WHEN BIGGER IS BETTER

Some might knock the F250 as a touring rig, but it has the runs on the board to keep the doubters at bay.

WORDS AND PHOTOS RON MOON

ANYBODY who says the sizeable Ford F250 isn’t a good Aussie touring vehicle hasn’t spoken to Neil or Helen Cocks about their well-set-up rig. Bought brand new in 2004 when Ford was still converting the full-size pick-up (as the Yanks called them) for the Aussie market, the Ford has since been all over Australia, from the Victorian High Country to cross country desert trips in the Gibson and Great Sandy Desert. For a few years it wandered the world, overlanding across Africa, Europe, Russia and the Americas, before coming back ‘Down Under’ for more outback travels. Powered by the old 7.3-litre V8 turbo-diesel engine with a Super Chip for even more torque than standard and a Banks exhaust for better breathing (and just a lovely note when it’s used in anger),…

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4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2017

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