FishB8s wrote:
Snowdance - How has your Jamboree held up 13 years later? Still happy w/ it?
Mine has held up well and we still love it. Just normal things so far. Ours is on a Chevy because of were we live. We drive lots of two lane roads and the edge is were the pavement ends and its often 5 to 80 foot drops. 40+ mph cross winds are common, Roads are very rough with pieces of pavement several feet across missing 1 to 2 1/2 inches deep. No way to miss them. Chevys were a couple thousand dollars more then but ride softer and better control with less cross wind problems than the Fords. I did add a rear sway bar. I have the 7.4 Vortex engine and have never had it over 1/4th throttle even when climbing mountians every trip even on the freeway. Have had 10 mpg for the last 35,000 miles.
I drove a Ford V-10 3/4 ton pickup with full loads where I worked then loved the power, firm ride but far to rough to enjoy. Trying to keep up with the steering on the narrow roads with big drops was exhausting.
But not every one has to put up with these conditions. There are lots of post on this site that give information on how to fix the Fords so they handle better.
