You think this will convince my wife?

I've been looking for a truck/SUV to add to the fleet for camping/hauling/hunting/etc. I found this one:'86 F-150 and I've been putting it on her facebook, and emailing to her, and text messaging her to try and talk her into it. So finally, yesterday, I made THIS VIDEO. Think it'll work?

"You don't hate America, do you?" Lol. Nice work! Though if it takes this much convincing, I'm guessing it'll pop up on CL in six months with the old "Apparently 'do whatever the berkeley you want' doesn't mean what I thought it did."

Or do like me, just bring it home and then try to convince her how awesome it is. Either way, she'll never understand, but at least in scenario "B," you have the truck.

That, is awesome...

Great job!!

I think I've exhausted my "better to ask forgiveness than permission" quota for the year already... Luckily, she's being pretty good-natured about my propaganda campaign -- I sense her resolve may be weakening.

You could do what I do and total your current car. Then again that's how I ended up in a Cavalier so maybe that's not the best idea.

I bid on a TR3 on ebay the other day and lost it at the last minute. I went downstairs and my wife asked why I had run up stairs so quickly as soon as I had gotten home from work. I told her what I had done and she was not at all POed (like I thought she would have been). See there are two partially completed Spitfires in the garage and driveway. But, I had my defense fully loaded just in case. I think her female mindreading skills told her to back away.

You missed reason 100.

"FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!"

I may have found your truck

http://valdosta.craigslist.org/cto/3727124132.html

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That is amazing......

Wow, trucks must sell better on the east side of the state. I had my 86 F250 4x4 diesel up for less than that and not a nibble. Even has a new transmission.

I had an '86 4X w/ 300 and 4 speed, pretty darn good truck there

With the cap and rack not a bad price either if you can negotiate it down a few hunnert or so. Dunno what the norm price is there tho, most of those trucks rusted out here.

Super easy to work on too.

he says 5.0, i'm guessing it's the 302? Like the invincible one that's in my van? Also 4x4?! and a stick!?!? How could she say no?

also, as a side note, I have never once wanted a pick up, but I actually want that one. I don't know if it's the stick shift, the fact that it has an engine I trust, the color (my van is also brown) or the fact that it is free of the extra crap that new trucks are loaded with. Simple and effective with no extraneous crap.

Coincidentally, I just approached Mrs. BDT last night about the prospect of buying a challenge priced (I set the bar high at $2500) pickup.

I think the following tipped the scales in my favor: "When it outlives its usefulness, we'll sell it and get our $2500 back". As she is consistently dumbfounded that I can sell a car quickly, I scored points with that one.

Now I can camp on CL and wait for grandpa's F150 to materialize. I missed a '88 6-banger with 110k offered for $1800 yesterday.

DustoffDave wrote: I've been looking for a truck/SUV to add to the fleet for camping/hauling/hunting/etc. I found this one:'86 F-150 and I've been putting it on her facebook, and emailing to her, and text messaging her to try and talk her into it. So finally, yesterday, I made THIS VIDEO. Think it'll work?

Nope

You need to get her a project. My GF has her classic... I have mine. She needs parts she buys them. I want more power... I buy it. Then we surprise each other with a kiss in the shop. End of story.