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03-14-2007, 11:46 PM
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Two words... Congratulations...PICTURES?? 
I have been truck shopping as well. Does anybody have a picture of a super duty in "dark shadow gray?" I am considering ordering that color (or plain white again), but I cannot find one locally to see what that color looks like.
I have been truck shopping as well. Does anybody have a picture of a super duty in "dark shadow gray?" I am considering ordering that color (or plain white again), but I cannot find one locally to see what that color looks like.
03-15-2007, 09:30 PM
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Two words... Congratulations...PICTURES??
I have been truck shopping as well. Does anybody have a picture of a super duty in "dark shadow gray?" I am considering ordering that color (or plain white again), but I cannot find one locally to see what that color looks like.
I have been truck shopping as well. Does anybody have a picture of a super duty in "dark shadow gray?" I am considering ordering that color (or plain white again), but I cannot find one locally to see what that color looks like.
03-15-2007, 11:25 PM
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I tried to talk Purnell into putting a gooseneck hitch in his truck, but he really does not have a use for it so he said that it would be a waste for him. I can understand that. Since I don't have one to test, I am planning to get the truck, try it and go from there. If it does well I can sell the Pete. If it doesn't handle the load I will keep the Pete and use the 450 for a daily driver. I need a daily driver anyway and this truck could still be used for the smaller boats, the car trailer and stuff like that. My 2002 F-450 was a daily driver, so this new truck will be just like old times!
As for the Pete, it is an awesome truck, but it seems to be a huge waste to have a $100K truck collecting dust in the garage. I bought it planning to do a lot of poker runs when I quit racing, but I have yet to do a single one. I don't know where the time went, but I can't seem to find it. I figure that if the 450 handles the boat, I can sell the Pete and use that money to pay off the new truck and then put the rest towards the changes on the Apache. Of course, with the way my luck goes I will sell the Pete only to find/make the time to travel and then want a big truck back. We’ll see how it goes.
For the 450, I went on the Ford web site and put together a truck with all of the specs that I wanted. Then I used the site to locate a match via zip codes everywhere from Miami to Michigan and all along the East coast. This was a pain because you can only search one zip code region at a time. I went to the USPS site to get all of the zip codes and spent the better part of an afternoon searching for the truck.
I found a lot of trucks, but none that matched my spec sheet 100%. For this reason I decided to order one. I sent out an e-mail to all of the dealers that listed an F-450 in stock and asked them to e-mail or fax a quote on building a new truck to my spec sheet. I got 31 quotes back. The two lowest were Brandon Ford in Tampa, Florida and Pittsville Ford in Pittsville, Maryland. Brandon was $3K lower than the next closest price and Pittsville beat them by almost $2k. It seems that the dealers do have some room to play on these trucks!
I am planning to place the order this week with Pittsville Ford. They submit their orders every Wednesday, so I have until then to pick a color. I am debating between the dark gray, black and white. White matches everything, but my last few trucks have all been white. Black looks great, but is hard to keep clean. I have not seen a car or truck with the gray color, but I am hoping to find one before Wednesday so I can see what it looks like. The Ford web site has the color chart, but it really does not give you any kind of idea about what the color really looks like.
So, does anybody have a good picture of a new Ford in "dark shadow gray metallic?"
As for the Pete, it is an awesome truck, but it seems to be a huge waste to have a $100K truck collecting dust in the garage. I bought it planning to do a lot of poker runs when I quit racing, but I have yet to do a single one. I don't know where the time went, but I can't seem to find it. I figure that if the 450 handles the boat, I can sell the Pete and use that money to pay off the new truck and then put the rest towards the changes on the Apache. Of course, with the way my luck goes I will sell the Pete only to find/make the time to travel and then want a big truck back. We’ll see how it goes.
For the 450, I went on the Ford web site and put together a truck with all of the specs that I wanted. Then I used the site to locate a match via zip codes everywhere from Miami to Michigan and all along the East coast. This was a pain because you can only search one zip code region at a time. I went to the USPS site to get all of the zip codes and spent the better part of an afternoon searching for the truck.
I found a lot of trucks, but none that matched my spec sheet 100%. For this reason I decided to order one. I sent out an e-mail to all of the dealers that listed an F-450 in stock and asked them to e-mail or fax a quote on building a new truck to my spec sheet. I got 31 quotes back. The two lowest were Brandon Ford in Tampa, Florida and Pittsville Ford in Pittsville, Maryland. Brandon was $3K lower than the next closest price and Pittsville beat them by almost $2k. It seems that the dealers do have some room to play on these trucks!
I am planning to place the order this week with Pittsville Ford. They submit their orders every Wednesday, so I have until then to pick a color. I am debating between the dark gray, black and white. White matches everything, but my last few trucks have all been white. Black looks great, but is hard to keep clean. I have not seen a car or truck with the gray color, but I am hoping to find one before Wednesday so I can see what it looks like. The Ford web site has the color chart, but it really does not give you any kind of idea about what the color really looks like.
So, does anybody have a good picture of a new Ford in "dark shadow gray metallic?"
03-15-2007, 11:27 PM
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By the way, here is the Ford web site that I was talking about above.
http://www87.forddirect.fordvehicles...50&statetoken=
http://www87.forddirect.fordvehicles...50&statetoken=
03-16-2007, 09:31 AM
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03-16-2007, 07:10 PM
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Two words... Congratulations...PICTURES??
I have been truck shopping as well. Does anybody have a picture of a super duty in "dark shadow gray?" I am considering ordering that color (or plain white again), but I cannot find one locally to see what that color looks like.
I have been truck shopping as well. Does anybody have a picture of a super duty in "dark shadow gray?" I am considering ordering that color (or plain white again), but I cannot find one locally to see what that color looks like.
