Amarillo by Mornin'

[zerobalance]

Figured I'd make a full thread for this thing since I'm going to keep it I guess.

I sold my 23 Super Duty this spring, and have been going through a rotation of older 6.0 powerstrokes, figuring I would eventually get one sorted out to haul stuff.

I had been watching this truck at the auction, but had pretty much decided it was too beat, and wasn't going to even watch it sell. My brother bothered me to watch it, so I did. I guess the combo of dealer only, selling on Friday, listed as not starting, and a 2pm auction time, all kept bidders away. I scooped it on a $1800 bid, after fees and getting it home, I was about $2500 into it.

The photos I had to go on to bid told little of the story. The auction houses typically are strategic with photo angles it seems. I was guessing a broken spring, as it looked like the rear axle was crooked. The no start also made me worried it was blown up, being it was a 6.0 PSD and all. I figured I could get my money back in parts worst case, and the interior looked decent.

When it arrived home, the right rear spring was very broken, to the point it punched a hole in the bed floor, also the axle tube was bent at the end. I'm a bit baffled how this all happened, the wheels were all good, tires were good, no obvious marks on the axle where it hit something. Whatever. Also the sector shaft in the steering box was broken. The no start turned out to be some crap aftermarket alarm. I ripped all that stuff out and it fired right up. Bonus, someone installed a 6.7 starter on it, it cranks ridiculous fast.

Ripped an axle out of another truck at the storage lot.

Tossed it in

Steering box swap.

Ready to haul ass

 

[zerobalance]

The flatbiller wheels were not for me, and they rubbed like hell up front. I swooped up a deal on a 08 with, in my opinion at least, the best looking set of stock super duty wheels. Bonus that the rubber was 80% tread all around.

Much better on dubs.

Ohio requires a salvage inspection to get a title on salvage stuff. It's pretty easy, they just want proof where parts came from, and I do a ton of them so the inspector is cool with me. the clock spring was bad, so I swapped it out, just in case they were worried about the airbag light (he wasn't) and also to get the steering wheel controls working.

Passed inspection, and on the way home the battery light came on.....luckily I was two miles from a buddy's shop. $300 later I had a new alternator.

So now, it's driving good. Time to move onto cosmetics. The truck looks decent, but it is pretty overall beat. I'm not really trying to spend a ton of money and time doing body work, it is just a work truck after all. The clear is peeling bad, and the roof is all surface rust. It also needs a cab corner and rocker, weird because the rest of the body is pretty rust free.

I bought a cab corner and rocker aftermarket, figured it was easier than cutting one out of a donor. I also weight paint options, and decided I didn't want to spend the time doing all the bodywork for a real paint job....

Enter, being a hack....ordered 4 gallons of raptor liner. With a coupon and account with TCP it was under $800.

Safety yellow is very close, I mixed a cap full of it to see how it looks dry. I may get some red or orange tint and add a few drops to darken it up just a touch. Or I may just not give a shit.

 

[zerobalance]

Oh, almost forgot. I like to keep tabs on the ol' 6.0s with TourquePro. The radio I have for this truck has android auto, but doesn't run android. I dug through unused kids tablets and and found this old $30 Amazon fire tablet. With a little bit of hacking, I installed play store, and TorquePro (and took off the ads that come on, as well as installed a better bootloader) I bought this little USB charger and hardwired it to constant power to keep the tablet on. The tablet in a case fits perfectly in the little cubby, I never use these because I forget I put stuff in there. A lil double sided tape and it fits perfect.

 

[zerobalance]

Also found this interesting. The belt routing sticker underhood shows the routing for 4 and 6 cylinder cummins. I know in south america there were super duty trucks with the 3.9 cummins, but was unaware they had a 5.9 ever, maybe the same sticker for the big trucks too?

 

[CarterKraft]

You get shit done.

Also I thought I was farely Super Duty saavy but I knew nothing about this Amarillo package.

 

[zerobalance]

looks like a nice truck despite the color

It's a love it or hate it thing. I'm a 6 year old, and love bright color vehicles, so I'm inlove.

You get shit done.

Also I thought I was farely Super Duty saavy but I knew nothing about this Amarillo package.

I'm pretty lazy actually, or at least feel like it.
The Amarillo was available sorta in 2005, it wasn't the full package, and based on the XLT. For 06, 3000 were built, all crew cab lariat based. From what I've seen, most were 350's, but some were 250, and it was available in dually. They were screamin' yellow, with black leather seats similar to Harley trucks but with Amarillo embroidery, the amarillo center console badge, slate gray dash bezel (shared with outlaw edition), amarillo branded cluster, 20" wheels. I thought they all had heated seats but this one doesn't, I also think they all had sunroofs.

Thus concludes the needless information on a 20 year old truck package.

 

[ridered3]

It's a love it or hate it thing. I'm a 6 year old, and love bright color vehicles, so I'm inlove.

I'm pretty lazy actually, or at least feel like it.
The Amarillo was available sorta in 2005, it wasn't the full package, and based on the XLT. For 06, 3000 were built, all crew cab lariat based. From what I've seen, most were 350's, but some were 250, and it was available in dually. They were screamin' yellow, with black leather seats similar to Harley trucks but with Amarillo embroidery, the amarillo center console badge, slate gray dash bezel (shared with outlaw edition), amarillo branded cluster, 20" wheels. I thought they all had heated seats but this one doesn't, I also think they all had sunroofs.

Thus concludes the needless information on a 20 year old truck package.

Cool additional info and shouldn’t have a problem losing this one in a parking lot

 

[PAToyota]

I thought they all had heated seats but this one doesn't, I also think they all had sunroofs.

They have much use for heated seats in Amarillo, TX?

 

[shortbus4x4]

I've never lost my love for Tonka trucks, just like them bigger now that I'm a "grownup" so I love the color.

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

They have much use for heated seats in Amarillo, TX?

It gets cold in Texas in the winter.

 

[Gbkeith]

They have much use for heated seats in Amarillo, TX?

Amarillo is Spanish for yellow.

 

[Provience]

Yeah, but it's pronounced different, like read and read.

Amarillo is Spanish for yellow.

 

[Gbkeith]

Yeah, but it's pronounced different, like read and read.

Depends on who is pronouncing it. Like Llano and Llano.

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

Depends on who is pronouncing it. Like Llano and Llano.

So is it La-lano or just plain ol Lano?

 

[Provience]

So is it La-lano or just plain ol Lano?

Lano or yano

Would be my guess, but they mean the same thing. Amarillo is a town, Amarillo is a color.

Read is a directive, read is a thing that's happened


Edit: Saturday night side track, I'll go back to quietly following along

 

[Gbkeith]

So is it La-lano or just plain ol Lano?

On the Llano Estacado it’s Yawn-o. The ignorant hillbillies in Central Texas say Lan-oh. They can usually get Mexia and Bexar right, though.

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

My city cracker ass definitely never thought to pronounce it Yano, but it makes sense now though.

 

[Gbkeith]

It gets cold in Texas in the winter.

Especially in Amarillo. Ain’t a thing between it and the North Pole except some barb wire fences.

 

[Gbkeith]

My city cracker ass definitely never thought to pronounce it Yano, but it makes sense now though.

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

They can usually get Mexia and Bexar right, though.

I'm sure I say those wrong too.

Mex-ey-ah?

Becks-ar?

 

[Gbkeith]

I'm sure I say those wrong too.

Mex-ey-ah?

Becks-ar?

Muh-hay-uh and Bear

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

Especially in Amarillo. Ain’t a thing between it and the North Pole except some barb wire fences.

I've been in Levelland more than once in the middle of winter at Butch's and wished I wasn't. It sucks in the summer with all the dust blowing around but god damn that winter wind is fucking brutal up that way. 🥶

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

Muh-hay-uh and Bear

My way is easier to say being a city cracker and all.

 

[DannyK]

 

[BigBurt]

It's a love it or hate it thing. I'm a 6 year old, and love bright color vehicles, so I'm inlove.

I'm pretty lazy actually, or at least feel like it.
The Amarillo was available sorta in 2005, it wasn't the full package, and based on the XLT. For 06, 3000 were built, all crew cab lariat based. From what I've seen, most were 350's, but some were 250, and it was available in dually. They were screamin' yellow, with black leather seats similar to Harley trucks but with Amarillo embroidery, the amarillo center console badge, slate gray dash bezel (shared with outlaw edition), amarillo branded cluster, 20" wheels. I thought they all had heated seats but this one doesn't, I also think they all had sunroofs.

Thus concludes the needless information on a 20 year old truck package.

Interesting. I’ve seen plenty of Amarillo trucks here which I find surprising but I did not know about that outlaw package. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one, how many outlaw packages were made?

 

[zerobalance]

Interesting. I’ve seen plenty of Amarillo trucks here which I find surprising but I did not know about that outlaw package. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one, how many outlaw packages were made?

Supposedly there were only 1500. I've never seen one in person. I've seen 2 go through auction over the years and there are a few in the 6.0 groups on FB.

I don't know that 3000 is fully accurate for the Amarillo, as I know of 3 others within 30 miles of me. That number was thrown out by a mag who wrote an article on them back in 06. I found a copy of a Marti report someone pulled for a truck on BaT, they claim 1,072 of them were 350, so maybe I'm wrong about most being one tons.