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Hey Guys, the 1947 Ford 1.5ton Diesel!

Hi guys, figured I would expand my coverage and to suck all the knowledge out of you guys next too.....

Some of you have already seen my build but to no avail.... heres a few pictures........


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Looking forward to getting to know everyone.....

~M
 

surewhynot

Rep whores make me sick
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Florida
That is awesome. I haven't seen the build yet. Can you throw us some specs?
 
I'll dump all my spec stuff here otherwise feel free to see my indepth build thread at:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=355535&highlight=1947+diesel

1947 Ford 1.5ton Flatbed Farm truck pulled from a farm in Minnesota. (From and currently reside in Green Bay, but went to the U of Minnesota for Mechanical and Jet Turbine Engineering)

The old chassis was swapped out for a modern GM P30 DRW chassis. This was for safety and easily available parts. Independent front suspension, 4 wheel disc brakes.. (I swapped the drums out back for Caddy Calipers on GM DRW Front rotors yes front rotors in the rear)

Air bags replaced the coil springs up front so I can get this in and out of the garage without taking all the air out of the tires.

4 Link is being built as we speak for the rear that will also have air bags and bu bye leaf springs.


The motor I rebuilt is a 239ci Cummins 4BT (4 cylinder, 3.9L turbo diesel)

Its been juiced up a bit making 151 HP and just under 400 ft-lbs of torque. (Fuel pump modifications and turbo rebuild, exhaust housing swap)

Transmission is a ZF S542 out of a 1994 F350 that I mated up to the cummins motor.

99% of my entire drive line, powertrain, and chassis parts can be bought at a Napa parts store.

The body was custom mounted onto the GM P30 chassis like as follows:

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lil_dq

Let 'er eat boys!
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Union, MO
Welcome cool build!
 

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