Thought he said 34? And no one's ignoring it. It's just that most of us gear heads and diesel dudes here in the comments have already seen such things and aren't surprised 😆
@@jonathanhill6266 Emissions... the thing is, there's zero chance in hell he's getting 31 mpg... sorry, not happening in a dually. Diesels may be more efficient but that's VW caddy diesel territory, not giant dually with 2 transmissions. 1500 rpm or not.
I'm not a Ford guy, but this truck is a dream, looks like a lot of fun. Especially since new ones have so much emissions equipment that it defeats what a diesel is all about ,reliability and sound. Not to mention a new diesel will cost more than your house. Thanks for showing us.
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In the 1980's Ford sold these trucks in South Africa with right hand drive and they were fitted with a Perkins diesel from the factory in Port Elizabeth.
You should mount an onboard inverter out of an RV and put outlets in the old fuel doors so that you can run power tools/TV/radio/whatever from your truck
Heck, for that matter, he could have an auxiliary 5 kw AC generator with an electric AC clutch to disengage when not in use, and just set the manual throttle to run the gen at 1800 rpm. If it's still got the original pump, the governor will handle the load changes.😉
Great job on the mods and the engine swap. I think Ford should have partnered up with Perkins for their diesel engines instead of International/Navistar PowerStroke. Just hearing the low revs on the highway with the Spicer axle shifter it's pretty impressive. This coming from a Dodge/Cummins fan, I'm quite impressed with this elaborate Ford/Perkins setup.
The perkins are underappreciated compared to an engine that does everything better? 6BTs make more power, parts are easier to come by, more aftermarket, last just as long.
Wyatt Lewis easy there, I'm sitting in my Cummins truck as I type this. Under appreciated doesn't mean Cummins is crap. It means most people don't consider them when crying about the cost of a Cummins.
Nice truck man and even nicer build. I daily drive a restored 89 f250 idi myself. Nothing like having a paid off quality truck you can work on yourself. May not be as fast as the new ones but atleast we have 3 times the metal lol
I have a small feeling this man may have watched one too many episodes of Jay Leno's garage, if you're into that kind of thing.... Awesome truck and video.
We had a guy who hauled cattle and was also auctioneer at the Livestock Auction my family used to own who had a late 80’s or early 90’s Dodge dually with a Perkins diesel in it. I’m not sure at all about the model but I remember him telling me it was out of some tractor. He has had that same ole truck for years and had to have rebuilt it more than once due to the insane amount of miles I know it’s spent with a 28’ gooseneck behind it with and without cattle in it. He first had it swapped out in the 90’s and I last saw him in the same truck in around 2016 still hauling cattle for the public and order buyers. I know he has slowed down working due to his age so it doesn’t looks like he will need another truck until he retires or kicks the bucket. It seems to me it’s a darn good motor and will go on forever if taken care of properly.
Sad thing is, Irwin Vice grips aren't made in USA anymore. The last time I was in the market for such a tool, I noticed that these were made in China. So I made the economical decision and bought the identical store brand of "vice grips" that were also made in China, but with a much cheaper price tag.
Go to a flea market or swapmeet. Lots of former blue-collar industry workers looking to make a buck selling old tools, which is how my dad has an assorted collection of American-made Irwin Vise-Grip clamps.
Bunch of negative a-holes here. Obviously don’t understand what car culture is. It’s their way or it makes you an idiot. Keep doing you man, that truck is sweet.
The OP was referring to numerous rude comments about Martin or his truck... I want my comment sections to be friendly and uplifting, so I have been busy moderating here to get rid of these posts.
dsruddell ... I've been driving a manual for the last 9 years and I bet I'd have a hard time on his truck. The clutch needs a lot of travel to work correctly, the shifter is a bit sloppy and most of all it ISN'T SYNCHRONIZED. Marty had only been driving it a month or so before I shot this video and he'd never daily driven a manual before... I say he did just fine. 👍
Marty is taking great care of it! The previous owner is a retired gentleman and has owned it since new. Marty is the only guy I know who fits the bill as a perfect new owner!
Very nice. I have an 84 Ranger that I swapped to a 3 cylinder Deutz diesel. I'd like to put a 6 cyl Deutz in a 1 ton. It's funny how many people will try to tell you that you can't put a tractor engine in a pickup.
357ci aircooled turbo deutz would be awesome motor in a truck. We have a couple deutz tractors on the farm,3cy and 6cy airheads. Reliable,smooth running engines.
That's one of the coolest builds I have seen. Not a big diesel guy or big truck guy at all but that's one slick truck. I appreciate all builds that are done good, different, and custom.
Trucktor. I had a 50hp Perkins on our sailboat, we cruised down to Mexico and back up to northern Ca, for about 5 years. Our boat was about 30,000 lbs, we needed the engine a lot because of the finicky winds down in Mexico. That little Perkins never missed a beat. The 50hp would usually need to be rebuilt at about 5000 hours in commercial use. Being an old truck driver, I say keep those revs up, I see a little lugging going on there. But very cool machine indeed.
Man that guy is quite the character and in the good way. Seems like he is the perfect person to own a truck like that. You guys in the great white north are alright.
I love it! You make me jealous in that I wish it were mine. I think the 15 speed two gear box set up is great and your comment about millennials and window cranks was priceless.
Best Perkins engined vehicle video on TH-cam. I'm working on a '73 IH Travelette with the same engine. I dont even know much about how it sounds, this is great to see!
Love this build. With the way it has 3.07's and with the three speed over under behind the first transmission, you could use this as a real tractor, as in tractor trailer, with the 2.35 underdrive, but also get great mileage unloaded because of the double overdrives. I'm too tired to do the math on the ratio, but it's a very deep overdrive there. I'm a bit skeptical of these astronomical mpg numbers when people put them out there, but I don't doubt that this thing gets great mileage for a pickup truck. Would take forever to get up to speed with a big trailer load on it, but it has the torque and gearing to get it moving. The frame and axles might be a different story though.
I too find it crazy that he could possibly get that good of mileage, but he's not lying.... done a few trips in it up north and has managed to get around 30mpg. Something my other friend's Ram EcoDiesel can't even quite match. And my Subaru STI? Ha! In my dreams!!! Thanks for watching!
@@jr540123 I don't doubt them at all. I've run quite a few of them in various guises. Absolutely loved my 4.9/300 I6 and any of the other ones I've driven. I'm a big fan of the Windsor and FE V8's as well. Not thrilled with the Modified or BBF engines though. Although my dad's 351M did get great gas mileage, but it never made good oil pressure, even when almost new, and it wasn't super powerful either. The BBF 429/460 I don't like just because they were such pigs and weren't exactly powerhouses in factory trim. This is probably why people are swapping diesels into them. Even my I6 was a bit of a pig for the size of the engine, but I just can't argue with that low end torque and the unbelievable reliability of those engines.
@@randr10 The big thing to do anymore is a Windsor swap into trucks like thoose, a low price 393 or 408 stroker can end up making BBF power for a serious cost in fuel even with a 4 barrel carb. I've owned my share of 302's and could always get good enough power for what I needed, and that was just a daily to work here and there, little to hungry on gas was my biggest complete but I drive allot of miles allot of days out of the week. Wish I had an Inline then I'd stop dumping money into speed parts lol.
I know a guy who did this to a 79 1ton 4x4 only with an automatic , he put an 8ft pro plow on it , and it worked great , used less than half the fuel of a 460 Or 454 , worked great.
That is an awesome truck. Thanks for sharing! I love the idea of a tractor engine in a truck! The extra gearing is an absolute must for a truck like this, allowing you to cruise effortlessly at almost any speed.
Not many people appreciate how many small vehicles used to be fitted with Perkins or license built Perkins. Old Nissan, Peugeot, Mitsubishi, Ford, Austin-British Leyland and the list of commercials and plant is ten times bigger.
I love how an average guy built an awesome truck, no neons, no $8000 rims, no hydraulics, just a damn good reliable truck. I have an 87 F150 Lariat I picked up for $1.00, lol, yes, $1.00. I’d love to swap the 5.0L for a Perkins.
Cool old Ford! Whoever built that had some good skills! Would be a great tow rig! And probably more torque than the 6.9 IDI diesel that was available in the Fords back then I don’t think here in Pennsylvania that could be registered as an F-150 but not sure as I’ve never seen anyone try it before lol Love how most of it is stock other than driveline and seats (I think they are 80s Thunderbird seats?) Definitely cool and I hope you take care of it!
Wait, I'm genuinely curious. when he says it gets 30 miles per gallon is that us or imperial? That would mean that thing can drive 1611 miles per tank (imp) or 1920 miles per tank (us)! That's crazy!
It was US gallons, yes! Quite crazy, I don't drive that much, so it would take me months to use all the fuel! Marty put a total of ~50k kms combined on his vehicles last year though, so I'm sure he appreciates the capacity.
in brazil,they build chevs & fords,with german tractor engines,mwm,they went to s/ africa,europe,australia,so,i bought one,f250 super duty,2002,they ran from 99,my be earlier,to 2007.they are all mechanical,3" system,ohc,3 valves per,, 4.2tdi,135 kw,510 nm.12 lt 100.ks..as good as a 7.3 ish,& same ish as the toyota v8 all elec single turbo 70 series.4.5lt i think,i dont fill my brain with toyota specs,..they,it, comes with all the 7.3 bits,diffs,intercooler,everything but motor /box,5sp zf..I,being me,fitted a slight bigger turbo,still small compared to 7.3 or dodge,td06 i think,original was tdo4 mitsubishi,for some reason,any way,now has a pidly 700nm,165 kw.,still gets 12 lt 100 ks.theres vids of them if you punch in mwm f1000,not f100.or silverado mwm.
Ash V that’s US. Up here in Canada we tend to mix between imperial units and metic. Here’s a few another examples; most of our measuring tapes use imperial along with all of us using horsepower and torque instead of the metric counterparts.
For the record, 245 liters is about 64.72 gallons. So at 31 mpg, he could theoretically travel about 2006 miles (or 3210 kms) on one tank. Not too shabby.
There's something about Martin... you think, by his voice and appearance, that he is just some country boy with a low IQ (the stereotype) yet he repeatedly dishes out hilarious commentary and witty remarks. Definitely a funny dude to be around.
From an Australian perspective you can repower anything with a Perkins ! The logical choice. As for economy I think 31 MPG is very achevable. I have a 354 in a 6 ton truck that is at full revs at 50 mph and returns 12 MPG loaded. Great ute, well done.
Had several 354 Perkins used as irrigation motors. Economical but one of them would always have a problem. Head gaskets we’re common problems. Now have all 5.9 Cummins power units. Headaches have gone away.
I have been wanting to do a swap like that for a while. Ever since i overhauled a smaller 4-cyl version of perkins, i figured that has to be the best compromise of a inline 6 diesel without being so heavy. Also easy to find parts and cheap, the major overhaul on that 4-cly was only $1500 with valve train, pump, and injectors.
Creazioni di Realta What does your shoes have to do with safety in driving? After wearing steel toes all day at work I love taking them off for the drive home.
Looks like just the kind of truck I need to pull my travel trailer with.
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Very nice 👏👏👏👏 here in Brazil we have a lot of these engines and Chevrolet trucks were sold with 4-236 engines. Here some models have trouble about cold start and in our country hardly ever snows. How about cold start do you have much trouble? I love the unique sound of these Perkins 🥰🥰🥰 I've had a Massey-Ferguson 50X with 3-152...a real workhorse!
Same engine as in my 1966 Cockshutt 1850 Diesel, except for this one being a turbo version. I have owned my 1850 for 22 or 23 years, and it has always just ran like a Swiss watch. He said the engine was out of a combine, so likely either a Massey Ferguson 550 or 560 or a White 7800/8800. I am a 354 fan, alright, but I never would have *guessed* one could make 31 MPG on the highway! I wonder how big a trailer that truck can pull? Why in the world with all the technology and 'advancements' can a Diesel dually today not get 31 MPG? This makes me want to go find a really mint old dually and repower it with a rebuilt 354 Turbo!
That is outstanding. I used to work on the marine and industrial versions of this engine for a Perkins dealer. if you type 'PERKINS T6.354.4 MARINE DIESEL ENGINE 240HP' in the title bar you can see the differences. The cooling system is high maintenance, but thses engines were runners.
Can't remember exactly but yes the shift pattern is not normal! Not synchronized either so he usually just rev matches and only clutches to get rolling. He used the clutch a bit more in this video to avoid any little gear grinds :)
Clark direct 5 speeds I had Drove with weird pattern.. 1st over and down on right side..and reverse above 1st...then all the way left and up for 2nd and down for 3rd..4th and 5th were in middle.
Same thing in Mexico. My uncle has two of Chevy trucks with Perkenins engine . We used to call those engines "Puerkins" they were always dirty and always leak hahaha
No you got a 2.2L turbocharged perkins motor that the perkins company specifically manufactured to be sold in south america, africa etc. They were junk motors. This is a real 354 perkins out of a massey ferguson combine. Perkins made a ton of different motors and most were great except that little hunk of crap they dedicated to be sold in third world countries.
Man I am Australian 🇦🇺 but I was born in Brasil 🇧🇷, we’ve had diesel Perkins in our trucks back on the late 70’s through 80’s and 90’s , man I love your SuperCab, truck is very beautiful indeed very awesomely beautiful, man 31 miles per gallon omg ! Man and I love your sense of humour too , all the best from Australia, we’ve got those big dually F-trucks bull nose here in Australia 🇦🇺
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Finally! someone who doesn't put a Cummins into a ford, someone who is unique. Bravo Fanatik.
I'm not a Ford guy but... mann.... this is a great looking truck, I can always appreciate these older trucks, just something about them.
I'm a CHEVY guy but when it comes to classics specially a dully I'm in beautiful truck men
Its made out of steel not plastic and rubber that's why
@@Bush_Tucker that's right brother trucks now days are most plastic nothing compared!!
I agree. I loved Ford, Dodge and Chevy but only when it comes to old trucks
Boo Ford Is junk 💩💩👎👎👎
Is everyone going to ignore that he's getting 31 miles per gallon! WHAT
Diesel is more efficient than gasoline.
Thought he said 34? And no one's ignoring it. It's just that most of us gear heads and diesel dudes here in the comments have already seen such things and aren't surprised 😆
That’s the thing. A new Powerstroke will do well to put down half that. But new things are so much better right?
@@jonathanhill6266 Emissions... the thing is, there's zero chance in hell he's getting 31 mpg... sorry, not happening in a dually. Diesels may be more efficient but that's VW caddy diesel territory, not giant dually with 2 transmissions. 1500 rpm or not.
@@dre04mach exactly , 150hp maybe 300 ft lbs isnt moving a 6800 lb dually that easy. Bet on the highway hes lucky to get 20
I'm not a Ford guy, but this truck is a dream, looks like a lot of fun. Especially since new ones have so much emissions equipment that it defeats what a diesel is all about ,reliability and sound. Not to mention a new diesel will cost more than your house. Thanks for showing us.
EPA are a bunch of pests. Irritating
Would have been so good if they interviewed the guy that built it ! Neat truck!
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Perkins excellence? Should have been a john deere for excellence
Fanatik Builds I have a Dodge D-350 87 with perkins 4.236
how much weight will the truck hold
@@cooljohn1977 hold idk. but tow... ive seen those engines towing 2 axle semis with 25000+ kilos
I NEED THOSE MIRROS LET ME KNOW WHERE TO BUY THEM
In the 1980's Ford sold these trucks in South Africa with right hand drive and they were fitted with a Perkins diesel from the factory in Port Elizabeth.
I would love to have one of those...talk about rare!!
in australia to but the smaller 236ci 6cyl
Same in Argentina and Brazil... In the 90's with VM, MWM and Cummins engines.
236 is 4 cyl...same pistons as the 354 tho@@oldbloke100
@@joelawrence56 My mistake, it was the 6.247 6 cyl ,same as in Mazda trucks.
You should mount an onboard inverter out of an RV and put outlets in the old fuel doors so that you can run power tools/TV/radio/whatever from your truck
@@asidAttack yeah boi
Heck, for that matter, he could have an auxiliary 5 kw AC generator with an electric AC clutch to disengage when not in use, and just set the manual throttle to run the gen at 1800 rpm. If it's still got the original pump, the governor will handle the load changes.😉
Now that is a good idea
Oh and by the way it's illegal on the Prairies to drive a pre emissions diesel truck in flip flops.
Manley man
Should be.
No dude should wear flip flops at all!
😂👌
lol cracking up! Tooo funny.....
I love this guys character, I think he knows more about auto mechanics than he puts off 😂
Great job on the mods and the engine swap. I think Ford should have partnered up with Perkins for their diesel engines instead of International/Navistar PowerStroke. Just hearing the low revs on the highway with the Spicer axle shifter it's pretty impressive.
This coming from a Dodge/Cummins fan, I'm quite impressed with this elaborate Ford/Perkins setup.
Honestly one of the coolest swaps ive seen. Not only because of the Perkins but the rest of the driveline as well!
What’s the max boost pressure it makes?
Great truck. No more 80's gasser vacuum line spaghetti. Perkins are so under appreciated with the 6bt craze.
Micah Moore this truck would be nice with a 12v
The perkins are underappreciated compared to an engine that does everything better? 6BTs make more power, parts are easier to come by, more aftermarket, last just as long.
Wyatt Lewis easy there, I'm sitting in my Cummins truck as I type this. Under appreciated doesn't mean Cummins is crap. It means most people don't consider them when crying about the cost of a Cummins.
Perkin's are junk, that's a fact. Cummins are over played but better than a Perkin's in almost every way lol.
@@TheGreenNewSteal2025 He's saying Cummins are better than the Perkin's in every way. That's why they're under appreciated lmao.
Why hasn’t Deboss garage comment yet?!?!?!
As I cross my fingers that he will come. And comment.
Levi jones Dude fuckin hates anything that has to do with a Ford. Engine or not.
Levi jones maybe Deboss garage didn’t see this video yet
Well too poor garage let’s see wha he “fucking” thinks mate
@@Justin_SVT Deboss picked up a ford
Nice truck man and even nicer build. I daily drive a restored 89 f250 idi myself. Nothing like having a paid off quality truck you can work on yourself. May not be as fast as the new ones but atleast we have 3 times the metal lol
I have a small feeling this man may have watched one too many episodes of Jay Leno's garage, if you're into that kind of thing.... Awesome truck and video.
"You could probably pull down a house with it... you know, if your into that kind of thing"
Beautiful looking truck ... Love the old Bullnose Fords ... Diesel swap is awesome 🛠👍
I think 89 to 92 and the 3 to 97 looks best
@@TRX450RVlogger my daily driver is a white '95 F350 Crew Cab Long Bed
@@TRX450RVlogger its 80-86 bullnose 87-91 bricknose and 92-96 aero
OBS gang! I have a 1996 F-350 7.3 that I love.
@Smokey Bear look up an 87 f150 its the bricknose I should know because I have 2 of them
We had a guy who hauled cattle and was also auctioneer at the Livestock Auction my family used to own who had a late 80’s or early 90’s Dodge dually with a Perkins diesel in it. I’m not sure at all about the model but I remember him telling me it was out of some tractor. He has had that same ole truck for years and had to have rebuilt it more than once due to the insane amount of miles I know it’s spent with a 28’ gooseneck behind it with and without cattle in it. He first had it swapped out in the 90’s and I last saw him in the same truck in around 2016 still hauling cattle for the public and order buyers. I know he has slowed down working due to his age so it doesn’t looks like he will need another truck until he retires or kicks the bucket. It seems to me it’s a darn good motor and will go on forever if taken care of properly.
Sad thing is, Irwin Vice grips aren't made in USA anymore. The last time I was in the market for such a tool, I noticed that these were made in China. So I made the economical decision and bought the identical store brand of "vice grips" that were also made in China, but with a much cheaper price tag.
Go to a flea market or swapmeet. Lots of former blue-collar industry workers looking to make a buck selling old tools, which is how my dad has an assorted collection of American-made Irwin Vise-Grip clamps.
That's how I get 90% of my tools.
I love Perkins, I always wanted to pull the engine out of my Dads Massey combine and put it in my truck, but he said he needed it for harvest.
I love how clean that thing is, and it sounds like a semi on the road haha
So this truck has a range of almost 2,000 miles per tank? That's awesome!!!!
What’s amazing is the paint and body that far North! Beautiful truck, I had an idi and they can be a PITA to start but they are great trucks.
Bunch of negative a-holes here. Obviously don’t understand what car culture is. It’s their way or it makes you an idiot. Keep doing you man, that truck is sweet.
Thank you!
This video has 10x more upvotes than downvotes. It's day 2, did I miss something?
The OP was referring to numerous rude comments about Martin or his truck... I want my comment sections to be friendly and uplifting, so I have been busy moderating here to get rid of these posts.
only bad thing i can say is that kid does not know how to drive a manual
dsruddell ... I've been driving a manual for the last 9 years and I bet I'd have a hard time on his truck. The clutch needs a lot of travel to work correctly, the shifter is a bit sloppy and most of all it ISN'T SYNCHRONIZED.
Marty had only been driving it a month or so before I shot this video and he'd never daily driven a manual before... I say he did just fine. 👍
Guy is hilarious
Obviously the man that had that before you loved and took care of it hope you do the same
Marty is taking great care of it! The previous owner is a retired gentleman and has owned it since new. Marty is the only guy I know who fits the bill as a perfect new owner!
Good job!
one of those rare combinations where both the vehicle and video quality are top notch.
Very nice. I have an 84 Ranger that I swapped to a 3 cylinder Deutz diesel. I'd like to put a 6 cyl Deutz in a 1 ton. It's funny how many people will try to tell you that you can't put a tractor engine in a pickup.
Dodge came stock with a tractor engine , mine has a 12v 🤣
The strait 6 is a tractor engine and that's been done by many companies aswell.
I love deutz engines I've always wanted one in a truck we have a couple of deutz diesels for irrigation.
Nice, try to fit a v12 deutz in a pick up. Might fit in a older truck
357ci aircooled turbo deutz would be awesome motor in a truck. We have a couple deutz tractors on the farm,3cy and 6cy airheads. Reliable,smooth running engines.
Love it . I have a jeep with a perkins 4 conected to a zf 4 gears trans and you dont go that fast but you go everywhere
That's one of the coolest builds I have seen. Not a big diesel guy or big truck guy at all but that's one slick truck. I appreciate all builds that are done good, different, and custom.
You get it man!! Right on! 👍
I've been a fan of the Perkins 354 for a lot of years, I think it's an excellent motor
any of the big 3 engineers paying attention-towing and mileage-along with long existing technology-great!!!
You dont see many trucks that are that well kept. Nice work.
No way, just saw this thing on the road and recognized it from this video lol. Sweet truck.
Haha, Marty takes it all over the place during the summer! It's very distinctive on the roads 😄
Cant wait to get my 89 bricknose 1ton out of storage in the spring now. 460c.i. 5sp 4x4 crew cab!
We have the same truck lmao. 89 f350 crew long bed 4x4. 460 and zf5. Soon to be an ls lol
@@jnetwork7159 Ls chevy?
@@ricochetey yep
@@jnetwork7159 How boring. If I was going to go through the trouble of a different engine id do a coyote swap. Everyone and the brother has done a ls.
@@ricochetey cool story bro
Cadillac made tanks during the war and continue through Vietnam. So it could ride like a Caddy.
He likes it & that's what counts Eh!
You got it! 👍 ... Eh! 🇨🇦
Yup!
That a beautiful truck young man.
This is the video that started my love for these old fords. Now i own an 87 idi
I rather have that truck then a 100thou 2018 Superduty
Thats dumb
Derrik Lee what that your willing to spend 80 thou on a new truck
Derrik Lee this is a classic ford, the 2018s grandfather right here show some respect
Alex SJ dam right!!!!!
Good thing he's wearing slides
*Rubs hands together* Where to find an old combine......
Trucktor. I had a 50hp Perkins on our sailboat, we cruised down to Mexico and back up to northern Ca, for about 5 years. Our boat was about 30,000 lbs, we needed the engine a lot because of the finicky winds down in Mexico. That little Perkins never missed a beat. The 50hp would usually need to be rebuilt at about 5000 hours in commercial use. Being an old truck driver, I say keep those revs up, I see a little lugging going on there. But very cool machine indeed.
Man that guy is quite the character and in the good way. Seems like he is the perfect person to own a truck like that. You guys in the great white north are alright.
I love it! You make me jealous in that I wish it were mine. I think the 15 speed two gear box set up is great and your comment about millennials and window cranks was priceless.
I want more of this guy! great shit!!!
Best Perkins engined vehicle video on TH-cam. I'm working on a '73 IH Travelette with the same engine. I dont even know much about how it sounds, this is great to see!
It's been 3 years since this video hit You tube, I hope he still has it and would like to see an update on this fine Ford.
Solid front and rear axle with leaf springs is your "You hit a bump" indicator. LOL!
Despite 10:57 it does not have a solid front axle. 2WD Fords like this have a split i-beam aka twin i-beam form of independent front suspension.
@@mwilliamshs It has a solid front axle from a motorhome. Nothing on this truck is original - it's all customized!
@@FanatikBuilds considering the brakes still fit inside 16" wheels that's quite a surprise and hard to reason
Love this build. With the way it has 3.07's and with the three speed over under behind the first transmission, you could use this as a real tractor, as in tractor trailer, with the 2.35 underdrive, but also get great mileage unloaded because of the double overdrives. I'm too tired to do the math on the ratio, but it's a very deep overdrive there. I'm a bit skeptical of these astronomical mpg numbers when people put them out there, but I don't doubt that this thing gets great mileage for a pickup truck. Would take forever to get up to speed with a big trailer load on it, but it has the torque and gearing to get it moving. The frame and axles might be a different story though.
I too find it crazy that he could possibly get that good of mileage, but he's not lying.... done a few trips in it up north and has managed to get around 30mpg. Something my other friend's Ram EcoDiesel can't even quite match. And my Subaru STI? Ha! In my dreams!!!
Thanks for watching!
Don't doubt those older fords. they are way underrated for what they can do.
@@jr540123 I don't doubt them at all. I've run quite a few of them in various guises. Absolutely loved my 4.9/300 I6 and any of the other ones I've driven. I'm a big fan of the Windsor and FE V8's as well. Not thrilled with the Modified or BBF engines though. Although my dad's 351M did get great gas mileage, but it never made good oil pressure, even when almost new, and it wasn't super powerful either. The BBF 429/460 I don't like just because they were such pigs and weren't exactly powerhouses in factory trim. This is probably why people are swapping diesels into them. Even my I6 was a bit of a pig for the size of the engine, but I just can't argue with that low end torque and the unbelievable reliability of those engines.
@@randr10 The big thing to do anymore is a Windsor swap into trucks like thoose, a low price 393 or 408 stroker can end up making BBF power for a serious cost in fuel even with a 4 barrel carb. I've owned my share of 302's and could always get good enough power for what I needed, and that was just a daily to work here and there, little to hungry on gas was my biggest complete but I drive allot of miles allot of days out of the week. Wish I had an Inline then I'd stop dumping money into speed parts lol.
LOL the timing of that bump @ 10:49
31gpm? That is why a 6cyl diesel is the best. The light and the mouse made me spit my coffee. Lol
Nice looking truck 👍
Niiiice truck.I also have an 86 F250..6.9 diesel,& also not fast but a good old truck.I sure miss the older vehicles..:(
I know a guy who did this to a 79 1ton 4x4 only with an automatic , he put an 8ft pro plow on it , and it worked great , used less than half the fuel of a 460 Or 454 , worked great.
Perfect truck. If more trucks had farm rated parts we would all be better off. Hello from Michigan.
That is an awesome truck. Thanks for sharing! I love the idea of a tractor engine in a truck! The extra gearing is an absolute must for a truck like this, allowing you to cruise effortlessly at almost any speed.
I really just wanna know how to make my ‘86 F-150’s gauges look like that.
Not many people appreciate how many small vehicles used to be fitted with Perkins or license built Perkins.
Old Nissan, Peugeot, Mitsubishi, Ford, Austin-British Leyland and the list of commercials and plant is ten times bigger.
I love how an average guy built an awesome truck, no neons, no $8000 rims, no hydraulics, just a damn good reliable truck. I have an 87 F150 Lariat I picked up for $1.00, lol, yes, $1.00. I’d love to swap the 5.0L for a Perkins.
Nice truck, love seeing the diesel conversions.
Cool old Ford!
Whoever built that had some good skills!
Would be a great tow rig!
And probably more torque than the 6.9 IDI diesel that was available in the Fords back then
I don’t think here in Pennsylvania that could be registered as an F-150 but not sure as I’ve never seen anyone try it before lol
Love how most of it is stock other than driveline and seats (I think they are 80s Thunderbird seats?)
Definitely cool and I hope you take care of it!
I'm a GM truck guy, but that's when Ford built a great truck. Nice job!
I'm a Ford guy, I frickin LOVE it. Great job! I Couldnt have done better.
2000 mile range, good lord.
Wait, I'm genuinely curious. when he says it gets 30 miles per gallon is that us or imperial? That would mean that thing can drive 1611 miles per tank (imp) or 1920 miles per tank (us)! That's crazy!
It was US gallons, yes! Quite crazy, I don't drive that much, so it would take me months to use all the fuel! Marty put a total of ~50k kms combined on his vehicles last year though, so I'm sure he appreciates the capacity.
@Bighorn44 None He is in Canada, when they quote gallons they are 4.54 litres.
in brazil,they build chevs & fords,with german tractor engines,mwm,they went to s/ africa,europe,australia,so,i bought one,f250 super duty,2002,they ran from 99,my be earlier,to 2007.they are all mechanical,3" system,ohc,3 valves per,, 4.2tdi,135 kw,510 nm.12 lt 100.ks..as good as a 7.3 ish,& same ish as the toyota v8 all elec single turbo 70 series.4.5lt i think,i dont fill my brain with toyota specs,..they,it, comes with all the 7.3 bits,diffs,intercooler,everything but motor /box,5sp zf..I,being me,fitted a slight bigger turbo,still small compared to 7.3 or dodge,td06 i think,original was tdo4 mitsubishi,for some reason,any way,now has a pidly 700nm,165 kw.,still gets 12 lt 100 ks.theres vids of them if you punch in mwm f1000,not f100.or silverado mwm.
Ash V that’s US. Up here in Canada we tend to mix between imperial units and metic. Here’s a few another examples; most of our measuring tapes use imperial along with all of us using horsepower and torque instead of the metric counterparts.
Love it man! That's like a dream truck. Great job
I finally found this video again. Cool guy with a wry sense of humor and a great truc/ diesel conversion. Thanks again
Marty's a real character! 😄 Glad you found us again Will, cheers 👍
Good job there young man!
SWEET, i love it
For the record, 245 liters is about 64.72 gallons. So at 31 mpg, he could theoretically travel about 2006 miles (or 3210 kms) on one tank. Not too shabby.
we rented a hydraulic power unit with that engine in it. i was impressed by it. nice installation
There's something about Martin... you think, by his voice and appearance, that he is just some country boy with a low IQ (the stereotype) yet he repeatedly dishes out hilarious commentary and witty remarks. Definitely a funny dude to be around.
Sweet truck, love the diesel conversion
I agree!
From an Australian perspective you can repower anything with a Perkins ! The logical choice. As for economy I think 31 MPG is very achevable. I have a 354 in a 6 ton truck that is at full revs at 50 mph and returns 12 MPG loaded. Great ute, well done.
Had several 354 Perkins used as irrigation motors. Economical but one of them would always have a problem. Head gaskets we’re common problems. Now have all 5.9 Cummins power units. Headaches have gone away.
Need to paint that motor yeller. Since Perkins is owned by Caterpillar
But it’s not a cat
growing up that seemed like it should have been called a smoking window, at least that's what i say most people use it for
Haha, I've called them that before too! Different people call them different things... They are referred to as front quarter lights on our Triumph :)
We call them butterfly windows
I always called them vent windows or smoker windows.
Joe schmo I call it my air conditioning
Average Knowitall our truck came fully loaded. It had that window, heat, AND. AM radio!
"Don't do that it’s highly illegal” love this guy
I have been wanting to do a swap like that for a while. Ever since i overhauled a smaller 4-cyl version of perkins, i figured that has to be the best compromise of a inline 6 diesel without being so heavy. Also easy to find parts and cheap, the major overhaul on that 4-cly was only $1500 with valve train, pump, and injectors.
I bet you like hollering at guys at the stop lights 😂😂!
Scott Baker I thought the same thing lol
Hahaha, yes. Yes he does
awesome truck, you just had to go and wear Adidas sandals for the fun of it!!!
that is the coolest build I've seen since the rotsun.very cool well done.
I love revisiting this video every once in a while
Thanks Evan, haven't ridden with Marty since I filmed this so I also come back to it occasionally. He's a riot!
Dude you lost the millenial crowd with the gear shifters !!
Yeah. None us us millenials know how to drive stick 🙄
It's good enough for me but I'd drive it in boots not flipidy flops......health n safety first lol
Creazioni di Realta
What does your shoes have to do with safety in driving? After wearing steel toes all day at work I love taking them off for the drive home.
Creazioni di Realta comfort first.
Looks like just the kind of truck I need to pull my travel trailer with.
Very nice 👏👏👏👏 here in Brazil we have a lot of these engines and Chevrolet trucks were sold with 4-236 engines. Here some models have trouble about cold start and in our country hardly ever snows. How about cold start do you have much trouble?
I love the unique sound of these Perkins 🥰🥰🥰 I've had a Massey-Ferguson 50X with 3-152...a real workhorse!
Muy bonita camioneta me gusta!!👍👍👍
Raul Lopez ...ba ba booey..ba ba booey🤤😲🤤😲
so Canadian it hurts...
Immediately recognized the parking brake from the tugs at the airport!
Same engine as in my 1966 Cockshutt 1850 Diesel, except for this one being a turbo version. I have owned my 1850 for 22 or 23 years, and it has always just ran like a Swiss watch.
He said the engine was out of a combine, so likely either a Massey Ferguson 550 or 560 or a White 7800/8800.
I am a 354 fan, alright, but I never would have *guessed* one could make 31 MPG on the highway! I wonder how big a trailer that truck can pull? Why in the world with all the technology and 'advancements' can a Diesel dually today not get 31 MPG?
This makes me want to go find a really mint old dually and repower it with a rebuilt 354 Turbo!
That's not a GT6...
Ha I was thinking the same thing.
GT6 updates to come! Sorry for the super long wait!
;-)
Cool truck but we are going have to take your man card for the flip flops
Excellent truck. I am impressed it build. Perkins is one of best choice because simplicity and durability.
That is outstanding. I used to work on the marine and industrial versions of this engine for a Perkins dealer. if you type 'PERKINS T6.354.4 MARINE DIESEL ENGINE 240HP' in the title bar you can see the differences. The cooling system is high maintenance, but thses engines were runners.
That has a dogleg first gear?
Can't remember exactly but yes the shift pattern is not normal! Not synchronized either so he usually just rev matches and only clutches to get rolling. He used the clutch a bit more in this video to avoid any little gear grinds :)
Clark direct 5 speeds I had Drove with weird pattern.. 1st over and down on right side..and reverse above 1st...then all the way left and up for 2nd and down for 3rd..4th and 5th were in middle.
2 4 R
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New Process Direct had
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Nicely done lads!
nothing new. Here in South America Ford puts Perkins engines since the 70s
Same thing in Mexico. My uncle has two of Chevy trucks with Perkenins engine . We used to call those engines "Puerkins" they were always dirty and always leak hahaha
No you got a 2.2L turbocharged perkins motor that the perkins company specifically manufactured to be sold in south america, africa etc. They were junk motors. This is a real 354 perkins out of a massey ferguson combine. Perkins made a ton of different motors and most were great except that little hunk of crap they dedicated to be sold in third world countries.
@@connorsmith713 in the 70s in South America Ford put Perkins 6304 engines in the trucks And the 354 in heavy trucks.
@@connorsmith713 The f100 used models 4203 and 4236 none turbo.
nice setup, no black smoke.
Man I am Australian 🇦🇺 but I was born in Brasil 🇧🇷, we’ve had diesel Perkins in our trucks back on the late 70’s through 80’s and 90’s , man I love your SuperCab, truck is very beautiful indeed very awesomely beautiful, man 31 miles per gallon omg ! Man and I love your sense of humour too , all the best from Australia, we’ve got those big dually F-trucks bull nose here in Australia 🇦🇺