![]() The passenger does have a handle, so fitting one on the left side should be a snap. A grab handle on the driver’s side, however, would be better than hoisting yourself in by tugging on the steering wheel. Thanks to running boards, getting yourself up into the cabin is no big deal. This baby sits pretty tall, and that made it hard to load heavy items, as I found out at the rental store when I picked up a power rake for a Saturday afternoon torture routine. The steps on the front of the bed are quite handy for grabbing things from inside. The width between the wheel houses is the same as the standard bed, so you can still slip in a 4X8 sheet of plywood. While the Flareside box looks tough, with its flared fenders and molded-in steps, it holds less than the regular box because it is 5.5-inches narrower. A pretty fancy rig, in other words, as plush as an Expedition (which is based on the F-150) but with the hauling versatility of a 6.5-foot bed. Our test vehicle was a black, top-of-the-line SuperCab equipped with the Lariat package, 4.6-liter V8, four-wheel drive and the Flareside bed. Four-wheel disc brakes with anti-lock are optional, and so is a load-leveling rear air suspension. Larger front brakes and 16-inch tires are standard, along with a boxed frame for improved rigidity and de-powered airbags. Now, nearly two years later, the 1998 F-150 continues with incremental improvements intended to keep it at the head of its class. Its aerodynamic styling was not only attractive but efficient, decreasing wind noise and improving fuel economy. The F-150 brought the comfort of a car to the rugged personality of a truck. SuperCab models came with a third door at no extra cost, and a whole new family of overhead-cam V8s was offered. A radical redesign debuted in 1996 and sales continue to go through the roof. They have been the top-selling truck for two decades, and the best-selling vehicle of any kind for 15 years. The bad news is that everyone has you in their sights and a slight misstep is all it takes to slip from the top.įord’s F-series trucks are in just such a spot. ![]() The name has been borne by these two Borough streets since at least the 1860s- a quick search of The Times newspaper archive reveals a handful of vicious crimes taking place here, including numerous stabbings and an appalling incident in 1902 when a drunken woman was arrested after “ill-treating a baby by swinging it round” along with a verbal threat to “dash the child’s brains out by throwing it on the pavement.The good news about being King of the Hill is that challengers have to climb uphill to reach you. ‘Disney’ is in fact an extremely old name of Norman origin, deriving from d’Isigny a surname historically used by folk from the town of Isigny-sur-Mer in north-western France. Some years ago, a sage old cabbie told me about a mysterious photo which he’d claimed to have never seen himself but was sure existed somewhere an image apparently depicting legendary American animator and entrepreneur, Walt Disney posing beneath a street sign on Borough’s aptly named Disney Street…ĭisney Street- and its little offshoot, Disney Place– are two thoroughfares which form a small dogleg between Marshalsea Road and Redcross Way.
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