"Chris my Dad who used to be a Ford guy"
What happened...did he convert?
Usually when a dad is a ford guy, so is the son, but I know you are not, Kip. Nor am I. When I was a kid, my dad (and us boys) hated fords. Last 3 vehicles my dad had...Fords, all Areostars. The first one served him so well he bought another. That one life ended thanks to a deer.
Vehicles are so different now they what they were and "mated, cross bread, not sure it matters much anymore. Its more about whether you like they way they look or not.
OK off topic.