I just had this 77 Ford F600 Crew Cab delivered to me today. It spent most of it's life as a fire/rescue vehicle, then it was turned into a dump truck. Since it spent the better part of it's life as a pampered fire truck it is in pretty good shape. A very little rust in the passenger floor board but that's pretty much it. It has a 330 V8 in it and a 4 speed with 2 a speed rear axle. The frame is perfect. My Son and I fired it up with gas in the carb and the motor sounds good. It needs a fuel pump which I ordered today and arrives tomorrow.

 

here is a picture of my two Crew cabs together. The doors are coming off the F600 and going on my F250, that is the main reason I bought the F600. I will put the doors from the F250 on the F600 soon. I am not sure what my plan is for the F600, I want to get it running and drive it and evaluate the possibility of me restoring it and maybe turn it into a rollback car hauler/tow vehicle. This will depend on what all it needs to make it reliable and safe. I also need to see how it will do on the interstate and how difficult it is to drive.

 

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Nice truck.

So after 2 hours with no real specific questions about your truck, you deem the Large Truck forum to be a ghost town....

If you are mostly going to feature your F250, start a thread in the other forum.

If you have a question or want the VIN and warranty plate decoded, this is a good place to stay.

Good luck with your projects.

Oh, as for how it does on the highway, I would expect it to hit the wall about about 65 MPH with the 330, which is pretty much a good place to stop given the brakes, especially with a load. 330s are good motors, but they are, afterall, just 330s.

You familiar with the two speed? Post 5 has Eaton links and you can OD on the two speed if need be:

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ml#post9565523

 

Thanks, I have been googling for vin decoder and can't find any for large trucks. If you could help me that would be great.
VIN is... F61DVY41360


Warranty tag is...
Color- T
Body- AAG
Trans- A
Axle- F3N
DSO- 222471

 

Stand by. It may take a bit of time, but since you have provided both VIN and warranty tag info, you'll get good results. It's not me doing the decoding but other regulars here.

 

VIN Format: 1961-1980 Ford truck

Decoding: F61DVY41360

<table border="" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><th>Digit</th><th>Usage</th><th>VIN</th><th>Decoded</th></tr><tr><td>1-3</td><td>Series</td><td>F61</td><td>F600</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Engine</td><td>D</td><td>Unknown!</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Plant</td><td>V</td><td>Kentucky Truck</td></tr><tr><td>6-8</td><td>Mod Yr/Mfg Date</td><td>Y41</td><td>1977 (Mfg 1976 or 1977)</td></tr><tr><td>6-11</td><td>Sequential Serial #</td><td>Y41360</td><td>Y41360</td></tr></tbody></table>

Serial numbers are sequential per plant

 

This is an excellent site too...

Decoding '73-'79 Ford Truck VIN Tags - FORDification.net

 

Thanks, I have been there. I have everything EXCEPT the rear axle, the code is F3N. I know it's a 2 speed axle but nothing else. I would like to know the manufacturer and gear ratios.

 

Safe bet it's an Eaton. Numberdummy seems to have the deluxe decoder ring. Mentioning his name sometimes summons him. Otherwise, stand by--he wanders the threads looking for stuff like this.

 

Or... just stalk Numberdummy...

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l#post14164917

 

Why in the world would you want to swap doors between the two trucks? Unless you want the look of mis-matched doors (color-wise) on both trucks. And if you eventually want to restore the F-600, you will have to swap doors again - an F-600 just ain't restored unless it has F-600 doors on it!

By the way, the 4th digit "D" in your v.i.n. stands for 330 Heavy-Duty V-8.

 

Because the main reason I bought the truck was for the doors, The F250 is the priority and it will get a total repaint so the color doesn't matter. My F250 is already 4 different colors presently.
I do my own body and paint so no big deal. The F600 doors are in way better shape than the F600. IF I do restore the F600 I will paint it also, in the mean time I will probably put a quick spray of red on the F600 doors after I swap them.

 

Makes sense to me man, well except for

 

You got me, of course I meant better than the F250