Something a little different!

I know this is off topic and it?s a truck (that?s two strikes
against this) but thinking of making this into a tractor hauler.
After a couple months of butt busting tractor fixing I seem to
have a slow weekend. Got this old girl out yesterday and up
and running today. 1964 Ford N-700. Had to hook the rear
brakes up and bleed out. Took for a test drive found out it
don?t stay in fourth gear but we just skip that for now. Got it
couple years ago. Shortened up the frame a lot as it was
lengthened a bunch and not done so well. Going to put a little
flat bed on it and maybe pull the fifth wheel trailer with it.
Thanks for looking! Have a great day!
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That would be a sweet tractor hauler! Especially for Ford tractors.

I saw a model T on a trailer today being pulled by a 77 or 78 Ford
pickup. It made for a nice "antique" show all on it's own.
 
(quoted from post at 11:37:40 06/17/18) I know this is off topic and it?s a truck (that?s two strikes
against this) but thinking of making this into a tractor hauler.
After a couple months of butt busting tractor fixing I seem to
have a slow weekend. Got this old girl out yesterday and up
and running today. 1964 Ford N-700. Had to hook the rear
brakes up and bleed out. Took for a test drive found out it
don?t stay in fourth gear but we just skip that for now. Got it
couple years ago. Shortened up the frame a lot as it was
lengthened a bunch and not done so well. Going to put a little
flat bed on it and maybe pull the fifth wheel trailer with it.
Thanks for looking! Have a great day!
Looks like a sweet ride maybe a little rough though being so short.
I have thought about doing the same thing but will probably stick to my 1 tons.
 
Great Idea,,I'm doing near the same..I looked at a couple like this one,, then went with an 1998 F-850, with a 5.9 Cummings and an Alison 6 speed automatic I am going to marry a shuttle body to it and put a 6ft flat bed on the back for a Goose neck,,going to title it as an RV,,this unit has no electronics on it so it should be dependable.
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I don't study on trucks much, but had not seen that tri fold hood setup before. Neat and thanks for posting, show us the progress on it as you go! Pics of before and after frame work and stuff too. Either the truck moved a lot, or you are fairly close to me. I get the turkey reference someone made. :)

Paul
 
Nice truck, they made the N series through about '69. I have a friend who owns one with a 220 Cummins in it. If those are 20" wheels you can change over to tubeless with a 22.5 Dayton wheel. Good friend of mine uses his B61 Mack to pull his antique tractors. I use my '59 White to pull a gooseneck trailer.
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I wish I had the $$ to fix my 1963 Diamond-T. Had #2 sleeve crack and back in 2000 it cost $600 per hole to fix it. It would make a good but slow tractor hauler plus since we made it longer for the dump bed it could do double duty as a gravel hauler and tractor hauler
 
No G I think we?re beyond the enema! It?s already $h!t the bed. Time to remove and repair! And it don?t smell like turkey poop!
 
Someone repowered it with a little newer 360 V-8 and it?s got the worlds worst 5 speed transmission in it. I?m going to run it like this for now until I find something interesting to repower it with.
 
(quoted from post at 12:30:51 06/17/18) Someone repowered it with a little newer 360 V-8 and it?s got the worlds worst 5 speed transmission in it. I?m going to run it like this for now until I find something interesting to repower it with.

A 390 will run circles around any 360. A 428 would be even better, but for reasons of economy, a diesel would be the way to go. Maybe a 3208 Cat? With dual, 5" straight stacks?
 
Depending on how heavy you haul,you might consider taking a leaf or two off the rear spring packs.The carny people do that to their single axle 5th wheel resident hauls and goose neck hualers.
 
My 1963 Diamond-T has a 220 Cummins in it but #2 sleeve cracked and to fix it was more then I have to do it with. Sure would love to find a good 22o to set in it
 
There are a lot of old school buses out there , make a good drive train for replacement on some of these old trucks. joe
 
I drove a truck like that in sugar beet harvest. An 8ft flatbed and chrome stacks and a 5.9 Commins,a 8.2L(4 stroke)Detroit.Or a 7.3L powerstroke would be the cats meow!
 
lots of re-power suggestions, I vote for a 6V-53 and Eaton 10 speed. Of course my hearing is already toast so the Detroit wouldn't bother me, but I do love to hear them sing.
 
Is the old girl a gas or diesel truck??? The reason I am asking is fuel mileage.

A good friend fixed up an old 1960 era Chevy Semi truck. Big gas motor. He restored the truck to like new condition. Flatbed setup to pull a gooseneck trailer. He took it to a tractor show about 300 miles one way for his "fist" show. Found out that that big old motor got 1 3/4 miles per gallon of gas. Coast him right at $1000 to drive/haul his stuff to the show.

Those big old gas motors where built/sold when gas was under 20 cents a gallon. Now with $2.75-3 gas they are not fun. LOL
 
"Is the old girl a gas or diesel truck???"

If you can't afford the gas, you can't afford the truck! ;)
I just bought a new Ford F250 gasser. I passed on the diesel for
several reasons, like the cool down period in my work shop and
the $160 oil changes. Then of course, there are the DEF considerations.

I realize that the new fuel injected gas engines are far more
economical than the carbureted engines of the past eras, but they
seem to me to be cheaper to own for the weekend warrior/camper.
Full time heavy towing, I would agree. Diesel is the way to go.

An interesting re-power might be a fuel injected gas big block.

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That smell is the 360! They were a TU#D from the start! This coming from a diehard Ford man. Right along with the 351M and 400. Yikes. If you wanted to stay old school, a 390 might fill the bill but lousy on fuel. Or a 351 Windsor might be just right. IMHO
Fine looking rig, it would really stand out, but like was mentioned, it might kind of a hard rider.

Irv
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That smell is the 360! They were a TU#D from the start! This coming from a diehard Ford man. Right along with the 351M and 400. Yikes. If you wanted to stay old school, a 390 might fill the bill but lousy on fuel. Or a 351 Windsor might be just right. IMHO
Fine looking rig, it would really stand out, but like was mentioned, it might kind of a hard rider.

Irv
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Was that body style called a "Louisville"? Kind of half way between a cabover and a conventional.
 
New Ulm for me.

Had a high school friend that moved to Willmar. He wasn't country at all tho, lost touch with him and can't imagine he stayed in the area.

Paul
 
I had a '91 460 dually, 4 on the floor (OD). 10 mpg was my usual. First vehicle I had that I could let the clutch out with foot off the accelerator and it'd take it, ready for more. Put a flat bed on it and hay spike. Sold it when I retired for 2 reasons: No longer had a use for it and living in a metropolitan county, smog testing was the thing and nobody wanted to mess with an old truck which had different emission requirements....lack thereof.
 

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