1978 Bronco + 1991 Cummins 6BT
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Nice rig! I too love that year, body style of ford. In fact a 78 F250 crew cab on craigs list is calling my name! Wow, the scale weight is the same as my 94 f150 s/c with a 300 6cyl, I just got back from the scrapper(hauled away the Benz body) and that is what mine weighs. I figured yours would be heavier. I wondered about the extra weight on that stock ft axle, but then again we used to hang snow plows on the front of our F150's all the time with no failures when I lived in Colorado. That 9in can handle ANYTHING you can throw at it! Your bio sounds alot like mine, but my wife is going to have to get a better job before I can "semi-retire"!
Last edited by FTE; 09-27-2010 at 10:58 AM.
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Nice rig! I too love that year, body style of ford. In fact a 78 F250 crew cab on craigs list is calling my name! Wow, the scale weight is the same as my 94 f150 s/c with a 300 6cyl, I just got back from the scrapper(hauled away the Benz body) and that is what mine weighs. I figured yours would be heavier. I wondered about the extra weight on that stock ft axle, but then again we used to hang snow plows on the front of our F150's all the time with no failures when I lived in Colorado. That 9in can handle ANYTHING you can throw at it! Your bio sounds alot like mine, but my wife is going to have to get a better job before I can "semi-retire"!
Ah, I'm only semi-retired from certain things, like mechanical stuff, I've torn my back up so much over the years, it's getting difficult to do stuff as much, and doing it for a living is out of the question, unfortunately! Now I usually just drive the trucks, and do mechanical stuff as a hobby.
And a video of the Bronc in action: Disregard the occasional popping sound the camera is making, I don't know why that's there.
http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y149/americanthunder68/?action=view¤t=BB78.flv
Last edited by American Thunder; 09-27-2010 at 11:59 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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So far so good, but I rarely beat it up. If I was doing serious pulling with it, I'm sure the 44 would have issues.. My biggest complaint with the reverse cut gears in the 44 is the non-availability of gears such as 3.00s.. The 3.50s that are in it are alright, but the motor surely doesn't need any help moving this truck, and I could get better fuel mileage with 3.00s. Oh well.