bullnose 1/2 ton

[racsan]

local to me- tempting. Ive not drove a 300 in years, creeper 1st 4 speed. would certainly pull (and stop) a trailer better than either escape. probably a 3.55 rear gear, ford liked that ratio a lot in 1/2 ton/broncos of that era, with a creeper 1st it would be liveable & still be reasonable on fuel when empty.

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[SenorNoob]

Looks pretty clean underneath for something that old in Ohio. Looks about like my truck and AFAIK it's only been north of Kentucky once.

With some rustproofing, it'll haul the next half dozen Escapes to the junkyard. LOL

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Thats a bricknose lol.

I seen it...and thought about it. I had an 83 with that drivetrain combo. Bulletproof as hell and that low reverse is great for backing up trailers,....the low 1st was a great clutch saver with a load too.

I towed some pretty heavy shit with mine and getting moving was never an issue....stopping could be lol

 

[SenorNoob]

that low reverse is great for backing up trailers

Benefits of manual hub 4x4. I can go 2wd low for that.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Benefits of manual hub 4x4. I can go 2wd low for that.

Or a twin stick NP205, which is what my F-150 will probably get

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

local to me- tempting. Ive not drove a 300 in years, creeper 1st 4 speed. would certainly pull (and stop) a trailer better than either escape. probably a 3.55 rear gear, ford liked that ratio a lot in 1/2 ton/broncos of that era, with a creeper 1st it would be liveable & still be reasonable on fuel when empty.

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Definitely a Bricknose.

Looks like a nice condition one though. My 95 F-150 has the 300 and a manual transmission. I had the M5OD in it and 3.08 gears when I got it, got mad at how it was performing and ended up going to 3.55 gears and a ZF5 because I was unwilling to give up the O/D gear. Having a creeper first is definitely nice. I’ve been running 31” tires on it. My rebuild though, I’m looking at going to 1-ton axles with 4.10s and something like 37-44” tires. Radical departure from my current configuration but I want it to be more suited to my changing requirements.

 

[racsan]

Benefits of manual hub 4x4. I can go 2wd low for that.

I did that all the time with my ‘93 ranger

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Oh yeah, what I was getting at was that a 300 with a 4 speed or ZF5 and 3.55 gears with 30-31” tires is a pretty good combo, I’ve run it for over 10 years and worked it hard. Truck doesn’t know what quit is. Ladder racks, side boxes, definite work rig. I had two gang boxes in the bed plus a bunch of other tools and was pulling the 14’ equipment trailer with a 5’ pull behind brush hog and 7’ back blade plus my Ferguson TO-20 tractor and it pulled it all just fine. Actually screwed up and blew a rear driveshaft U-joint apart so I limped the whole mess home doing 50 mph up the highway on the front axle. It’s not fast, but that combo pulls.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Oh yeah, what I was getting at was that a 300 with a 4 speed or ZF5 and 3.55 gears with 30-31” tires is a pretty good combo, I’ve run it for over 10 years and worked it hard. Truck doesn’t know what quit is. Ladder racks, side boxes, definite work rig. I had two gang boxes in the bed plus a bunch of other tools and was pulling the 14’ equipment trailer with a 5’ pull behind brush hog and 7’ back blade plus my Ferguson TO-20 tractor and it pulled it all just fine. Actually screwed up and blew a rear driveshaft U-joint apart so I limped the whole mess home doing 50 mph up the highway on the front axle. It’s not fast, but that combo pulls.

My 83 had 4.10s....i dont think it was stock back there. It would move a house but the freeway royally sucked. lol.

My 96 4wd had a 300 with an auto and 3.55s, i pulled a massive skidsteer once with it...so heavy when we loaded it the back tires came off the ground about a foot. It was right around 10k with trailer IIRC. It got to 60 without much issue but you wernt passing.

When i got it to the guys house to drop it off his driveway was on a pretty steep hill....i manually chose second gear and turned the AC on...that ol 300 chugged right up from a dead stop.

 

[superj]

the only 300 inline i ever drove or owned was a 95 short bed single cab f150 with an automatic and boy did that sucker get bad gas mileage.

i previously had an 85 f150 with the ho 302 and automatic that was great. my favorite truck for many many years but surfing everyday took its toll and i could reach into the bed without reaching over the side after a while.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

the only 300 inline i ever drove or owned was a 95 short bed single cab f150 with an automatic and boy did that sucker get bad gas mileage.

i previously had an 85 f150 with the ho 302 and automatic that was great. my favorite truck for many many years but surfing everyday took its toll and i could reach into the bed without reaching over the side after a while.

Oh, mine isn’t good on fuel. I get about 12mpg. Best I got was around 15/16. Slow and thirsty, but it will drag whatever you can hook it to if it has the traction. Not as thirsty as the dump truck though, that’s 8 mpg around town and 9 mpg highway. I know a guy that owned the identical dump truck with an automatic and he was seeing 4-6 mpg. Big block problems, ya know, lol.

The secret to the 300 making power is that the pistons are nearly 4” in diameter and the stroke is also nearly 4” plus one piston is always moving on the power stroke, there is no “dead” spots like you can get in other motor designs. Not a lot of HP, but torque for days like a diesel.

 

[racsan]

The only 300 I drive was dads ‘74 F250, it was also a 2wd with a creeper 1st 4-speed. had 3.73’s 70-75 was all it had in it. Back when I was 16 that was all I lived for, “how fast will it go”. I even bent a driveshaft trying to do a burnout on a newly built bridge. Mileage wise I think it got somewhere between 14-16. (when I wasn’t driving it) but could it ever pull! 7.50-16’s on split rims, bias tires. uniroyal 10 ply steers, 8 ply mud/snow rears. boy those tires would howl! and the first few miles in winter were a rough ride cause the tires would have a flat spot to them from sitting. Was two-tone green, the lighter green was almost yellowish. Was a ranger package, had all the bright trim, hub caps, tailgate trim, cab lights. No bed rails though, maybe they were removed (dad didn’t buy it new, was dec of 76 when it was bought) or could be that bed rails weren’t part of the trim package then or simply didn’t exist in ‘74.
It was parked around ‘90 as the cab mounts rusted out & the cab weight was on the steering shaft so bad you could hardly steer it- and it did have power steering.

 

[racsan]

And im thinking way too far ahead on this, but….. if I do get this, it wont be my daily driver (unless of course it’s nessasary) Im wondering how tsl boggers would do in snow? Im sure they would wear quickly on dry pavement. Would definitely pull anything Id ever need with any of my trailers, and have better brakes as well.