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Old 10-07-2023, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Too Many Projects View Post
That is a nice truck and the real bidders must be sand bagging right now. It would be nice if you could get it at a decent price.

The first thing you'll want to do is install an overdrive trans. A shop I worked at in the 80's had one just like it for a shop truck and it didn't mater if it was empty or overloaded, it got 8 mpg with that carbureted 454 and 4.10 gears.
I have a 4L80E swap calculated into my tow vehicle spread sheet. Tracker1 owns a Mr Transmission so I would drop it off for modernization.
Same rations as a TH400, plus 0.75 fourth!!!

Ryan W31
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