Will be a shame to tear it apart and part it but that's life. Great looking rig!
I think I'd try that too... My brother and I have been tossing around the idea of building a ramp truck to haul the '57 gasser were trying to build...I think I'd be tempted to big-block it and try to build a car hauler. I'd be way over my head but I always liked those haulers.
What did i pay for it???? I'd have to kill you if i told you!!!!! I have had a lot of interest in truck even without motor. H ow often do you find a 6,400 mile truck. Rust free cab, door,s drive's great ,clutch is smooth no drive line noise, the turn signal switch need's help, loose lever.If i had the space i would put a motor back in and decide on bed selection, and keep ,but i don't so it will have to be sold. It is a neat truck , i enjoyed driving it every mile.Actually i have it sold to my nephew if he come's up with finance. TO BE CONTINUED!!!!!Very nice rig, great condition, what did you pay for it? I'd guess the price would be worth bragging about.
Not many people have the desire to keep an old fire truck, they are showpieces only, and bigger trucks are hard to have around. A car hauler is a practical way to keep a truck like this going. If you don't want it, you could sell it as is, but the next owner would be likely to remove the 409 anyway, so don't feel bad about doing it. Maybe someone who thinks it should stay as is will step up with an offer to buy it for enough dollars so you can find a similar 409 motor and the $$ you will get out of selling it?
As a car hauler, I'd be tempted to stick that cab on top of a modern diesel, keeping the look, but getting a more practical drive train. A nice Chevy Diesel dually rig would work.
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What did i pay for it???? I'd have to kill you if i told you!!!!! I have had a lot of interest in truck even without motor. H ow often do you find a 6,400 mile truck. Rust free cab, door,s drive's great ,clutch is smooth no drive line noise, the turn signal switch need's help, loose lever.If i had the space i would put a motor back in and decide on bed selection, and keep ,but i don't so it will have to be sold. It is a neat truck , i enjoyed driving it every mile.Actually i have it sold to my nephew if he come's up with finance. TO BE CONTINUED!!!!!
Mearl, I have both a 2 barrel and a four barrel truck carbs with governors. I don't know the internal conditions of the carbs or if the diaphragms are any good, but I have no use for them. Let me know if you are interested. I can post or send pictures.If you decide to make it into a car motor, I'd be interested in the original carb; if it still has the governor.
On the same show last season'ish, they took a military duece and a half and did something similar with a tilt bed. In the end, I think the host said he was into it for 6 - 8k? Since it also started as a fire truck, I think he was able to recoup some cost by selling parts. I remember it turned out really nice.On a recent 4 wheelin show,they built a rock crawler hauler,built a bed....with an angled ramp rear,put it on air bags so it's a drive on.that would be cool.
Most defiantly would make a great rollback but, I think a Duramax would be in order or a 496 and a Alison...I think I'd be tempted to big-block it and try to build a car hauler. I'd be way over my head but I always liked those haulers.
I am playing it by ear right now, will see how it goes if no body buy's it that tell's me nobody give's a crap about history , so i won't feel bad about parting it out.I can do this at nephew 's facility.I can't believe you would bag that deal. I wouldn't think twice about parting that truck or pulling the engine and making a car hauler...