What a lemon.. 1996 Ford F150

I have two 96 Fords, mine is a Ranger and the wife's is a 5.0 Explorer with 208,000 miles on it. Little nagging problems for sure on the explorer, like the major coolant leak which could only be solved by a $110 water outlet from ford. But that 5.0 engine has been very reliable. My Ranger has had a few small issues, but with 112,000 miles it is also very reliable. What gets me is that now parts for these 14 year old vehicles are getting hard to come by, especially from Ford. They want us to buy new stuff I guess, but I wouldn't have one of those mod motors. we have enough problems with them at work.