Description:

Pains me to list my trusty tow truck. I have owned this truck for nearly 20 years and have done extensive updates over that time, I would rather not sell it but I moved out of state and couldn't take it with me to continue restoring it.  Rare supercab F-250 4x4 Camper Special with factory front high pinion disc brake Dana 60. 400m with C-6 automatic and twin-stick NP205. Unknown miles on body, engine, and transmission.

Videos of it running:

20221103_144442.mp4

20221103_144233.mp4

Pics:

F250 pics - Google Drive


List of parts that I have replaced (not exhaustive, lots of small things I have forgotten about):

Brand new parts in boxes to go with truck (didnt have time to install before I moved):
Front windshield w/ factory top green tint
Green dashboard pad
Complete door and window weatherstripping kit including wing windows
Floor insulation
Complete black vinyl flooring
Padded black door panels (paint to match)
Door panel insulation
Weld in floor patch panels for both driver and passenger sides

Replaced within last 500 miles:
600cfm Holley street performer carb, electric choke and vacuum secondaries
Fuel filter
Edelbrock chrome valve covers and gaskets
Edelbrock chrome air cleaner and filter
ARP valve cover studs
GMB aluminum water pump
roller timing chain set
timing cover and oil pan gaskets
engine oil + filter changed
radiator hoses
180* thermostat
aluminum 3 core radiator and electric fan on 185* switch
aluminum overflow can
Summit racing single wire 180A high output alternator
silicon rubber vacuum lines
Lokar 8-ball shifter
Corbeau bucket seats and slides (just had professionally cleaned)

Replaced within last 2,000 miles:
New brake master cylinder
Remanufactured power steering pump
Remanufactured power steering box
Power steering lines
Distributor cap, rotor, wires, platinum plugs
Goodyear belts
MSD 6AL ignition
Accel super coil
neutral switch
remanufactured fuel tank selector switch
Optima 800 CCA gel cell battery
NP205 completely rebuilt, modified for twin shift, new JB twin stick shifter
New front and rear fuel tank fill hoses and caps
KYB gas-a-just shocks front and rear
Rewired new trailer plug with new blade fuse box for constant power and set up for an electronic brake controller
Alignment done
Front Dana 60 completely rebuilt ($2k in parts) with:
Spartan Locker
Spicer 35 spline outers
G2 35 spline manual hubs
New Stoptech slotted discs with late model larger 9/16 studs
Remanufactured dual piston calipers and new hardware
New front brake lines
New Timken bearings and National seals
Forged heavy duty Spicer 55-3x u-joints
Original Spicer 3.54 ring and pinion (was in good shape so no reason to replace)
New 1-ton tie rod ends
New 1.5” OD x 0.25” wall DOM tie rod and drag link
New Rancho steering stabilizer
Yukon gear king pin rebuild kits
Moog polyurethane sway bar bushings

Replaced within last 10,000 miles:
Electric fuel pump
Swapped in a 1993 F-350 10.25 rear axle w/ 3.54 gears factory trac lok with approx. 150k miles
Replaced rear brake shoes, slave cylinders, rear brake line, turned drums, new gear oil
Ignition switch and lock cylinder
Door lock cylinders
Starter and wires
Completely rebuilt front and rear driveshafts new Spicer U-joints and center bearing
17x8 ATX Assault aluminum rims and 265/70R17 Bridgestone Dueler AT tires
Transmission oil and filter changed
Muffler

Other parts on truck with unknown mileage:
Holley Street Dominator aluminum intake manifold
External block heater
Bull bar
Gun rack
Bushwacker extended fenders
Sunpro tachometer
Class V hitch


The good:

Besides all the work done above the truck starts right up and runs, stops, and drives well. The original engine still makes plenty of power. The original rear seat is in great shape. No major body damage, just lots of dings and dents. Has never been wrecked that I know of. Glass besides front windshield is ok, some scratches in the side door windows but the supercab windows and rear slider glass are great. I have pulled car trailers with it all over the state including over Snoqualmie pass with no power issues.

The bad:

Needs paint and body work and some interior rust repair and to install the new windshield and interior parts that come with it, plus needs a new headliner. Heater core recently started leaking so I bypassed it, heater and blower worked fine until then ($30 for a new one). There is a crack in the passenger side exhaust manifold ($50 for used, $135 for new one from JBG). Engine and tranny are original from what I can tell, engine runs strong but has lots of ring blowby. Both engine (rear main) and tranny (front and shift shaft seals) are seeping oil but nothing bad enough to prevent driving it. The instrument cluster rear housing plastic has completely disintegrated which has recently caused the fuel and oil gauges to stop working due to loss of ground contact. All gauges would work fine if plastic housing was replaced ($75 for a new one from JBG).

Only a small number of these 77-79 extended cab 4x4 trucks left driving around, there were not many made to begin with (~70% of models were 2wd) and many were scrapped for their front Dana 60 to swap into offroad rigs or for 2wd to 4wd conversions.

Located near Kennewick, WA