1978 Ford Crew Cummins hunting rig

[BurbanAZ]

awesome truck, great body style with an awesome engine. Very jealous lol but congrats on having an awesome truck. Dont forget to post up more pics when u change stuff or mod anything.

[tip]

awesome!!!!

[Kermit]

How loud is that cummins in the older style truck? And what are the mpg's are you fetching?

I go back and forth on gasser or diesel.

Got the go-a-head from my much better half, to sell our '73 VW Westy so I can finally get crew of that vintage myself, been wanting another 70's Ford F250 for a very long time now.

[Higbean]

I was a little worried about the volume so I put in a dynamat type product from Eastmans. The 1st gen Cummins is not all that loud compared to a 2nd gen. I was surprised the first time I fired it up at how quiet it was. It is louder than the 460 that was in there.

As for mpg's I'm around 15.5 freeway last I checked, but I haven't checked them since I tightened the bands in the tranny. Around town I've been getting 17 or so.

[Kermit]

Thanks.

[redthies]

I'm just going to say it again despite my hatred of having to repeat myself... Freakin' AWESOME!!

[Higbean]

Thanks Redthies! I saw your Crew and I'm a fan. Hard to go wrong with a Ford and a reliable diesel. Mines gone for the week getting the a/c installed. Ended up putting the condenser under the driver side with a couple of fans and a second evaporator under the back seat. Here's to hoping it freezes me out.

[redthies]

I know a guy in Norwood Colorado who was putting a Cummins in a '78 F350 super cab back in '00. I saw it part way through the swap when I stayed at his house on the way home from a winter in Mex. It must have been one of the earlier examples of this swap. I wish I had taken a closer look back then, but I was busy tweaking the injector pump on my diesel 60 series Land Cruiser. I sure know how cool this project was after the passage of a dozen years!

Are you in SoCal or??

[Higbean]

I'm a little north of Sacramento.

[Higbean]

Took a few of my girls camping last weekend. They loved the camper. As a matter of fact, they wanted to sleep in it. It rained the second night and Mama and I were glad they did. Stayed dry and all our stuff stayed relatively dust free for the ride. I'm diggin the side doors. Made a deal with my buddies wife. Said I'd bring the firewood, if she brought the Sailor Jerry. I opened the side doors and stacked all the wood in the front of the bed. Thought I was in tall cotton until I saw the tiny bottle of Sailor they brought!