Eye Candy 😍 Red XLS survivor

[myrl883]

Gorgeous truck, but a 300? Ewww!

[ratdude747]

Rembrant wrote

There's something up with the cluster. The speedo needle is nice and fresh looking and the others are all faded almost white. My first thought was that the speedo was changed, but it's possible the speedo is original and the others were swapped. Trucks with these pristine interiors don't usually have faded cluster needles. I would imagine that this truck has been stored inside. The cluster could have been changed for various reasons.

Nah, it's probably all one cluster (not piecemeal). My 1984 Cluster did the same thing if memory serves. Shift needle didn't really fade, speedo needed faded a little, the rest faded to white. Same for the used cluster with a tach I swapped in (tach needle was faded as bad as the metal needles, speedo faded a bit, didn't have a shift needle). I've seen ones faded all the way where everything is white... I dunno. But uneven fading like that isn't atypical it seems. I agree it was stored inside... but perhaps by a window where the cluster was exposed to light? Or something broke and they did swap the whole thing (and were too lazy to restore the needles?). Not a hard problem to fix, but at their price point, details count!

myrl883 wrote

Gorgeous truck, but a 300? Ewww!

Blasphemy! My 300 gets the job done... and while it's no Prius, I get double digit fuel economy too! . Yeah, you won't win that many races...

[BLES]

What are the "black side window masks" referred to in this thread?

[Machspeed]

Gary Lewis wrote

I'm trying to convince Janey that since this truck was born on my birthday, June 8th, that it is meant to be.  She asked "What are you going to sell?"  Ouch!  

Heard the same thing when I was looking at a brand new truck a couple years back. Told the wife, not selling anything. Her response was, "you don't need two trucks!!!" I didn't get the new truck But, I still have the old and am glad I kept it

So, since I can't have two trucks, I think I can have a truck and a new Bronco without selling anything!  

[Gary Lewis]

Machspeed wrote

So, since I can't have two trucks, I think I can have a truck and a new Bronco without selling anything!

[ratdude747]

I have two trucks... and may eventually get a third.

But combined they're worth less than at least 1/2 of the vehicles on the site... which is probably why my wife let me do that.

[salans7]

I have three trucks, but there's nobody to tell me not to, so it works out well for me.

[grumpin]

My wife keeps telling me to get a newer truck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrDw1jt-7II

[Angelo Voltura]

I desperately want an XLS horn pad...

[Gary Lewis]

Angelo Voltura wrote

I desperately want an XLS horn pad...

I think for about $30K you can get one, Angelo.  And you'll have another truck to boot.  

[Angelo Voltura]

Gary Lewis wrote

Angelo Voltura wrote

I desperately want an XLS horn pad...

I think for about $30K you can get one, Angelo.  And you'll have another truck to boot.  

Hmmm...

[1986F150Six]

Angelo Voltura wrote

I desperately want an XLS horn pad...

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[Ford F834]

BLES wrote

What are the "black side window masks" referred to in this thread?

The XLS had a black frame around the side windows… it is missing so often that I am now wondering if they perhaps didn’t always receive the treatment. I would have expected it to be intact on this near-perfect truck.

[Ford F834]

The non-cruise ones turn up NOS on eBay from time to time, but are service parts with Econoline characteristics. The cruise optioned ones are very, very, scarce…