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#32099 05/13/2005 1:19 AM | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 10 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 10 | I know this is heresy but does anyone know if I there's a diesel engine I could drop into my 61 Apache that has a saginaw four speed? If there's one, how hard will it be?
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#32100 05/13/2005 3:09 AM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,747 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,747 | How many do you want? Email me!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
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#32101 05/13/2005 5:05 AM | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 1,904 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2001 Posts: 1,904 | I've seen a Cummins in a 1-T '47-'53 Advance Design truck. If that could be done, I'm sure one could fit in a '61.
1948 3/4-Ton 5-Window Flatbed Chevrolet 34 Years. Now with a '61 261, 848 head, Rochester Monojet carb, SM420 4-speed, 4.10 rear, dual reservoir MC, Bendix up front, 235/85R16 tires, 12-volt w/alternator, electric wipers and a modern radio in the glove box.
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#32102 05/17/2005 9:21 PM | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,067 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,067 | Bet it would run good with a diesel. Turbo diesel, right? Lot's of torque, similar rpm band but a lot more torque.
The only problem I could see is lack of noise isolation in these old trucks. How quiet can you make one of these trucks? Diesels are very noisy.
52 GMC 3/4 ton pickup
68 Big Block Vette
68 455 Firebird
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#32103 05/18/2005 1:46 PM | Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 148 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 148 | where is a good source for a diesel? about how much coin does one in good shape cost? i wanted a diesel for my 1-ton street rod, but i wrote it off assuming the costs would be much higher.
2003 ford lightning
1959 chevy 36
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