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CJB - 13 Oct 2006 21:43 GMT

I saw a Ford truck today different than I've ever seen. It was the
"Heritage" style F-150 extended cab, 4x4. The badge on the tailgate said
"F150 7700." I interpret that to mean it's an F150, right? But the thing
had the heavy duty axles and 7 or 8 bolt wheels of the 250-350 series. I
guess the "7700" means that it's a higher payload vehicle, i.e. 7700 lbs
gvwr.

Ever seen one of those? I wonder how long they were made and why? I'm
guessing that some folks must have wanted the "heritage" truck with a higher
payload capacity, rather than the new, bigger bodystyle, but it just seems
odd to have an F-150 and a 7700 pound gvwr. Why not call it a Heritage
F-250?

CJB

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Mike Hunter - 13 Oct 2006 23:32 GMT

The Heritage was made for one year, after the newest all new version F150
was introduced, to use up all of the left over 'stuff' from the pervious
model.

mike hunt

>I saw a Ford truck today different than I've ever seen. It was the
>"Heritage" style F-150 extended cab, 4x4. The badge on the tailgate said
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> CJB

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CJB - 14 Oct 2006 00:13 GMT

> The Heritage was made for one year, after the newest all new version F150
> was introduced, to use up all of the left over 'stuff' from the pervious
> model.
>
> mike hunt

I'm aware of that, and I probably wasn't clear. The truck I mentioned was
the bodystyle of the heritage. It could have been from the preceeding years
when that bodystyle was in regular production. I just found the
configuration odd. Why call it an F150 when it has the running gear of an
F-250 or 350?

CJB

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Mike Hunter - 14 Oct 2006 00:42 GMT

I doubt that it was anything but an F150, it was more likely a Dana
aftermarket dual wheel conversion.

mike hunt

>> The Heritage was made for one year, after the newest all new version F150
>> was introduced, to use up all of the left over 'stuff' from the pervious
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> CJB

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Jim Warman - 14 Oct 2006 02:20 GMT

The light duty F250 was only built for one or two years (there is no 1998
SuperDuty) while the SuperDuty was being redesigned. This made a nightmare
for parts people since one had to learn to ask if a particular F250 was a
SuperDuty or a light duty.....

When the F250 became a SuperDuty, there was a gap left in GVW ratings. Enter
the F150/7700..... IIRC, the GVW is 7700 (what else?) pounds and the truck
is easily identified by it's 7 lug wheels. These are fairly popular in our
area for those that wanted a light truck with the ability to handle a fair
sized load....

>> The Heritage was made for one year, after the newest all new version F150
>> was introduced, to use up all of the left over 'stuff' from the pervious
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>
> CJB

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CJB - 14 Oct 2006 20:00 GMT

> The light duty F250 was only built for one or two years (there is no 1998
> SuperDuty) while the SuperDuty was being redesigned. This made a nightmare
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> in our area for those that wanted a light truck with the ability to handle
> a fair sized load....

That's the truck I'm talking about. It was definitely a factory built
truck, but a weird combination. I just hadn't seen one before, or if I did,
I had assumed the truck was a 3/4 or 1 ton.

CJB

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