I have seen the clear distributor. I have never seen clear valve covers though lol

 

 

 

For god sakes! Have you even looked at the thread?! He posted a picture of an air brake controller and canisters. As well as an air tank! International makes large trucks that carry the Ford name. We call them f650-750. They often come with a 5.9l and air brakes. A determined person could do a full conversion.

 

 

 

OP I think it's an awesome find. Has it been determined it's not just a simple cab swap?

 

You are wrong sir. Anything above f550 was made by Blue Diamond. A joint venture between Ford and who? You guessed it, international. They share a chassis with the XT platform of international

 

I haven't figured out yet if it is a cab swap or a Cummins and air brake swap. Or maybe it just has a F450 badge on it. lol I'm not sure if I want to do too much looking into it and work to it because I will fall in love with it and won't be able to sell it. lol All I'm planning on doing to it is get the right wheels and tires, fix the death wobble and get a couple of the gauges working. I should be able to make a few bucks off of it. My son and I painted the bed and running boards last night and I cleaned it up today.

 

Dude, you need to build this thing. It would be an awesome project truck. Wheels, tires, some flatbed modification, engine spruce up, etc. and make this into an awesome truck. Someone has already done most of the work for you with the cummins swap. Just make it better.

 

Thats what I was thinking. lol Some decent wheels with mud tires, about 4inches more lift, cut all the cage stuff off the bed and some motor power adders it would be sweet. But I bought it to make some money off of it so I have to keep from falling in love with it. lol It might be too late tho, I keep driving it around the block and waving at all the neighbors as I pump the brakes and release air. lmao

 

I was sitting here thinking and I may be wrong but... I think the bigger trucks have a complete straight frame. No bends for the cab. Cab and chassis f450 trucks have the bends for the cab but a straight frame. Listen I'm an extreme Ford fan but the 5.9 cummins is and incredible motor. Is it the the 12v or 24v?

 

 

Eh it's no problem. I only know it because I worked at asplundh for a few years. When I started, they had huge fleets of 8.1 Gasser gmcs. By the end of my time with them, they had international and Fords. Both were powered by the 6.7l cummins. Dreadful motors early on. They kept going into limp mode. The Ford seats were kind of nice for basic seats. It was a weird split bench where the drivers seat was bucket and then a half bench for the rest. They reclined even!

 

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