After finding out last fall that we had a baby due in May, I quickly realized I was going to need to adjust my vehicle a little. With the newest addition, we'll be up to 4!
My original thought was a new Expedition Platinum Max, however I didn't want to have to worry about the amount of miles we were going to put on it, nor if the kids tore anything up. But it would have looked awesome..
Then I thought I would find a low mileage Excursion with the 7.3L Diesel. Well, they're few and far between. I did find a few, but had a hard time justifying $50k on a vehicle that was 20 years old and had 50k miles on it.
After getting hit in the face with that, I realized that maybe an Expedition Max was my best option. THEN, I found Custom Autos By Tim and immediately decided this was the way to go. I first wanted to go big, so I started looking for a Platinum/King Ranch F-350/450 because how cool would it be to have a dually Excursion? I couldn't find a truck that I would want to use, so I got a little discouraged and opened up to SRW F-350s and F-250s.
I found three trucks, and started to get pricing from Tim on a conversion. I felt like they were pretty reasonable for the amount of work they have to do, and how "OEM" it looks when they're finished. I happened to run across a YouTube video of one, and I'm not sure what made me comment, as I never do, but I did. Shortly after, a guy reached out to me telling me that he had one and might be interested in selling it to upgrade to a F-650 Excursion...
We talked for a couple of weeks, and he finally agreed to my terms. I'm going to fly out in a week or two and drive it home! I'll be removing the lights in the grill/windshield
, tinting the windows, straight piping/EGR delete, and then more than likely a leveling kit with wheels and tires. Excuse the filthy pictures, I'll post better ones when I get it in my possession.
My original thought was a new Expedition Platinum Max, however I didn't want to have to worry about the amount of miles we were going to put on it, nor if the kids tore anything up. But it would have looked awesome..
Then I thought I would find a low mileage Excursion with the 7.3L Diesel. Well, they're few and far between. I did find a few, but had a hard time justifying $50k on a vehicle that was 20 years old and had 50k miles on it.
After getting hit in the face with that, I realized that maybe an Expedition Max was my best option. THEN, I found Custom Autos By Tim and immediately decided this was the way to go. I first wanted to go big, so I started looking for a Platinum/King Ranch F-350/450 because how cool would it be to have a dually Excursion? I couldn't find a truck that I would want to use, so I got a little discouraged and opened up to SRW F-350s and F-250s.
I found three trucks, and started to get pricing from Tim on a conversion. I felt like they were pretty reasonable for the amount of work they have to do, and how "OEM" it looks when they're finished. I happened to run across a YouTube video of one, and I'm not sure what made me comment, as I never do, but I did. Shortly after, a guy reached out to me telling me that he had one and might be interested in selling it to upgrade to a F-650 Excursion...
We talked for a couple of weeks, and he finally agreed to my terms. I'm going to fly out in a week or two and drive it home! I'll be removing the lights in the grill/windshield
, tinting the windows, straight piping/EGR delete, and then more than likely a leveling kit with wheels and tires. Excuse the filthy pictures, I'll post better ones when I get it in my possession.
