Hello, I have a '65 with a 300 6 cylinder. My 300 6 is tired, and is coming out for a full rebuild. In the meantime, I'd like to put another engine in it to keep it on the road.

I have the opportunity to have a (free) 250 6 cylinder out of a '74 Maverick. It seems like it might slip into the stock motor mount holes in the crossmember on my truck, and the block appears to have the correct castings for clutch pivot.

Can anyone add any more info on whether or not the 250 6 will fit in my truck?

The Maverick the 250 came out of has about 30,XXX miles on it, hard to pass up!

Thanks

 

It can fit. I've actually looked at a '66 with a 200 in it. As I recall used some stands to raise the engine but I don't think it was modified heavily. The issue is, the 200/250 do not share the bellhousing bolt pattern of the 240,300/SBF. That limits your transmission options and the truck I saw ran an old Mustang 3spd..

'74 250 is worth something to the Mustang/ Falcon inliners.. Your best bet is a late model 300 for the time being

 

I would second the "find a running 300" motion.

While the 250 shares the SBF bell pattern, mounts, cooling, exhaust, linkages, and clutch are going to be issues. All that work that you then have to go in and un-do to reinstall your original 300 once it's rebuilt.

Serving suggestion.

OR buy a 300 and build it the way you want to and do this job once.

 

Ah, bummer. Thanks for the fast responses. I'll go back to the "find a running extra 300" plan for the time being and keep researching.

 

There are no engine mounting parts available to install a 250 I-6 in a truck.

250 I-6: 1969/73 Mustang; 1969/74 Fairlane/Torino; 1971/77 Maverick/Comet (A/T only); 1975/80 Granada.

And, be aware that the 200 I-6 was also available in 1970/77 Maverick/Comet, so it may not be a 250.

 

One of my parts trucks had a 1970, 250 I-6 in it. I don't think you want to go there. They had done some serious redneck engineering to get the engine mounts and clutch hooked up. I have no idea what clutch plate and pressure plate they used but it was definitely not a parts match because it was never meant to be on that little flywheel, it was burned to a crisp. But they proved you can make anything fit in anything if you weld enough scrap iron together.