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Ultimate Diesel Dude
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Southwest Missouri
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I bought a new truck! (Updated--now with pics!!)
Well, it's new to me anyway!
Last weekend I brought home a '96 Ford E-350 Van cutaway. In it's first life, it was an ambulance...now it's an extended cab truck with a flatbed! Yeah, I know, sounds kind of silly, but it will make the perfect platform for a Reading Enclosed utility body that I just bought. It will be my new work truck. Yeah, yeah, it's a Ford, I know! I've always been a GM guy all my life, but I couldn't pass this deal up! Because here's the best part: it's powered by the 7.3L Powerstroke diesel, and I only paid $5300 for the thing! The dealer wanted to get rid of it bad, so I got a great deal. It looks good too, nice paint, excellent interior with captains chairs. It's got the E40D auto tranny, and a limited slip dually rear axle. A/c, power windows/locks....it's just a really nice rig with only 137,000 miles. I'll post some pics of it soon! Now I can keep the '81 off the road a little more and finally get a chance to get back to work on it! Later ya'll! Casey
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Project truck: '81 C/20 converted to 6.2L TURBO DIESEL bored .040", gear drive, 6.5L injectors/pump, custom pistons, custom 4" exhaust, 700R4, 4.10's Daily Driver: '95 K1500 Tahoe, 6.5L TURBO DIESEL, NP241, 4L80E, 3.42's Last edited by arveetek; 09-16-2003 at 11:15 AM. |
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Robert Olson Transport
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Location: recent transplant to NC USA
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While ill take a bunch of **** from some of the chevy fanatics here, Ford makes a damn good truck. I have a construction company where i run ford and chevy trucks ( you couldnt give me a dodge product again) and i love them. My 89 F250 with the 351 and E40D trans took beatings beyond belief
Best of luck with the new truck, although being it was an ambulance in its past, i sure hope that it was properly maintained and not abused. You should have at least another 140K in that motor before any major work |
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yeller
Join Date: Oct 2001
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Lookin forward to the pics!
![]() I get crap all the time cause my DD is a Ranger. I don't get it, some people are soo close minded when it comes to brands of cars...I am a car guy...period. A cool car/truck is a cool car/truck...period, doesn't matter what make it is, if it is done right then I like it. ![]() -Jeff |
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: DALLAS,TX
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Ouch.
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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![]() My Ranger is by no means cool...but the Ranger in the newest issue of Truckin called Lightning Bolt that is basically a Lightning wrapped in a Ranger body is! ![]() You get the idea don't you Jeep boy? ![]() ![]() ![]() -Jeff |
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Elkhart, IN
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hey now, Rangers are cool... but then again, so are Chevettes...
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Slots go on anything!
Join Date: May 2003
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Hot Rod Magazine put a 500 Cad in a Chevette a few years ago. That was a pretty cool Chevette, I think.
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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My last truck was an extended cab V6 Ranger. It was a great truck except for the crappy automatic transmission. It was an A4LD. They go out every 75,000 miles no matter what.
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Ultimate Diesel Dude
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Southwest Missouri
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As promised, here are some pics. Don't laugh too much!!
http://community.webshots.com/album/90653020PduTVO Casey
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Project truck: '81 C/20 converted to 6.2L TURBO DIESEL bored .040", gear drive, 6.5L injectors/pump, custom pistons, custom 4" exhaust, 700R4, 4.10's Daily Driver: '95 K1500 Tahoe, 6.5L TURBO DIESEL, NP241, 4L80E, 3.42's |
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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Casey,
I see a lot of potentional there! Keep the updates coming. |
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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well one things for sure, you probly will be the only guy in town with one.
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