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FORDS AND THE INLINE-SIX
have owned three Ford F-150s with 300ci inline-sixes and five-speeds. They were all work trucks and were fine for their intended purpose. They ran fine, had decent fuel economy, and would pull a 16-foot trailer with a ’75 Jeep CJ-5 on it, at least here in the flatlands. It was common for me to haul three- and four-cylinder Deutz diesel engines back and forth to the repair shop. I put a lot of highway miles on them and was looking for trucks with low repair costs. I never had a driveline failure on any of them and most repairs were due to wear or road hazards. During the time that I owned these trucks, I also had two F-150s with 351s and automatic transmissions. I still have one of them, a ’95 that I bought new and still
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