West Coaster who’s eaten Chinese food in many different iterations all my life, this is the first I’m hearing about this, but I really don’t think it’s that odd. It’s not like baked bread doesn’t occur in American Chinese cuisine (baked barbecue pork buns/char siu bao spring to mind) so what really is a dinner role…

Grew up in north central Mass. We always used to get rolls. As growing boys, my brother and I would hollow out the rolls and fill them with duck sauce creating an unholy twinkee.

go to Cathy Pacific

Head to the Royal Garden my dude

Is it a Mass thing? I live in Michigan, and dinner rolls with Chinese carryout seem to be a thing at most places here as well. Here they are a very specific type of roll, they are very dense, too dense IMO. 

C&b shows that. 

Eh, I can see it. People are going crazy now.I have a mint ‘94 1500 mkIII single cab with short bed/sidesteps and I get 20k offers all the time from random strangers pulling into my driveway who happen to see it in my garage as I’m getting out of my car to go into my house. It’s fucking insane.

I hadn’t followed it, but it sounds like regulations finally caught up with them, and have killed the market. The big truck manufacturers are no longer selling the glider kits to builders like Fitzgerald, who were installing rebuilt powertrains.

Buyer is still out their 5% (up to $5,000) whether they pay the seller or not.  So BaT gets their money.

Agreed. One of the trucks at work is an 01 super duty. Parts are cheap and plentiful. 

I think the way it works is similar to a kit car. One manufacturer sells you a kit, mostly assembled. You or someone else puts whatever motor you want in it.

There will be parts availability on a Ford F-Series pretty much up until the Sun consumes the Earth. It’s a safe bet in this case, and that 7.3 will still be running by then too.

Manual transmission makes it rare, and being a chassis-cab configuration puts it in a different emissions bracket in some states. Throw in the 7.3s durability and serviceability, lack of SCR, EGR, and DPF, and low cost of operation, some commercial buyer would make their money back on this purchase over the life of…

People ask and pay silly money for the 7.3. It’s actually less expensive to buy a medium duty than an F350 sometimes.  Plus BaT amplifies the crazy especially with low mileage unicorns.  

At Mecum there was a $21k bid today on a 1990 Chevy 1500 that didn't meet reserve. I don’t care that it has the 454, that’s freaking insane.

The only thing that gives me pause is parts availability. That is probably not an issue for an F-series truck for a long time, but I’ve also owned a Cortina Mark II, where it definitely was an issue.

The article (of course) fails to mention it only has 6,000 miles.

Ding ding ding. Emissions equipment on newer diesels is a huge pain in the ass. 

It’s not all that crazy really. It’s got a manual and nostalgia...should cover the $7k difference..

I suspect there is an emotional attachment to this vehicle by the purchaser,