diesel bumpside?

tazzman68 · Post by **tazzman68** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:46 pm

Hey all, saw a 68' shortbox stepside today on the way home from work. I was at a local car lot.....odd thing about it, had a big sign on the windshield that said "DIESEL" soooo, wazzup? Is this possible? I think I may stop in there this weekend if it is still there.

Redcap · Post by **Redcap** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:56 pm

Where at? That does sound rather oddball.

tazzman68 · Post by **tazzman68** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:16 am

It,s at a little lot up here on Hwy 7m headed for Mt. Rainier. I think I'm gonna try to check it out. Get a better look.

j41385 · Post by **j41385** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:35 am

That is awesome, How much is it? If it is a diesel someone just swapped one in.

ToughOldFord · Post by **ToughOldFord** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 3:53 pm

j41385 wrote:That is awesome, How much is it? If it is a diesel someone just swapped one in.

They didn't put a diesel in a pickup back then.

Maybe it's still a gas burner, but has so many rattles and knocks the seller's looking for a sucker.

nevrenufhp · Post by **nevrenufhp** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:08 pm

I've heard they put 3208 Cats in some F350's in the early 70's. Although I dream of such a swap, mine includes a DT466 from an IH truck :twisted:

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:11 pm

a place i used to work for changed out the gas motors in the f600's to 3208's

tazzman68 · Post by **tazzman68** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:08 am

Ok guys, (and girls) It is now officially the wekend, and as soon as I finish the brakes on the effy, I am gonna drive downa and take a look at it, and maybe take soem pics.

tazzman68 · Post by **tazzman68** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 12:44 pm

Ok, went and took a look at this thing yesterday. It is a 68' stepside F100. It has some monstrosity of a turbo charged 4cyl diesel in it. It also has some kind of a 2 shifter manual trans. My brother the trucker says it is a brownie box? Anyways, the truck body is fairly clean, but the motor and such are very scabbed in. I didnt even ask to hear it run. (if it even does) If you look closely at the pics, you'll see the can of starting fluid they keep under the hood. And one last thing, these guys want $2,500 for it.

OldBlue67 · Post by **OldBlue67** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 12:53 pm

tazzman68 wrote:Ok, went and took a look at this thing yesterday. It is a 68' stepside F100. It has some monstrosity of a turbo charged 4cyl diesel in it. It also has some kind of a 2 shifter manual trans. My brother the trucker says it is a brownie box? Anyways, the truck body is fairly clean, but the motor and such are very scabbed in. I didnt even ask to hear it run. (if it even does) If you look closely at the pics, you'll see the can of starting fluid they keep under the hood. And one last thing, these guys want $2,500 for it.

which pics?

tazzman68 · Post by **tazzman68** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 12:57 pm

Sorry Liz, Kieth says unlimited size on pics, but the limit is 250k, and my pics were like 260k, Gotm the first 3 up, and here is the last one.

hardtailjohn · Post by **hardtailjohn** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 5:26 pm

Gotta love that!!!

John H.

nevrenufhp · Post by **nevrenufhp** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 5:48 pm

Looks like a Perkins or Nissan to me.

tazzman68 · Post by **tazzman68** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 8:44 pm

I really have no idea what kind of motor that is. It wasnt real well marked. Looked like a real beast though.

4x4_Welder · Post by **4x4_Welder** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 9:47 pm

Looks like a John Deere. I like that piano wire throttle link-

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