Originally Posted by iggybob44

As ive discovered recently,i just bought my 3rd 67-72,and of the 3,only one was mostly original,the other 2 had been changed dramatically.lets see,different engines,transmissions,later model axles,power steering on 4wd drive models,different transfer case,2wd Camper Special body on 4wd chassis,etc. no worries,they were mostly cheap,in fact 2 of them i nearly stole(a 1969 F350 390,a/t,front disk brakes,10 ft. utlility bed,12 ft Alaskan camper,56k miles,perfect interior,etc,owner wanted $1300,i regret selling it,didnt have parking) and i think i kinda stole this one too,its a 72 Camper special 2wd body,on what i believe to be a 73 or later 250 4wd chassis, fresh motor,FE(not sure yet which one,im thinking it might be a 390 or 428,judging by casting #'s) new dual exhaust) np 435,np205,power steering,straight body,very little rust on body,etc,got this for $1650.....BTW,the reason i believe its got a later chassis is that its got power steering and a 205 tcase. it seems as if lots of these trucks have been pieced together by previous owners,poss largely on there large production numbers and maybe also on the fact they dont seem to command the outrageous prices that 67-72 chev/gmc's do.

Originally Posted by 390428cjt

Casting# are more than likely not going to tell you anything about cubic inches in fact the casting # dont tell you anything usefull you will need the check the actual stroke to know if its a 390/428 most common is the 360 cid.