Hey Bubba, how you been?

You know it's funny you say that about the Chebby "300". If I hear of any six being hot rodded by the old timers, they always talk about the Chebby two-nine-two. The main thing I hear with these things was litteraly pouring fuel into them; six carb set ups, bizzare set ups like that.

I don't hear too many old timers talk about hot rodding the 300. What I hear from the old timers is how slow but hard working their 300 was, and how hard it was to kill.

300 cubic inches of stubborness. Sounds a lot like family, don't it?

 

Hey Bill, been pretty good! Interesting about the 292.
Everything I've ever read it's just a general rule that "if the bore is smaller than the stroke..."
Guess I've never seen a rodded 292, but plenty of 300s, and about 10x the available performance parts too. Oh well, the more options, the more fun it is.

 

That's good man . I've been thinking about sending you a PM.

Don't missunderstand me! I didn't mean that I've seen hot rodded 292's. What I was referring to is having conversations with old timers. What they seem to talk about the most in reguards to hot rodding six's is the Chebby big six. I rarely hear old timers talk about sporting the 300 for speed. What they do say is how hard working the 300 is.

By the way, I just went to a car show this past Saturday. Beautiful day, beautiful women, and beautiful cars. What I saw get the most "Hey, cool!!" was the inline-six motors. I saw an old C-10 or two with the hoods propped open, sporting a small I6. Every one I passed people young and old were talking about the motor. "That thing will run forever!"

My favorite truck I saw though was an old International. 40's, 50's model, I couldn't tell. Beautiful deep red with chrome wheel wells and dual chrome stacks. A large diesel I6 was the power plant. It was a gorgeous machine. I was tempted to drive home in that thing, lol. I didn't know the old semi-tractors weren't any bigger than a pickup truck though. I thought that was kind of neat.

 

Im a ford man at heart and belive I always will be. However, alot of the farmers around here when they retire they buy an old tractor of the opposite brand they used. IE, International man buys a deere or a Case man a MM.
When I do my lame retirement thing I want a 60s GM with a 305 V6. From what the old men say is that is GMs 300.

If it can grab hold the 300 will move it. Though it may be slow it will pull, pull, pull.

 

Heya flip

I'm a Ford man too but I'll drive anything! I just love trucks. I think they're cool.

My dream truck is still a Ford with a Cummins though. I just think Ford makes a better looking truck and I love the way a Cummins looks and sounds.
Although these days, with the newer trucks, I believe the cosmetic department goes to Dodge.
I've fallen in love with the Chevrolet Coloardo.. I want a single cab 4x4 with the I5. That is of course, if I can't get it with the 5.3L. I don't know if GM is putting the big V8 in the single cabs or not.

 

they are not bill, when i left the dealership in march the only way to get a 5.3 was in a ext cab not crew, not reg, and only in 2x4 but that would be sooooo sweet to have the power of a 5.3 in a iddy biddy pickem up truck lol

 

 

youd be surprised, the first big trucks WERE actually the first pick up trucks...the first actual big trucks used were single axle dually pick ups with bigger boxes, and were chain driven...when ford was mass producing cars in the hundreds per day peterbilt was hand crafting them at 12-13 per year on average, thats how peterbilt started in 1939 with the owner himself building them for his logging company, still chain drives haha,

anyway end of my


my bet is the 300 is the most widely used engine in north america if not the world...it is used in EVERYTHING industrial, farm, heavy equipment, pick ups and on and on...you dont see 292s in that many places...

 

Yeah I know Gramps, that would be so fun. I bet a little Ford Ranger with the 5.4L would be even more fun. Talk about a sleeper!

Ah that's cool, I've never seen one of those. I was reading HotRod and they said back in the day, Ford was thinking about a double axle truck. You know the kind that look like your C600 here, only in the smaller version? Flat front end, unibody? Yeah, Ford apparently was toying with the idea of giving them dual rear axles.


That's really neat!

So can I pretend my truck is really a Cummins powered Dually? I have the I6 and the fender flares..

 

yeah i tell my friends i can tow as much as they can with their 5.0l and powersrokes but they think i cant do it. one of these days i want to just drive by and show them what i can pull. my friend in his f250 6.0l had to tow a 20-27 ft camper to a race track and i told him if i had trailer brakes i would show him i can pull it. i would have done it but my brakes were on the noise thing to tell you they need to be replaced. but yeah i never new they put them in the 350's and higher. i thought that was cool. i tell them to i would pull their trucks around the block but since i got only one wheel spinning i loose for sure. i want to upgrade to limited slip. or locker.,

 

The bigger you talk, the farther your ego will fall. The five 0's can tow as much the four-nine. The diesel could rip the 300 in two. The 300 will pull it or spin the tires, it's a great motor. Just don't brag up the motor.. just SHOW'EM. Actions speak louder than words. =)