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2000 Ford F-150
About the 1997–2003 Ford F-150
from the generation archive
The 1997-2003 Ford F-150 is the tenth-generation truck, the model year that moved the half-ton onto a new body and a new chassis with a markedly more aerodynamic shape than the squarer OBS trucks before it. The 1997 Ford F-150 replaced the long-running pushrod engines with Ford's overhead-cam modular family: a 4.6L single-overhead-cam Triton V8 and a 5.4L single-overhead-cam Triton V8, with a 4.2L Essex V6 as the base engine in place of the 300-cubic-inch inline-six. On the chassis side, the 1997 Ford F-150 dropped the Twin-Traction Beam used since 1980 and adopted an 8.8-inch independent front suspension; the four-wheel-drive F-150 stayed independent up front rather than switching to a solid axle. For 1999, Ford spun the heavier three-quarter-ton and one-ton trucks off into the separate Super Duty line, so from the 1999 model year the F-150 name refers specifically to the half-ton. The four-door SuperCrew cab joined the lineup for 2001, and the supercharged second-generation SVT Lightning, built from 1999 through 2004, used a blown version of the 5.4L Triton V8.
The story
Just got orders to Kadena AB, so I kinda doubt I'll be doing much to this truck. It's getting hammered from the wife driving it daily (Never seen something get so messy as when she's behind the weel, McDonalds, napkins, and straw wrappers stuffed in the doors, OLD fruit under the seats, and chunks of fries tucked everywhere they'll fit). — Justin Steiger
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