Crazy transmission idea.
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Holy cow, that truck is loooooooooong! And you know the pic is real...if it were photochopped, the person doing the chopping would have taken the rust above the rear wheelwells out 
And Old Rust Bucket...I don't think you're crazy at all. I've often thought of taking a Select-o-speed (the first power-shifting tranny in the tractor industry) out of an old Ford tractor and adapting it to my truck...10 forward and two reverse speeds!
Later...
Pat
And Old Rust Bucket...I don't think you're crazy at all. I've often thought of taking a Select-o-speed (the first power-shifting tranny in the tractor industry) out of an old Ford tractor and adapting it to my truck...10 forward and two reverse speeds!
Later...
Pat
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Hey while were on the subject of crazy ideas has anyone ever thought of taking the T/A out of an old IH and putting it in a pickup? With the 300-6 and a NP435. That would have some hell of alot of torque in low gear. Might burn it out in a hurry though.
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The easiest way to make a tandem drive is to find an old Dodge 1 1/2 Ton personel carrier (uses Dodge power wagon parts). The transfer case has 1 input, and 3 outputs. 1 to the front axle, 1 to the front tandem axle, 1 to the rear tandem axle via a pillow block on the front tandem axle. Total of 5 drive shafts. Takes a while to grease the u-joints
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"Speaking of crazy drivelines I'd like to see the tandem axles from something like an International 9400i with the power divider lock shoved under an F series truck.I just think it would be cool to be talking to someone and they mention their bad *** dually and you could be like yeah I have 2 dually axles and I can give power to both of em!Maybe I'm dreaming.I know you'd have to fab up shackles to mount the springs,run an air compressor to run the PDL and probably have to fab up a way to mate the F series driveshaft to the differential not to mention the body work to get both sets of dually wheels to fit under the bed.Ahhh but I can still dream."
The best way would be just to throw away everything but the Ford cab and drop it on the appropriate big truck chassis. You could get a used big truck cheap enough.
The best way would be just to throw away everything but the Ford cab and drop it on the appropriate big truck chassis. You could get a used big truck cheap enough.
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