Posted by Charlie on Sunday, July 08, 2001 at 9:38AM :
#593080454 in Ebay.
It's got about 6 days or so left and hasn't met the reserve price. It's a nicely done truck. Even if it has an early 160-175 hp Cummins in it (no intercooler) it still has at least 400 ft-lb of torque. And there's an intercooler for sale (593119420) and a Ford intercooler (593026219) both very cheap. With an intercooler 5-600 ft-lb is feasible.
It has decent drivetrain parts: rear Dana 60, NP205, NV4500 4spd. I think the front Dana 44 will last as long as it's driven reasonably offroad. The rpms at 60 mph with the tires and gearing are about 1700. The claimed 30 miles/Imperial gallon (24/US gallon) are credible if driven at 60 mph. I'd imagine it'd drop to 20 mpg at 70-75. It has 4 wheel disk brakes and the body "sounds" very solid and well done.
All in all it sounds like it's worth a good 10K. It would cost at least that much to reproduce it.
The one thing I'd like to look at is a picture of the motor mounts and underneath. That tells a lot about the quality of the conversion.
But I'd deeply consider this if you like the town Wagon look and want a powerful but economical vehicle.
Charlie
no relation.....
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