Goofyexponent
Mentally Unstable..
Me and some of the guys were talkin about Ford trucks today while we were on hold for the asphalt plant. We got on the subject of the ultimate truck and we came up with this
Some of the older S1600's were powered by IDI's or DT466's, and were already mounted in the frame rails with a pretty sturdy transmission behind it. Why not just try and make some body mounts and throw an F-series body onto a shortened S1600 frame?
Ok, so the S1600's axles were too wide, right? What about a set of Dana's or a Dana 60 and a sterling 10.25? Throw a ZF in there out of a 4x4 or SD, then bolt a transfer case to it. I don't know how the dana axles would line up spring perch wise, but a MD/HD truck shassis are not much wider than the pickup frames.
If an IDI stays cool with a pickup radiator, then put a pickup radiator in the rad support, why try and use the international rad (if it is different at all).
Something like this would have to be turboed, just for coolness, AND intercooled with a cool color scheme....blue came up in this conversation at work, so it's not just DSL that thinks blue is a good color! lol
As for tire and wheels, whynot throw a set of 11R22.5's on Alcoa wheels. There is a kit you can get to adapt the 8 lug to a 10 lug truck rim.
It's feasable, but I don't have the money to afford such a project.
It would be a classic version of the F650 Pickup truck, but with a true international backbone and heart.
Am I crazy or what?
Some of the older S1600's were powered by IDI's or DT466's, and were already mounted in the frame rails with a pretty sturdy transmission behind it. Why not just try and make some body mounts and throw an F-series body onto a shortened S1600 frame?
Ok, so the S1600's axles were too wide, right? What about a set of Dana's or a Dana 60 and a sterling 10.25? Throw a ZF in there out of a 4x4 or SD, then bolt a transfer case to it. I don't know how the dana axles would line up spring perch wise, but a MD/HD truck shassis are not much wider than the pickup frames.
If an IDI stays cool with a pickup radiator, then put a pickup radiator in the rad support, why try and use the international rad (if it is different at all).
Something like this would have to be turboed, just for coolness, AND intercooled with a cool color scheme....blue came up in this conversation at work, so it's not just DSL that thinks blue is a good color! lol
As for tire and wheels, whynot throw a set of 11R22.5's on Alcoa wheels. There is a kit you can get to adapt the 8 lug to a 10 lug truck rim.
It's feasable, but I don't have the money to afford such a project.
It would be a classic version of the F650 Pickup truck, but with a true international backbone and heart.
Am I crazy or what?