SCOTT - ANY truck from the midwest almost 30 years old will need some body work. My old F-250 is no exception. SON has researched upgrades to the 7.3 PSD a lot. There's lots of ways to put "E-fuel" on them, electric pumps and pressure regulators, eliminate all that clutter in the valley, and a TO-4 turbo of some type is the hot setup, with bigger injectors. He wants the 7.3 to pull like his '14 6.7 CTD did and it was deleted, chipped, and tuned. My poor old truck is still stock. He saved the pillar pod out of his '93 Lightning and it fits the '96 F-250 perfectly, so has boost, coolant temp, EGT, oil psi. The LUK clutch we installed years ago actually pushes softer than stock, but not sure how much HP it will hold.
They are still a great old truck. I get an electronic copy of Ford Truck Enthusiast and see comments from new truck owners wanting things like larger video screens, faster internet, my new truck has a screen maybe 6x8 inches that I mostly ignor. Now the dash readout with oil psi, coolant temp, engine oil temp, trans oil temp, I keep my eye on that!
SON wants to start working on the F250, but ALL his shop stuff, mostly wood working tools has to go first! I'm not letting my two FARMALL'S and 3 Cub Cadets sit outside under a tarp.