Checked out my '96 F150 and tried to get it started today, to drive for the summer again...battery is toast...but so is the frame...broke right in half behind the front axle just in front of the brace that holds the axle straight.
Been driving it for a couple years already with a blown head gasket, shot fuel pump, and no back brakes ...time to retire the old beast.
They'll pay me 200 to haul it away...fine with me; I got it for free and drove the heck out of it for 5-6 years.