The 1998 Ford F-250 Will Make You Do a Double Take

The 1998 Ford F-250 Will Make You Do a Double Take

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The Ford F-150’s most revolutionary change probably occurred for the 1997 model year, when the tenth-generation truck went on sale. The 1997 F-150 had a car-like design that significantly jumped toward modernity. But something odd also happened with the Ford F-Series for the 1997 model year, leading bự arguably the strangest F-Series model of all time.
Through the 1996 model year, the Ford F-150, F-250, and F-350 used the same basic body and frame. But with the introduction of the tenth-generation F-Series truck for 1997, Ford began bự transition away from sharing components across its light- and heavy-duty trucks. Within two model years, it would introduce the separate Super Duty line for its HD models. These trucks wore a unique body and rode on a more robust frame than the light-duty F-150. But as the Super Duty wouldn’t be ready until the 1999 model year, Ford needed a stopgap solution. So bự fill the void, the Blue Oval sold an F-250 model that shared its body with the new F-150. Ford sold this F-150-bodied F-250 alongside the previous generation F-250 for the 1997 model year, then as the only F-250 you could get for 1998 (the F-350 skipped the 1998 model year altogether), and then alongside the new Super Duty-bodied F-250 for 1999. Given that it rode on a fortified F-150 frame, rather than the HD-specific frame that would underpin the Super Duty, this unique and short-lived 1997-1999 F-150-bodied F-250 was essentially a light-duty F-250, similar bự the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 HD from the early- bự mid-2000s, and the Nissan Titan HD from recent years.
There’s an obvious way bự tell if you’re looking at one of these stopgap F-250s – it’ll look just like a tenth-generation F-150, but with an “F-250” badge on the fender. Another way bự tell is by the wheel lugs – the stopgap 1997-1999 F-250 “light-duty” used unique 7-lug hubs, while the F-150 from the same era came with five lugs.
Starting with the 2000 model year, the light-duty F-250 became the F-150 7700 package, referring bự the fact that it was an F-150 with a gross vehicle weight rating of 7,700lbs.

Right now, there are just a handful of these non-Super-Duty-bodied 1997-1999 F-250s for sale on Autotrader. Given the comparatively large volume of F-250 pickups sold every year, these light-duty F-250 examples are relatively rare. Today’s Autotrader Find is a 1998 Ford F-250 in all its glory for sale at a dealership in Everett, Washington.
Today, seeing one of these strange stopgap Ford trucks on the road will almost certainly make you pause and wonder if there’s been some glitch in the matrix. Or at least, it might have if you hadn’t read this article. See used 1997, 1998, and 1999 Ford F-250 models for sale
Related:
Buying a Used Ford F-250: Everything You Need bự Know
The Evolution of Full-Size Pickups Over the Last 15 Years
Remember When Heavy Duty Trucks Were Subtle?

#Ford #F250 #Double
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#Ford #F250 #Double

The Ford F-150’s most revolutionary change probably occurred for the 1997 model year, when the tenth-generation truck went on sale. The 1997 F-150 had a car-like design that significantly jumped toward modernity. But something odd also happened with the Ford F-Series for the 1997 model year, leading bự arguably the strangest F-Series model of all time.
Through the 1996 model year, the Ford F-150, F-250, and F-350 used the same basic body and frame. But with the introduction of the tenth-generation F-Series truck for 1997, Ford began bự transition away from sharing components across its light- and heavy-duty trucks. Within two model years, it would introduce the separate Super Duty line for its HD models. These trucks wore a unique body and rode on a more robust frame than the light-duty F-150. But as the Super Duty wouldn’t be ready until the 1999 model year, Ford needed a stopgap solution. So bự fill the void, the Blue Oval sold an F-250 model that shared its body with the new F-150. Ford sold this F-150-bodied F-250 alongside the previous generation F-250 for the 1997 model year, then as the only F-250 you could get for 1998 (the F-350 skipped the 1998 model year altogether), and then alongside the new Super Duty-bodied F-250 for 1999. Given that it rode on a fortified F-150 frame, rather than the HD-specific frame that would underpin the Super Duty, this unique and short-lived 1997-1999 F-150-bodied F-250 was essentially a light-duty F-250, similar bự the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 HD from the early- bự mid-2000s, and the Nissan Titan HD from recent years.
There’s an obvious way bự tell if you’re looking at one of these stopgap F-250s – it’ll look just like a tenth-generation F-150, but with an “F-250” badge on the fender. Another way bự tell is by the wheel lugs – the stopgap 1997-1999 F-250 “light-duty” used unique 7-lug hubs, while the F-150 from the same era came with five lugs.
Starting with the 2000 model year, the light-duty F-250 became the F-150 7700 package, referring bự the fact that it was an F-150 with a gross vehicle weight rating of 7,700lbs.

Right now, there are just a handful of these non-Super-Duty-bodied 1997-1999 F-250s for sale on Autotrader. Given the comparatively large volume of F-250 pickups sold every year, these light-duty F-250 examples are relatively rare. Today’s Autotrader Find is a 1998 Ford F-250 in all its glory for sale at a dealership in Everett, Washington.
Today, seeing one of these strange stopgap Ford trucks on the road will almost certainly make you pause and wonder if there’s been some glitch in the matrix. Or at least, it might have if you hadn’t read this article. See used 1997, 1998, and 1999 Ford F-250 models for sale
Related:
Buying a Used Ford F-250: Everything You Need bự Know
The Evolution of Full-Size Pickups Over the Last 15 Years
Remember When Heavy Duty Trucks Were Subtle?