Anyone in the Detroit area want to do me a favor?

[I Bleed Ford Blue]

There is this 2010 explorer limited I'm thinking about buying and I'm wondering if some one could go take a couple of pics of the frame and floor for me. I'm more concerned about how solid it is and fairly rust free. Mechanical stuff I don't care about, I plan on godzilla swapping it anyway, I want a solid vehicle that will last me quit a few years. The price is a few K cheaper than comparable explorers from that era, so I'm thinking it might be too good to be true. It spent 14 years in Connecticut before it ended up in Detroit on a used car lot, and CT uses salt in the winter just like Ohio does. So if its a rust bucket underneath, I'll pass.

https://www.topgearz.com/vdp/222445...orer-Limited-AWD-for-sale-in-Detroit-MI-48212

 

[I Bleed Ford Blue]

Well, I went up to Detroit and looked at it and bought it. The ST had no issue towing it home.



It's solid, but definitely a 30 footer. The paint is in bad shape and the wheels are corroded and pitted. The interior is rough but can be cleaned up. It runs good considering the miles, it has 179K. If anyone is considering one for a project, the 09 and 10 V8's are the years to look for. The early 02-05 all had the problematic 5R55 trans, both v6 and v8 models. In 06 along with the refreshed front clip and interior ford upgraded to the 4.6 3v v8 with 292 hp and a 6 speed auto on the v8 models, but the v6 still got the 5R55 trans thru all years. Mid year in 08 ford revised the heads to fix the broken spark plug issue and also they switched from the 6R60 to the stronger 6R80 so all 9's and 10's had the better heads and better trans. Some 08's have them too, look for the brown boots under the coils for the revised heads and on the door tag look for trans code 6 for the 6R80

 

[DetroitST]

Shoot I would have helped out but just saw this post. My bad. Best of luck on your build.

 

[flhx06]

Love the salute from the guys in the background!!