The thing that bothers me about sitting in the back of a SuperCab is that the tubular steel frame in the front seat is at forehead height for shorter riders and moves down the face to the teeth as the rider grows. Good seat belts will be very helpful here.

Michael

 

Thank you all for the responses! You have showed me that it is definitely possible to use a Supercab with a family it is just less convenient. To be completely honest I like the looks of the Supercab far more and the fact that it is a little shorter is nice too. I am still on the hunt for a Crew Cab but if I come across a nice SC instead I think I will run with that. I shot myself in the foot when I built the first truck with a regular cab and don't want to have to do it again.
Also somethingclever, your truck is gorgeous.White with chrome is one of my favourite combinations. I try to avoid it though because of how hard it is to keep looking clean.
Redroad I have thought about building up a bullnose truck but it just hasn't got the same character to me. I owned an 83 and it was pretty good but it just wasn't as cool as an old Dent.

 

I didn't find riding in the back of our SuperCab uncomfortable when I was younger, before I had my license. And through my teens and now into my twenties, there have been occasions where buddies or girls pile in and I've never heard any complaining. Much more comfortable in my opinion than a Chevy extended cab.

 

I have a crew at the moment as well and took the kids into town the other day in it...to follow up to my previous statement - I would guess there is indeed 6-8" more room in the crew.

Further the crew uses a full size front bench unlike the supercab which uses a shorter bench. (although still plenty long for kids legs)

Took a 3 hr road trip a couple years back in my supercab with 2 buddies...the one that pulled short straw for the back is 6 or 6'1".

He didn't fit very well...needed to sit partly sideways.

Supercabs seem to be selling for approx 1/2 of crews these days.

 

$3500 OBO
1975 Ford Crew Cab for sale | Classic Cars | Prince George | Kijiji

 

I saw that truck but it's on the other end of the country and way to rough for me. I've got my sights on this one.
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars...250/1582801510
I talked to him and he has a few other guys interested so I am sure it will be long gone by the time I get my chance at it. Buying vehicles in different provinces is a pain in the neck.

 

So I ended up buying a truck in Saskatoon. It is alright body wise, Camper Special Ranger Package. Needs some rust repair here and there. Good enough to build up and drive for a little bit before getting into body work and paint. I'm flying out on the 29th to start the 3500km trek back to my home in Ontario. It should be fun.

 

Looks like a beauty. Enjoy the road trip, and take lots of pix on the way home.

 

I made it home. Things were great for the first two days and then I started having issues left and right. I think it blew the headgasket, not through a water jacket but through the oil drainback holes and then eventually out to the front corner of the head. Needless to say its been blasting oil out all over the place. First I had issues with the mechanical fuel pump and then with the selector valve and brittle, dry hoses which led to air intrusion and the demise of the electric pump that I had installed in its place. After limping awhile in the barren lands of Northern Ontario on a makeshift fuel pump fashioned out of an old oil jug and a ridiculous amount of rubber hose I eventually came across a gas station and found some used parts and made it the last 12 hours home with the truck using a high pressure fuel pump from a fuel injected bronco on a switch to keep the float bowl full by giving it shots of about 2 seconds on and 30 off while cruising on the higway. It was an adventure for sure and there were times when I would have preferred to leave the damn thing on the side of the road but I've got it here now. Now I'm looking for the donor truck I need to do the swap. a 95-97 F350 4x4 Extended Cab Long box with a 7.3 and hopefully a manual transmission. I may be on the hunt for awhile to find exactly what I need.

 

Yeah...No Problem. Ontario provincial vehicle safety inspectors should recognize a 'vented' fuel system when they see one, eh?
Seriously though, congratulations on winning the first battle. What a great story for a great looking dent.
Now that it's home, what are you planning for the fuel pump issue?

 

If your current day job doesn’t work out you can add “pulse width modulator expert” to your resume.

congrats on a likely crazy trip through a lot of remote land!

 

Everybody keeps asking me that, this truck isn't going to be saftied or driven on the road until it has been built up on top of the Powerstroke chassis so I'm just not going to worry about it. It runs well enough to move it around the yard and that's all that I need to do with it now. Once it's apart I'll probably powerwash and put a headgasket in the motor before I sell it, try to get a few extra bucks for it. Nobody wants a 400m unfortunately though.

 

l suppose you are good to go, for now. You probably a long list of projects already in mind.

There's a lot of little stuff you can do to make a bit more cash when you flip it. And most parts are cheap.

The reason l asked is because l discovered a 'damp' fuel pump while performing my autumn LOF.

Looks like someone used a Crescent wrench on the brass nut and rounded it pretty bad.

l used my flare wrenches but it didn't budge. Not "leaking" raw fuel...just damp.

l can get a new (regular mechanical) fuel pump for around $30 locally.

Perhaps a fire extinguisher in the cab would be a good idea?

 

Yeah I may dress up the motor some when I go to sell it. My fuel pump also suffers from the rounded off nut. I tried a pair of vice grips on it but it wouldn't budge either. I don't know yet. this truck is going to sit for a little while before I get the time together to work on it and I want to keep it whole and complete for that time to keep the rain off of things and keep it driving and looking less like a pile of junk.
If anybody here wants the entire frame, axles and driveline out of a 250 CS let me know. I will have one up for sale eventually.

 

In my '76 SCLB, the seat belts are one of the big sticking points to using it for the family. The boys are in boosters, but not harnesses, so lap belts in the back outer positions don't work any more. Doing what you did with lap-shoulder belts (in front, too) would be great - as its a 76, the rear passenger quarter panel trim has the cutouts for the front belt, just not the upper mount on the B pillar, annoyingly). Did you do a guide to fitting the rear shoulder belts?

The other 'worry' is the no rear head restraints for whiplash in the event of an accident - the kids are back there, I worry about them more than my wife and I up front lol