410 ci Marduke?

[rusty ol ranger]

Im with ya there, but ive seen 2wds with a fearless driver and a heavy right foot that seemed unstoppable

Duallys are worthless in the snow though. My 78 wont go if theres more then 2 inches.

later,
Dustin

 

[Ruffinit]

Well, I've had my share of FE engines, 360, 390 and that 410.. The 360s have a narrow power band, the 390 is a great engine all round, the 428s have only been in cars, but that 410 is the boss of beast. I've run the old trucks plenty. The 67-72 are my favorites and the 400 in my '78 was nice and the 351M in my F350 is great, but it's kinda like ice cream... you have your favorites. That 410 would put any of them to shame in a grunt match. One down side and the reason that I had to sell it was that I was moving from Silverdale Washington to Fayetteville NC. At 7mpg I couldn't afford to take it with me, and it ran on leaded premium. BTW, all my trucks have had sticks. I don't play around with the girlie shifters.

 

[AllanD]

I wish my uncle had kept the '64 F100 fleetside that my other uncle stuck a 430MEL engine into...

That truck was a laugh riot.

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[Sevensecondsuv]

My buddy's got an old lincoln continental with a 462 MEL in it. It's got the backwards opening rear doors and everything. It's been sitting at his dad's barn for years and the mice have really gotten to the interior.

A couple of years ago we decided to drive it around so we put a 5 gal gas can on the floor and ran a rubber fuel line straight to the engine from the can (original tank and gas line were broke). The throttle linkage was broke so we ran a length of stranded copper wire from the carb through a hole in the firewall. Finally, adding 15 quarts of whatever petroleum based fluid we could find (10W-30, trans fluid, steering fluid, used tractor oil, synthetic 0W-20, brake fluid, etc) to the C-6 and it was ready to run.

For having sat for 10 years, that thing was a beast. You'd yank the throttle wire and just hold on for dear life. There's just something so much fun about screaming down a gravel road at 70 mph in an old tank with a gas can in the front seat and a throttle wire in your hand!!

I should go do that again!