question...

[ADale13]

would it be a bad idea to get a 99-00 lightning with 133000 miles on it? there is a black one in arlington ive found.

[StormShadow]

More info would be helpfull. It also depends on what you are going to do with the truck and what the price is.

[dboat]

More info would be helpfull. It also depends on what you are going to do with the truck and what the price is.

+1

[ADale13]

well heres the autotrader..
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=242781427&dealer_id=100016750&car_year=1999&model=F150PICKUP&num_records=25&systime=&make2=&start_year=1999&keywordsfyc=__TGlnaHRuaW5n__&keywordsfyc=&keywordsrep=076105103104116110105110103&keywordsrep=&engine=&certified=&body_code=0&fuel=&awsp=false&search_type=used&distance=100&marketZipError=false&search_lang=en&make=FORD&keywords_display=Lightning&color=&page_location=findacar::ispsearchform&min_price=&drive=&default_sort=priceDESC&max_mileage=&style_flag=2&sort_type=priceDESC&address=76137&advanced=y&end_year=2004&doors=&transmission=&max_price=&cardist=18

for me it would be a daily, lightly modded for a while, maybe some track runs... lots of cruising with my friends in the car club here at Baylor

How soon would this need work?

[dboat]

with such limited info, I am thinking an engine overhaul in its near future..

Dana

[ADale13]

yeah thats what i was worried about. i mean probably worth like 9000$ maybe?

ill talk to them and see what i can get it down to. cash i would think they would go for like 8000. i mean thats a ton a miles.

ill have to do a whole new bottom end, clean up the s/c and what not. what else would you all suggest? just curious what im up against if this is the route i decide to go.

i mean a project is fine with me i have a 4cyl ranger as a DD.

[my2002lightning]

At the very least, run it through carfax first and then decide. It depends on what kind of life it has had.

Thunderbolt's L is in the F/S section, too.

[ADale13]

yeah beautiful truck but unfortuneately out of my price range.

[Beaudee]

http://dallas.craigslist.org/car/632869179.html

[StormShadow]

That is a shady part of town. I would look elsewhere.

[dboat]

yeah thats what i was worried about. i mean probably worth like 9000$ maybe?

ill talk to them and see what i can get it down to. cash i would think they would go for like 8000. i mean thats a ton a miles.

ill have to do a whole new bottom end, clean up the s/c and what not. what else would you all suggest? just curious what im up against if this is the route i decide to go.

i mean a project is fine with me i have a 4cyl ranger as a DD.

I hear ya, but once you own an L, you are going to want a built engine with a KB or Whipple on it, then comes all the other upgrades... so plan another 9k on top of the 9k they are asking.. and I have a lot more than 9k in mine without the KB and some of the other goodies.. these things just beg you to mod them.

Dana

[nacklas]

I hear ya, but once you own an L, you are going to want a built engine with a KB or Whipple on it, then comes all the other upgrades... so plan another 9k on top of the 9k they are asking.. and I have a lot more than 9k in mine without the KB and some of the other goodies.. these things just beg you to mod them.

Dana

+1:tu:

I bought my 2000 L bout three years ago and by the time I got home Iwas wondering what mods to put on! There seems to be no end to upgrading. Which is awesome!

[nacklas]

Also NOT everyone owns a L. Unlike GTs and Cobras...They are truly one of akind!

[L8 APEX]

I'd say it takes about 20 grand to have a reliable Lightning. So the cheaper it is up front the more it will cost to maintain. An engine will be at least 5 grand, a transmission will be at least 2 grand. Over 100K everything starts falling apart door lock actuators, window motors, inter cooler pumps, A/C clutch or compressor. Just more maintenance.

[ADale13]

what would you all offer for that truck? well once i have it, i doubt i will be able to mod it for a while. maybe an intake. but other than that it has to be pretty reliable so i want to buy it as cheap as possible up front so i have more for the fixes on it.

so i guess my question is, besides what KBB says, what woul dyou offer? 8k,8500?

[TXLIGHTNING]

well heres the autotrader..
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=242781427&dealer_id=100016750&car_year=1999&model=F150PICKUP&num_records=25&systime=&make2=&start_year=1999&keywordsfyc=__TGlnaHRuaW5n__&keywordsfyc=&keywordsrep=076105103104116110105110103&keywordsrep=&engine=&certified=&body_code=0&fuel=&awsp=false&search_type=used&distance=100&marketZipError=false&search_lang=en&make=FORD&keywords_display=Lightning&color=&page_location=findacar::ispsearchform&min_price=&drive=&default_sort=priceDESC&max_mileage=&style_flag=2&sort_type=priceDESC&address=76137&advanced=y&end_year=2004&doors=&transmission=&max_price=&cardist=18

for me it would be a daily, lightly modded for a while, maybe some track runs... lots of cruising with my friends in the car club here at Baylor

How soon would this need work? It has been removed.

[FireRedEric]

I have a 2000 L 72k miles, mildly modded 372RWHP 451RWTQ. Looking for $17,500. http://www.dfwstangs.net/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=81605&cat=500