Projects New shop truck showed up this afternoon

Well it finally made the journey from OR all the way to MD. Had to wait a few weeks to fill the rest of a partial load coming east to get a decent shipping price.





In walking around the entire truck, I haven't seen any rust. Glad i got this one instead of another one that I was looking at in Charleston SC, the extra spent on shipping will more than be saved in the lack of needed metalwork.

 

You should be able to haul a LOT of shop stuff with that beast!
Very tough looking truck.....
Being certain sheet metal panels are different on the 'heavy' trucks, are you going to leave it on the heavy chassis with the tandems, or swap the sheet metal to something else?

I think it's pretty damn cool like it is to be honest

 

I was thinking of doing a Hodges type ramp bed, to haul projects in style. That may mean the tandems will be short lived. In any case, 7.20:1 rear end gears won't get you there too fast......

 

That is a kick ass truck. I want one now!

 

Actually, that would be very cool, and very functional as well.....
Be sure to post pic's as your transform it....please

 

For some reason I love the old big trucks. Looks pretty cool, post some more info.....ppppleeeaseeee

 

It's a 1952 F7, Y block Lincoln engine, factory installed (supposedly first year for that option) 5 speed main trans backed by a 3 speed auxiliary trans. It was built as a fire truck to haul water in the OR mountains, and has approx 57K original miles. Came with title from the original owners, the fire dept it was built for. Also, it has air brakes too.

 

My dad has a 52 F-8 that looks almost identical...'cept it's not a twin screw. His is a low mileage second owner truck.

He sold this 50 F-8 a couple of years ago. I like the 48-50's, but this one needed a lot of work.



Do you plan to keep it as a TRUCK?

Neal

 

I've always loved tandem axle trucks. But I can't afford the tires so I don't own one. Great find!

 

8 wheel burn outs !!!! KOOL

 

that one had to have come from eastern ore. nice score. their is tons of info about those on the ford truck forum. i have a 50' F2.

 

Supposedly from the high desert of Oregon, per the guy I bought it from. I'll have to dig up the title tonight and see exactly where it was.........

 

HEAVY DUTY! Cool truck.

 

Badass truck!!!

Saint

 

Original owners were Idanha Rural FPD, Idanha Oregon. It's NW of Bend OR in the Cascades

 

Well in between other projects I have been getting a little bit done to the shop truck. I did add mud flaps and fenders so I could drive it and the rocks wouldn't fly as much.



Had to make brackets for the mud flaps and a mount for the fenders.





Now for some engine work, decided to change out the old Carter carburetor with a late model 2 bbl Holley. Here a pic of the Carter that came on the truck when I got it. The original carb was a holley with a governor on the drivers side and the accelerator linkage was on the passenger side. Hence the nifty little crossover bracket that was made for the Carter carburetor. Also note the optional accelerator return spring that was "anchored" to the yellow wire, which was tied around the air compressor mount. I'll see if I can fix some of these issues while I'm at it.
















That Chrome air cleaner should add at least 5 HP.

Now to find a set of plug wires to fit.......

 

I wouldn't scrap the tandems, hell, then what will you have? just another single axle shitbag farm truck. DIME A DOZEN.

twin screw? RARE...and classy

 

You may need to replace that distributer for one from a car to get away from that one that had the advance/retard function tied to the governor.

 

Do you need a special license and medical card with that rig?

 

My 52 F-7 big job top speed 45 miles per hour Y block 5 speed trans ,fire truck ,the fire was out before the truck gets to the fire

 

What a killer truck, and great history. I love those specialised vehicles, they are so one off. Man that lettering on the valve covers is so sweet "CARGO KING", that rocks. At a show in Lawrence Kansas a few years ago a dude had a 57 Ford tu-door station wagon with a one piece swinging back door, it was a special vehicle for The U.S. Forestry Service. Enjoy your rig, it's damn special!! Thanx for sharing!!~Sololobo~

 

those "cargo king" valve covers are too kool

 

GEEZZZEEE what are you going to be moving with that thing HOUSE'S?!?!?!?!? Its a montser cool truck

 

Great find there. What are you going to do for a bed for it?

 

Very cool !

 

Way cool truck! There is something about big ole' trucks that just makes me wish I had one. Given the gearing and top-speed, you'll almost have to figure something out. I imagine it would be a bunch cheaper to go to single axle with some gearing that could hopefully move it along at 65 mph. I wonder if there would be enough torque/hp in that engine to push that beast that fast . . . my guess would be "No".

No matter what - this is a great truck in unbelievable condition. Keep us posted!

 

Bored&Stroked is thinking like me on engine power capabilities to be able to twist 4.11 gears and 42" tall truck tires of today.
Are you considering another engine/tranny combo? Find a later model school bus with air brakes/Cummins 5.9/Allison AT545 transmission. Then a cutoff Pete Low Air Leaf or Air Leaf suspension cutoff with 3.70 or 4.11 gears. You won't be able to find affordable gears for the existing rearends to get a good drivable gear ratio.
Hmmm, if money was no object..............

 

Thanks for the comments guys.

Right now the Rockwells have about 8.50:1 gearing, so I think I'll be lucky to get 45 mph out of it. It does have a White aux tranny, under, direct, and over drive.

I'd like it to at least do 60-65 in it's final trim, and don't think I want to pay for changing out the gears in the Rockwells, so that is a driving factor in going to single axle, even though the twin screws are cool!

As was pointed out, this has the distributor that is for use with the governed carb, and doesn't play too well without it. I'm still having spitting issues (light backfiring) and have been told an automotive distributor would be the fix, get a late 50's 292 or 312 distributor and change out the gear from the Lincoln 279 distr to the car distr, and will likely have to change out the pump and shaft as I was also told the early Linc. used a tang style drive on the oil pump shaft. I think you're right in that the 279 in there likely won't have enough gumption with a 4.11 or so gearing, but I would at least like to find the parts (car distr) to get it running well enough to see what it would do. If I do have to go with a late model drivetrain, I want to keep a manual trans. I think an automatic in there would be sacrilegious.

 

that is for sure A BEAST!!

 

I want one, maybe my next shop truck. It's an awesome truck, I am so jealous.