It was several years ago I got those tires!

The fronts are TOYO 9.00-20 tube-type radials  And the backs are recapped radials.

I would have gotten the 8.25-20's if I could have.

Yeah, I think the 5.83 will be pretty tall with the OD.  I still have to get the axle spindles redone.  one side is damaged from a spun bearing.

I would still like to try it though.  I got the 2-speed rear axle from a guy in Seattle for $100.  The entire pumpkin was a rusty mess and pretty much unusable.  I had a local truck parts outfit find me an excellent condition 2-speed pumpkin for $750 so I bought it.

And I swapped out the vacuum shift unit for the  electric-motor  shift and was able to find all the parts to rebuild it.

Drivelines Northwest did all the drive line shortening etc.

That transmission in my picture came out of a 94 F450 diesel Superduty. 

I knew a guy that worked at a transmission shop in Tacoma and he found a complete transhousing/bell for a 300 I-6.  Bentsen makes an adapter for that bell housing (300-6 and SB Ford V-8) so I could adapt from the Y-block to the trans. 

The transmission internals (and ratios)  are from the Diesel E4OD.  The trans guy also found the tail-shaft mounted Parking brake too.  Those things are very hard to find and usually cost a fortune.  The entire thing was about $1500 for the case swap, parking brake and complete trans rebuild.

I also have a Baumann Engr trans control unit but I may go to the MSD trans control box since it integrates well with the MSD Atomic EFI

I expect that 272 to run well with the MSD TBI system. 
I don't even want to think about how much I have tied up in this thing ....but it's all therapy, right?


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1955 F-600/272/E4OD// Disclaimer: No animals were injured while test driving my F-600 except the ones I ran over intentionally!

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You and I both don't want to add up what we have into getting ours into one piece and across the country lol.

That rear transmission parking brake is a must. Our brakes simply don't work in reverse. That band brake was used extensively in the Rocky's to keep us from rolling backwards down the mountain.

We weren't able to find the right band to replace ours, but found the military trucks of the same era used one that's almost identical and close enough to work. After weeks of searching the overnight shipping made this about a $300 part....