Re: those crappy Ford dash vents

"N8N" <njnagel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Weren't you the one that also said you'd never replaced a 
> wind****eld?
> I'm starting to think that you lead a charmed life or are in the 
> habit
> of sacrificing small woodland creatures to the Ford gods, because my
> experiences and those of several friends owning similar model year
> trucks are significantly different...

I've replaced plenty of wind****elds over the years, mostly because of 
rock strikes, but when I sold the 1992 F150 it still had the factory 
installed wind****eld. I think it was the only vehicle I owned for more 
than 3 years that didn't require a wind****eld replacement. Probably 
the biggest reason the F150's wind****eld survived so long is where the 
truck spent most of its life. It was down on my farm and mostly 
operated on rural roads, not here in the Raleigh area - also know as 
Rocktopia. I swear there are so many dump trucks dropping rock on the 
road around here I think the wind****eld business must be a gold mine. 
As for my F150, it was never garaged, and spent a lot of time on mud 
and dirt. Although the wind****eld held up well, the headlights looked 
like crap after about 10 years. The inside often looked like I had 
shoveled mud into the floor boards (nice "vinyl" cover floorboards - 
no carpet). Maybe my dash vents survived because I whacked my kids any 
time I caught them fiddling with them. I really loved my '92 F150. By 
far the best truck anyone in my family owned as long as it was on 
reasonably dry ground. Its only weakness was an inability to handle 
even wet grass when the bed was empty if you let one of the front 
wheels drop into even a moderate hole. If the truck had 4WD, I 
probably would still own it. If Ford still made them, then I'd ditch 
the POS Frontier I have now in a minute. Unfortunately Ford decided 
they rather make Chevrolet Trucks, or should I say caroids.

Ed