, we're just about to enter the season of "my pushbutton 4wd doesn't work" threads!!
 
I didn’t have too much trouble getting a supercab (not crew) with 6.5 bed. It’s a great body and handles better than a crew cab. At 4 years I started getting a little minor wind noise with those complicated rubber weather stripping seals, but shin-etsu grease has done a good job taming it. Mine is an eco 2.7 but I think the 3.7 would be perfectly tolerable for most work, and simpler to live with as the miles creep up.
 
A regular cab 6.5’ bed 4x4 5.0 sounds like a cool truck that is pretty fast to boot.

The problem is it’s $44,000 and doesn’t have near the fluff that a $70,000 MSRP truck does so it gets put on the back burner behind the high margin trucks and the long bed regular cabs that get bought by businesses.

I bet in 12 months they’ll make you one as inventories appear to be growing rapidly.
 
When the bubble bodies came out in '97 my ex-FIL ordered a heavily-optioned RCSB F150 with the new 5.4 Triton and was allowed to spec a manual t-case (smart man).

It took longer than expected and the reason given was that they were struggling to make the t-case lever work with the new cab and 5.4. Just an excuse? Probably, but still a cool story.

Waiting for a t-case with an actual lever = totally worth it :D

In fact, we're just about to enter the season of "my pushbutton 4wd doesn't work" threads!!
Manual 4wd is so superior to ESOF systems, man I wish they were still a thing. I used to stay in 2wd a lot more with the manual shifter because of how fast I could get it into 4wd if I needed it in a hurry.
 
Looked for an RCSB Chevy in 2018. Despite Houston being a huge LT market - there were none. There was one in Austin:

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I’m thinking they’ll sell you MY 2025 and then charge you more for it. I agree with others: it’s not a common or popular truck model ergo the non-delivery issue. My first truck was an F-150 that they couldn’t get from the manufacturer so had to find one doing a dealer trade 400 miles up the coast! Even then I had to accept a different color than ordered. That was in 1980!!
 
You could watch some of Long McArthur's build update shows, i guess if the only option is chrome package that would have to be the problem, but some stuff like a tough liner or mudflaps or relatively inconsequential stuff could be stopping the build.
 
A typical short bed is 6 to 6.5'

Not sure why anyone thinks OP tried to obtain the 5.5' -- that's laughable.

He clearly means 6.5' when he says RCSB
its only laughable to people that don't know. they offered a 5.5 bed in the regular cab. I know because my neighbor has one.
 
Post #35 here shows some extra cabs with the 5.5'. Even that looks funky.


Our '08 crew cab F150 of course has the 5.5'. The 5.5' was essentially invented for crew cab 1/2 tons. It's a good call because it keeps the turning radius smaller for my wife, although she's still been managing to hit everything in our driveway lately.

It also theoretically keeps GVW reasonable if you have less space for payload, but people will find a way to overload anything.

For all but professional contractor use I don't hate the 5.5' on our '08 SCREW -- it's still long enough to be useful for general hauling duties. It's not ideal, but workable. We did a bedrail side tool box to not shorten the bed further. That has worked surprisingly well.
 
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