Crewcab 4x4's?
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that's interesting, considering they quit making the FE motor in 1976.. they never put 390's in 4x4's ever, or 428's for that matter. they more weight coupled with the higher compression ratios of those motors made them predetonate like nobody's business when fully loaded..
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The difference between a 76 360 and a 76 390 is about 10 horsepower and 15 foot pounds of torque. The late sixties ones did see high compression versions, however, after 1972, they pretty much fell flat.
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I have a 77 F350 crew cab, long bed, 2wd that is as stock as I've seen. Pics are posted in the gallery. I've seen a couple of others, but I've never personally seen a stock 4wd crew cab....I've heard the Ford made some in 78 and 79, but I'm not sure about the bed length.
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I heard that they made only a 1000 a year. Half of them went to railroad, the other almost half went to road crews, and some went to forest crews.
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I have a 77 f350 2wd and I have owned 10 of the 73-79 crewcabs and I never have had, seen, or heard of a factory longbox 4x4. It's hard enough to find a shortbox 4x4. I'm trying to thin the heard a little if anyone is interested.
Ron
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I have a 73 f350 crew cab long box 2wd converted to a 4x4. Rare truck at that. Is in mid stage of prep for paint and some more power into the 390. Took me some time to find this truck and now need to tweak it.
shawn
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I know the logging companies around here had a few, not sure what year. Might have been fleet special order too.
They've had Crew Cab special fleet sales since the late 50's, for railroad and logging companies etc... Very rare some are too,
They've had Crew Cab special fleet sales since the late 50's, for railroad and logging companies etc... Very rare some are too,