1997 Ford F-350

XLT Pickup truck

7.3L 8 Cylinder Diesel Fuel Turbocharged

Automatic

1FTJW36F5VEC01418

Clear

Four Wheel Drive

Diesel

This is a 1997 F-350 Diesel that I purchased new in 1997. I drove it stock for the first 70,000 miles and then began to customize it. I had Waldoch Conversions in Forest Lake, MN put the lift-kit on it (3" rear 4" front), along with the tires and alum. wheels. Waldoch also installed leather captain chairs in the front and the back. Other items added to the truck have been, custom hood, front grill bar with lights, wheel well extenders, in-cab over-head light panel, sprayed in-bed protector coating by line-X, custom step bumper on the rear of the truck, truck box roll cover, power sliding rear window, remote start, chipped the engine with 100hp boost chip and 3 gauge package, door window visors, and if I think of anything else, I will add it to this later. Tires on it are Super Swampers and the size is 37.5 inch with very little miles on them. This truck was mostly driven between southern Minnesota and northern Minnesota on the highway. About 1 1/2 years ago I had a bad week. I slide the rear end of the truck into a trailer and dented the drivers side back fender in. It only damaged the fender as I was only going less than 3 mph. Later that week, the fairly new transmission I had put in it, over-heated and burnt up. I should have put a new radiator in it when I did the transmission switch. The next week I had to shut my trucking business down due to the poor economy which then ended my plans of making this truck into a 6 door super custom pickup. Well, life has gone on as it will, however, I have not been able to fix the truck and I guess it is time for someone else to take it and make it back into an awesome looking truck going down the road. It has great potential for a person that can do customization and mechanical work. The truck was running great at the time of "my bad week". As is said, when something dies, something is born thus making this a newborn baby ready to grow again. This truck is all baby boy or should I say, a all grown MAN's truck! Or, one heck of a REAL GALS ride too! Thanks for checking it out. Its a great story and a even greater truck. Bill CovingtonOn Jul-29-11 at 06:01:23 PDT, seller added the following information: The cost of this truck new back in 1997 was approx. $35,000.00 and I have put approx. another $20,000.00 in custom add-ons into it. The title will show more than 1 owner, and that is because I had switched it between my trucking company and myself a couple different times. I will NOT take anything on trade for this truck, this is a buy sraight out deal only. The battery on this truck are no good and will have to be replacedOn Aug-02-11 at 07:33:42 PDT, seller added the following information: Addtional add-on's to the truck would be, installed visor and alum. running bars. This truck has been converted to a dual exhaust and the pipe's Y out the back. I also have the factory hood (black in color, hood is a little scuffed but not damaged or dented) with a bug deflector that I would throw in with the purchase. I will add a couple additional pictures this evening as well.