Like going from a farm tractor to a Cadillac.......
I tried that Carl. That truck was was modern underneath (IFS front, discs, a/c, etc.) and could cruise the freeways at 75 all day long. Unfortunately it has the aerodynamic profile of a brick, so the wind noise is what wears you out. I Dynamatted the interior, new seals and weatherstrips on everything and nothing made a dent in it. That cab is just one big echo chamber. So after years of playing with it I finally had to admit defeat. For almost all my life I've had some version of a '60s El Camino around, and that F-100 was the first time I strayed from tradition. In all other ways it was a fantastic truck, but the ruckus in the cab drove me back to what I know gets the job done without wearing me out. I still do have my Dodge A-100 pickup with an old school hemi that has even worse aerodynamics, but I only pull that out of the garage to scare children and piss off my HOA, so it's not used like a real truck.
Let me quote myself here....
