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 03-10-2009, 09:15 Post: 160939
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  Neede 370 Ford gas engine swap advice

Sorry, I read the OP too fast, could have sworn you said By going to diesel, not WITHOUT going that way. My bad.

The short answer then is, maybe.

If you can find a modern 'truck' gas engine, yes. Good luck doing so. The problem will be a) not many people are buying gas trucks in the last few years, and b) even less of them will be available from a wreckers or such.

In fact, I'd say it would be faster, easier and cheaper to go the diesel route.

That or ship your truck overseas, they love them in 3rd world countries and south & central america.

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 03-10-2009, 16:16 Post: 160953
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  Neede 370 Ford gas engine swap advice

I don't get it: In my 2009 mind a 1983 vehicle that has seen "I dumped five times the money in it than it's worth" can be nowhere near "mint condition"?






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 03-10-2009, 16:35 Post: 160954
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  Neede 370 Ford gas engine swap advice

I wondered about that myself, but then guessed that after putting "five times the money in it than it's worth" it could be described as "mint condition".

Goodness knows I've dumped some pretty crazy sums of money into restorations myself.

Some of my aircraft (which are a good bit older than myself) are testaments to that. Laughing out loud

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Gimme some slack guys. Mint is relative to construction equipment of this ilk---and in hind-sight a small but albeit exaggeration--beauty in the eye of the beholder kind of thing, you know. It wasn't like I set out to do that. A little here a little there. But at each turn I was in it too deep to dump it--pun intended. I had a new dump box made. Then replaced the cab with a rust-free one. In the process I ruined the brake lines. $2K later the brakes were OK. Got the truck painted. New bumper, and interior. New tires and rims. New carb, battery, etc., etc. And so it goes.






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Now where's the fun in that? Laughing out loud


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