Thoughts on a mid size pickup?

I love the basic iron block iron headed single cam engines. All that other crap i...........5.4 Ford motors t................blow spark plugs out like crazy............ never been a fan of dual overhead cams ...........a brand new ram 1500 in 04 he got the 4.7 ( I'm not a fan of) I tried to talk him into the hemi he wouldn't listen ............. cracked head at 77k miles. .............if I ever buy another dodge newer than 01 it will have a hemi or cummins!!

I agree completely and others who mentioned this but the sad thing is, if you want a MID sized truck for SOME economy, there ARE NO pushrod simple engines anymore. Ranger went OHC the same year as my wrecked one, though it still had the old pushrod V6. Anything "still" having a conventional engine is "getting somewhat old"

I agree tho,..........not real excited about the 4.7 or the newer 4.7 based V7 Dodge