Ford F700 429 92.

In reply to aussiesmg:

how old that unit is its likely that it got some good forged bits. the newer ones switched to cast because it was cheaper for the company to pay warranty on the failed collars and spider nests than just keep it forged. stupid as hell and you wonder why they went bankrupt a few times...

Nice to know.

It would be easy for us to swap the gears. We have access to heavy equipment and tools.

You to can be like Aussie..

I so badly want to buy this thing..

http://chambana.craigslist.org/cto/3780425553.html

In reply to nocones:

Oh, that's too cool... Wonder whether that bed is long enough to load a car onto...

Unfortunately I'm out of town this weekend otherwise I would 100% be going to look at it.

Hard to believe the bed came from a different model truck, it matches up perfectly!

nocones wrote: You to can be like Aussie.. I so badly want to buy this thing.. http://chambana.craigslist.org/cto/3780425553.html

There's a pretty nice early 70's International grain truck over here for cheap. IIRC it's under a grand. It would make a sweet hauler for the Midget/360/whatever else.

In reply to petegossett:

Is that the $2000 one powered by the 6-71 Detroit?

There was one in Hamilton, IN That way, 6-71, 10sp, 400bu bed, and tandem rear end......if it weren't for the 6-71 not fitting in my '63, I'd have gone to buy it.

No, not diesel. I think it's a straight-6, but he'd take $800 for it, including 2 newer tires to replace the 2 bad tires on the rear.

I also just heard about another friend selling a 70's GM 1-ton dualie pickup with a stake-side dump bed for $1500. I'll post it to the classified when I can get some pictures.

OK I found nice clean door cards and a tailgate from a local junkyard for a princely $50.00

Won a set of seats from a 95 on eBay, they are the two buckets with the center seat/console in very good shape.

The truck is still at Best One and I am on the road for the next 10 days. Have a friend set up to pick it up when done though

Man, I used to drive an '85 F600 lift truck for work. It was a 372ci gas motor, 4 speed and was a cable tv truck when new. It had a one man bucket lift on the back, about a 40' reach. Up until yours it was the shortest chassis HD ford I'd ever seen. Our company bought it off a used lot that had pulled it out of a field somewhere and made it run, it was a pile, but a beast of a pile. At 70mph the out-of-round crap tires had the thing bouncing so bad it felt like you were leaving the ground, and if you pushed it to 75 it was making a noise like the apocalypse on rusty rollerskates. The 2bbl Holley carb never worked right, even after I took the birdsnest and eggs out of the aircleaner, and it backfired so hard on shut down you could feel it kick under the seat. I really liked that old truck. I'm now very jealous of yours with the p/u body.

I drove an old Parks & Gardens shortened International 345ci 3 speed column shift with a small box/cage, used as a drunk tank in Victoria, as a cop, this F700 currently rides worse.

Those were the good old days,

Now imagine being a drunk in that god awful box with a car crazy 19 year old driving it on paved lanes in public parks at 2 am.

The ride may have been rough, blood might have been spilled.

In reply to aussiesmg:

If I had to undergo that, I'd hope to be drunk enough not to be too scared

They use those F700s on a severely shortened chassis for moving baggage carts at the airport. I'll take a pic next time, I don't even think they have much of a driveshaft. The rear diff is about 6" from the transmission output.

Rear springs replaced with thinner leaves and it now has a full set of new shocks.

The ride is much improved, I haven't smacked my head in the last 40 miles once.

Although now the front tires are showing their true colors, really old 20" bias ply steers suck, the front end is shaking and wandering all over. That wasn't as obvious when the tires bounced off every ripple.

Searching for a some 10r22.5 Daytons with steer tires if anybody has a lead.

check the king pins I had a f700 and at 67k miles they were shot. there is a replacement that are guarenteed 500k .

Needs moar rock crawling

In reply to beans:

Please leave.......no 4wd = no rock crawling. Speaking of which I already snagged more awesome pedastal style clearance markers from a friends 67 IH Loadstar grain truck they're getting ready to scrap.

The small ones like these? I like them on older trucks

New front shocks

Rebuilt rear spring pack

New door cards and replaced the destroyed original bench seat, (it was supporting me with wooden blocks, yeah not at all comfortable in this beast)

I had to change the door speakers as they were too tall and I didn't want to cut the cards, I found some 4" Blaupunkt speakers in my stock and adapted them to fit, installed the brackets to secure the door card correctly and securely.

Now has cup-holders, a storage space, kept the third seat, but gained buckets with, get this, lumbar support.

I have the tailgate, we found the original hinges and the locks are different in this year's bed, from the tailgate we sourced, back to the junkyard for the hardware I go.

fidelity101 wrote: I used to work for Rockwell, I can dig up any maintanence manual for any rear end you want. Hell I may be able to find a chart that shows you what ratios were available for that axle, if you can find an axle model number. EX: RS20145 translates to: Rockwell, single, 20klb cap, 145 series housing also this makes my burban look like a smart car!! I love it!

Here is the tag off the rear end

RS 15 210

Have you told all of your Australian friends that this is considered a midsize pickup in the United States?

10r22.5 radials are now installed on the front, round tires are definitely better in case you were ever wondering.

Found and purchased a single speed rear axle, Eaton, 3.5 ratio, disc brake, budd style hubs for $400.00, it is complete including extra rims and the drive shaft.

Width was perfect, overall width and spring location matched the Rockwell and it even has the square axle housings like the Rockwell.

If I can sell the 2 speed Rockwell this should work out pretty cheap.

Interestingly, a 1000lb rear axle in the bed improved the ride significantly.

This is ridiculous and I love it!