Looking at buying a 1980 Ford F100, and I'd like to know about how much it weighs curbside:

2WD, 300 I6, C6, Swiss cheese frame (in perfect shape), standard cab with high 4x4 floor (custom, no options except power steering), 94-ish Alcoa ford wheels, and a Flareside with wood bed boards.

I heard this particular configuration truck was very very light. Almost muscle car light. ...

 

My 2wd I6 81 is 3700lbs-ish

 

My truck sounds just like the one your wantin cept the colors different.My sticker shows 5000 somethin...Now i've got a longbed and i imagine that adds a couple hundred pounds,but it shouldn't be that much of a difference...

 

What in the world are you runnin?You must be runnin a truck with just the frame,axle,tanks,cab,and engine.lol.

 

I once saw a figure that said between 3400-3500 for the '80 F100 2WD with the Flareside. At first I thought it was just BS, but with no options, plastic fenders and the frame as it is that year... Just maybe?

 

wait...plastic fenders?Are you talkin bout the inner fenders?

 

Pardon me, I meant fiberglass.

 

Fiberglass?your talkin bout the inner fenders aren't ya?

 

No, the rear Flareside fenders.

 

The sticker referred to is the Gross allowable weight including payload, I believe. An F100 wouldn't weigh 5000 lbs.

 

This one. The cap added shy of 200lbs

 

uhhh i'm sorry to tell ya but mine does.Mine is a 1980 Ford F100 single cab long bed with a 4.9,C6,and 9" rear.The GVWR is 5,150 pounds.The 1st three letters of the vin code are F10,which in 1980 means F100.

 

Ok i gotcha...that makes sense..and when ya'll mention swiss cheese frame,you mean with a couple holes in the driver's side of the frame?

 

Ok so i really wouldn't mind knowin how i have an F100 weighing 5150 pounds...how much more weight does a longbed add?

 

GVWR is not curb weight. the MSO for my truck said 4700lbs, it has a 1000lb payload (cargo+people) - making it 3700lbs.

The weak link being the rear springs. (I am considering swapping springs from an 89 F150 4x2 when I do the 8.8 conversion in a week)