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crew with i6
looking for a crew cab f250 - f350 with the 300 i6 (4x4) was this truck available? been looking for awhile. Ive seen lots of f350 dually chassis cabs with 300's some f250 supers with 300's but Ive yet to see a crew cab w/ a 300????
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When I was in the Air Force, we had one-ton crew cab 2X4 and 4X4 trucks. They all seemed to be powered by a straight six with a HD 4 speed trans. Fords, Dodges and Internationals of 60's and 70's vintage. The Chebbies were the little 1/2 ton short stepsides with the 235 or 250 I-6 and a three on the tree. Had a few Fords like that, too.
Looking at Mil-Surp suppliers, you might find a 1 ton Crew with a I-6. Just expect it to be idled to death. Low miles but a bazillion hours.
Looking at Mil-Surp suppliers, you might find a 1 ton Crew with a I-6. Just expect it to be idled to death. Low miles but a bazillion hours.
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To OP:
They made them but only a handful. The 300 would have been a delete option. The only people who would have ordered them would be fleet customers who intended to do a lot of putting around with a work crew. You'd be better off to combine a 300 equipped parts truck and an crew cab rolling shell.
To the "think of the children!" people:
If OP wanted to be told he's a danger to society for not driving a modern sedan with a million air bags, a backup camera and all that other stuff he could have gone to Reddit or some other internet cesspool.
The truck OP described will perform just as well as any stock truck with a couple thousand pounds in tow. Please remove your heads from your butts.
They made them but only a handful. The 300 would have been a delete option. The only people who would have ordered them would be fleet customers who intended to do a lot of putting around with a work crew. You'd be better off to combine a 300 equipped parts truck and an crew cab rolling shell.
To the "think of the children!" people:
If OP wanted to be told he's a danger to society for not driving a modern sedan with a million air bags, a backup camera and all that other stuff he could have gone to Reddit or some other internet cesspool.
The truck OP described will perform just as well as any stock truck with a couple thousand pounds in tow. Please remove your heads from your butts.
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"The truck OP described will perform just as well as any stock truck with a couple thousand pounds in tow" ... agreed. probably no slower than the 89 tempo or 86 nissan stanza wagon that i owned, or any tractor/trailer rig out there.
"Please remove your heads from your butts" ... the sort of comment that gets a cesspool forming.
"Please remove your heads from your butts" ... the sort of comment that gets a cesspool forming.
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When I was in the Air Force, we had one-ton crew cab 2X4 and 4X4 trucks. They all seemed to be powered by a straight six with a HD 4 speed trans. Fords, Dodges and Internationals of 60's and 70's vintage. The Chebbies were the little 1/2 ton short stepsides with the 235 or 250 I-6 and a three on the tree. Had a few Fords like that, too.
Looking at Mil-Surp suppliers, you might find a 1 ton Crew with a I-6. Just expect it to be idled to death. Low miles but a bazillion hours.
Looking at Mil-Surp suppliers, you might find a 1 ton Crew with a I-6. Just expect it to be idled to death. Low miles but a bazillion hours.
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Intended operating speed and how fast it will typically be driven down a taxiway are two very different things.
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Thanks for the replies, I figure I've seen plenty of 1 ton dumps and flatbeds w/ the 300 in them. They put them in f600 and UPS trucks back in the day. We had a old aluminum box truck with a 300 in it that I hooked up to avg. sized mini excavator and it pulled it just fine no speed demon (I don't like going fast anyways) but I was just going around town, that box truck had 500k on the clock and the odometer never even work the while I worked there. As for why would want such a "slug" I guess:
1. I have always liked odd ball things
2. I've always liked the 300
3. I want a 1ton
4. I want a crew cab
5. My favorite book is "the little engine that could"
1. I have always liked odd ball things
2. I've always liked the 300
3. I want a 1ton
4. I want a crew cab
5. My favorite book is "the little engine that could"
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When I was in the Air Force, we had one-ton crew cab 2X4 and 4X4 trucks. They all seemed to be powered by a straight six with a HD 4 speed trans. Fords, Dodges and Internationals of 60's and 70's vintage. The Chebbies were the little 1/2 ton short stepsides with the 235 or 250 I-6 and a three on the tree. Had a few Fords like that, too.
Looking at Mil-Surp suppliers, you might find a 1 ton Crew with a I-6. Just expect it to be idled to death. Low miles but a bazillion hours.
Looking at Mil-Surp suppliers, you might find a 1 ton Crew with a I-6. Just expect it to be idled to death. Low miles but a bazillion hours.
I thought I saw a pic of one on this site awhile ago and it was a ex military truck, can't seem to find that post again though.
what are some good surpulse sites?
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300 I-6 available in F350 Crew Cabs despite what some members (probably without any reference material) claim.
(sigh)
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We have a couple F150 4x4 crews running around town that are 300-6/5 speed. I think they might have been done by Centurion.
I have not ran across any 90s F250 or F350 trucks with a 300 so I build my own a few years back by pulling a 351 and bolting a carbed (and warmed up) 300 to the ZF. 4.10 gears and it was a great truck to drive, ran down the road great with 4.10s. The 300/ZF is a great combo. But (heavy sigh) I could have had twice as much torque with a stock 460 for the amount of gas it used. It wasn't a crew but would have been just fine with the added weight.
I have not ran across any 90s F250 or F350 trucks with a 300 so I build my own a few years back by pulling a 351 and bolting a carbed (and warmed up) 300 to the ZF. 4.10 gears and it was a great truck to drive, ran down the road great with 4.10s. The 300/ZF is a great combo. But (heavy sigh) I could have had twice as much torque with a stock 460 for the amount of gas it used. It wasn't a crew but would have been just fine with the added weight.