I'm converting a 44 G8T from the inline 6 gas to a 5.9 cummins. kind of a rat rod project ive been thinking about for awhile. i got the motor pulled out and felt bad about throwing it out before i asked if anybody was looking for something off the motor.

 

Welcome to or madness! Before you know it, you will get a collection! (I'm up to 2 trucks/ 2 parts trucks!)

Getting rid of stuff that you or someone else might need seems to happen a lot. If I were you I would keep everything else. (at least until your done) You never know what you might use. Your pics are not working correctly? We all love pics!

What part of KS are you from? I'm from Neosho, MO.

 

45 minutes west of st Joe mo. I'm afraid I'm Gna run outta shop room lol. I GTA keep my stock piles small.

 

New to the site I'll work on pics

 

Put a cummins 6at in my '59 f350 2 years back. Drove the wheels off it today with 1200 board feet of lumber on a delivery. I was rollin' a bit of coal on the inclines. Please keep us well posted with your progress. Some of us love the oil burners AND the flatheads

 

And lots of pictures too!

 

There was a guy who did this on a 47 ford truck, pretty much exactly the same as our G8T, and it was a tight fit, he did a total frame swap though with what I think was a doritos truck.

I had thought about this conversion myself and the problem I ran into was track width and rear axle. On my 43 G8T the outside dual of my rear axle sits the same width as a the regular pickup axle. So if you are to replace the rear axle of your G8T with a more highway capable axle you will be hard pressed to find one that will bolt in and handle the torque of the 5.9 and still be a similar track width as the front.

Either way, good luck and I can't wait to see pics!

 

Sounds like a neat truck, stick the flathead 6 on criagslist for $100, somebody will want it.

Sam

 

okay ive decided to go a little different route i bought a non running 90 cummins 2wd dually. got it all up and going and im going to just put cab on that frame. so i can have a little better driving truck. i have a front tilt window on my g8t and the seals in the tilt are shot and the windows are yellow and cracked there a guy in town that can cut windows. but my worry is the seals. i would appreciate some help ive tried a few websites but there are so many variations i dnt want to order three kits before i get the right one. i just need a shove in the right direction. the door windows im not to worried about replaceing right now but the seals are shot in those as well i might replace those if its cheaps so they roll up a little bit better and dnt rattle windows. thanks for the help

 

Thanks for your post. This sounds like an interesting project.

Would your truck happen to have the original toggle-type ignition switch in it? (See photo below.) If so, and if you're planning on converting over to a key-type, feel free to PM me if you'd like to sell your switch. I'm looking for one to use on one of my projects.

Thank you.

 

No luck. Someone had wired in a push button. I do have guages. And the turn toggle style light switch. Guages are rough depends what Ud need

 

what ever happened to the original 8gt parts. i'm in need of some engine parts

 

I was told that my truck was a G8T. My dash ('42) looks nothing like yours.

 

A Ford G8T is different in many ways from a Civilian production truck. Even if your truck was used by the military it still may not be a G8T. G8T trucks all had the 226 flathead 6, 4 speed transmission, single speed rear axle. Also they had 6 lug wheels instead of 5 like civilian models. The dash was very different as well as the steering wheel. The dash had 5 individual round gauges instead of a gauge cluster. Also a G8T had placards riveted to the dash showing shift pattern, gear ratios, date of build and other information. Steering wheel was a plain 4 spoke instead of the normal 2 spoke Ford one. The most desirable feature 'imho' is the folding out windshield which can be folded completely horizontally. Also the turn signal holes of front fender were left 'blank' so there should be a flat spot where the light would normally be. Also the hood had no 'Ford' stamped on the side or 'whiskers' on the front. As well as no spear on the vent side. There were two tow hooks protruding from the front bumper attachment. The rear was often equipped with a spring loaded pintle hitch and two big curved flat steel bumpers.

There were a few other differences from the civilian model related to the engine and fuel system but most of the original equipment was in poor repair on mine that I wasn't sure what was military specific vs civilian.

There were a few other differences across the years of production and depending if they were used in the 'lend lease' program to other countries.

I've often seen and heard of these trucks being advertised as G8T models when in fact they are not.

If your truck does not have any if not all of the features I listed above, more than likely it is just a civilian model.