Ford 1976 F250 CrewCab 4x4 Survivor (5 Viewers)

[OPMACHINE]

All,

I thought I would share some pictures of my 1976 Ford CrewCab 4x4 that we are going thru. The plan is to give this truck to my Dad to drive around his new home in Idaho.

 

[OPMACHINE]

 

[bobm]

I'll be watching this 1 for sure. Crewcabs hard to find now and no one sells them. My Supercab is 1 of 93 built in 79 according to Marti report.

 

[FuglyYota]

That think looks absolutely mint. The options are impressive for 1976. Dual batteries, HD front axle, 4.10’s and limited slip rear, great stuff. Is it a closed knuckle Dana 60 front? Keeping the axles and drivetrain or upgrading? Looks like there’s almost no rust either. Great find, can’t wait to see where this is going.

 

[SipLife]

All,

I thought I would share some pictures of my 1976 Ford CrewCab 4x4 that we are going thru. The plan is to give this truck to my Dad to drive around his new home in Idaho.
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Did you purchase this truck from Chris Swenson? I’ve been following along to the build posts on the crew cab facebook forums. Really well done truck with 428 swap if I recall.

 

[bobm]

Front axle would be Dana 44 if 3800lbs. Heavy duty. I had a 78 F250 plow package special! It had a Dana 60 front and rear, C6 tranny, heavy duty cooling, and large alternator
. Unheard of in an F250 in 78

 

[bobm]

His Crewcab is 1 of 354 built that year being a crewcab dentside it's value as it sits in in the mid to upper 5 digit range!!! They can't be found and most are building 2 wheel drives into 4x4s

 

[White Stripe]

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That thing is pretty clean.

 

[OPMACHINE]

@SipLife Yes sir, I purchased this truck from Chris, actually the second f250 I have purchased from him over the years. Jason at Classic Crew Cab is going to help be get this truck across the finish line. This truck will live at my parents house and be used to fish, hunt, camp and explore.

@bobm This truck has a Dana 60 low pinion front axle with disk brakes and a C6 transmission. I believe that the 1976 crewcab were the only trucks to get a standard Dana 60 outside of the snow fighter option.

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[bobm]

OH i see the Redhead steering gear . 428 FE it.

 

[SipLife]

@SipLife Yes sir, I purchased this truck from Chris, actually the second f250 I have purchased from him over the years. Jason at Classic Crew Cab is going to help be get this truck across the finish line. This truck will live at my parents house and be used to fish, hunt, camp and explore.

@bobm This truck has a Dana 60 low pinion front axle with disk brakes and a C6 transmission. I believe that the 1976 crewcab were the only trucks to get a standard Dana 60 outside of the snow fighter option.

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Did you get a chance to drive it with that steermancycle EPS system yet? How do you like it?

 

[OPMACHINE]

Very nice!! Is that a fairlane?

 

[OPMACHINE]

@SipLife I have really like the SteerManCycle system so far, no problem going lock to lock with one finger stopped on the driveway. Probably not a robust as full hydraulic setup but it seem to work fine.