If I had money... and a big, well-equipped shop...shop

[willyslover]

BV. . ya might want to contact Richard [Maddog] as he has one stout one just like that. . couple years newer but otherwise the same



his is in the high 11 second 1/4 mile times and at the 800 HP level and a daily driver sleeper except for the 6" exhaust

 

[Bart]

Hey Guys, I have one of those garages you're talking about. 40x60 with 10 foot walls. A lift and a paint booth. Still not enough room. Can you believe it?????

 

[KEENO]

Off to E. Tenn this evening to pick up a 1968 Kaiser M725 ex-Navy Ambulance to be converted into a Cummins Powered Conversion Camper.



My thoughts revolve around rolling a First Gen Std. cab Frame & P7100 equipped Cummins/NVG4500HD under the old girl. Modern Frame/Powertrain w/ Classic, Vintage Toughness!



Photos to follow soon... ...



Tim "KEENO" Keen



After this project..... My next ambition would be to put a Cummins 4BTA/NVG into a Vintage 109 Land Rover w/ some real axles.

 

[Todd G]

Dreaming... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...



how about a new Freightliner Unimog with a 8. 3 or ISL in it. Twins and stacks. HooRaa

 

[cjohnson1]

Dream Conversions? Here's mine

Starting Photo



This is my dream conversion. Got it to make smoke today.



5. 9 L 12 V backed up with an Allison transmission.



Curtis Johnson

 

[Scot]

I am finally getting some time to work on it again. Had to build fences and barns and gates and...



The engine/transmission/tc is sitting on the frame. Driveshaft and rearend are in. One fuel tank is in and other about ready. Need to run fuel return lines. Have a firewall/cowl sitting on frame and have the hydraulic clutch setup figured out. It appears to be simpler than what I feared it would be. Next and last real hurdle will be getting radiator, inter cooler and condensor in the available space.



I am still trying to decide on paint. I want to go arrest-me-red but it goes bad so fast in this heat. The truck is a butter yellow that looks bad. I don't really like white...

 

[TxDieselKid]

8. 3L Cummins into a 4x4 Dodge 2500 with a 7 speed.



Talk about a crusing truck!

 

[DKayser]

Dream swap

A Ramcharger with a CTD would do it for me. That might get the wife to part with the 93 Grand Cherokee(160K). However,at the Studebaker regional meet,there was a 51-52 Studie truck body on a first gen chassis,Ctd,5speed. Kept the Dodge floor,cowl, and all HVAC stuff. Nice rig, very different.

 

[1sand0s]

Originally posted by illflem

If I had the time I'd drop a CTD in a '63 Cadillac convertible, beef up the rear suspension, mount a 5th wheel on the trunk and use it to pull a 42' fiver. Can't you see me now, passing all you guys in your Dodges on every hill, neck scarf flappin in the breeze.

I am very, very afraid!!

 

[cjohnson1]

Originally posted by TxDieselKid

8. 3L Cummins into a 4x4 Dodge 2500 with a 7 speed.



Talk about a crusing truck!

I found one of those "C" Cummins motors the other day in great shape. I didn't need it, but I can get it for you if you wanted one. And it was cheap! Complete Too, and runs. Out of a wreck. 70,000 miles. I'll be going up that way in the next month or two so I could haul it back to Texas if you're serious. He has some other parts I may get for myself.



Curtis J

 

[nickleinonen]

hmm... . my toy truck would be an older chevy[early 60's] reg cab and make it into a sports truck with an isb backed by a built 6 speed trans [i wonder if those richmond rod-6 trannys would hold up to cummins??] with a vgt turbo on it making around 400-450rwhp putting power to the ground through some nice 300+mm wide tires on 18" or 20" with dual 4"exhaust coming out just behind the rear bumper with turndowns to make the exhaust not visiable [other than the smoke & music:-laf] in a dark midnite blue color with a silver metal flake over it...





i also have sick thoughts of getting an ls6 v8 gm engine, putting a roots blower on it, getting a t-56 6 speed and dropping that into a gmc safari van a... that would be the ultimate soccer mom/dad sleeper vehicle... could roast some rice with that... :-laf

 

[JoshPeters]

My ultimate truck will some day be this:



Take one Dump truck, convert it to air ride.

Drop in a C16 Cat (600hp should due)

Get a Eaton 18spd trans

Get one Chevy Pickup, 4 door long box.

W I D E N the truck so the tires etc fit under the body,

put air ride seats in it, custom rear seat, etc.



Get the biggist dang trailer I could find, load it up to about 40,000lbs and go look for a Ford guy that thinks he can pull it... ... .







Josh