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Step son is looking at buying a "project" truck....


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Hes 16....not really a project like one of us would consider a project, but it def needs a little work.

Its a 75 F250 2wd. Has a 360 with a Column shift 3sp.

My question is....Are the 360's a decent engine? I know very very little about them other then there an FE design....also are the 3sps decent trannys?

He can get the thing for 3 or 400 bucks. Its got some rust and needs a box (theres not one on it) but other then that looks pretty sound.

Help?

later,
Dustin
 
the 360 is a 390 minus some inches on a rotating assembly... yes they are good... Like you know i'm working on my 67
 
Ok. Like i said i have never owned a 360 in my life. I figured they were like a weaker version of the 390. Hes not to concerned with power, just as long as it makes the 10 mi trip to school and can get through the snow :P

later,
Dustin
 
Make sure you help him replace the bushings in the shifter. Last 70s truck I drove with a column shifter got stuck in 2nd due to terribly cracked bushings.
 
Is the tranny itself any good?

Is it bulletproof like a T18 or a ticking time bomb like an A4LD?

later,
Dustin
 
you know the data tag on the door gimme that and ill tell you what tranny it is i doubt he'll break it though..
 
Ill let ya know.

I looked at it eariler today after he told me about it.

Its got new brake lines and shit on it, good exhaust, the front tires are SHOT. The interior could use a good hose down, other then that its nto to bad. The rocker corners are rusted decent thhough, and the driverside floorboard has a decent rust hole in it. The box is missing to.

But like i told him for 300 bucks you cant hardly go wrong.

75...would that be points or duraspark?

later,
Dustin
 
duraspark unless it has been changed. first year I think......... maybe the switch was in 74...... dad's 73 had points.... 360 = good engine...... drinks down the gas though.....
 
:worthless:hmm that i couldnt say without looking at it, mine is pionts and getting a petronix conversion..hehe i have points. man happy restoring with it you can buy anything for it
 
short narrow box ........
 

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