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Try doing this to a 1st gen

Old Nov 15, 2006 | 11:52 AM
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Try doing this to a 1st gen

We'll I just won this off ebay and I got to thinking, man the would be a cool idea for a 1st gen/ramcharger.

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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 12:15 PM
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That looks nice, you'd have to find a crew cab and a ramcharger, then you'd have to marry them, it could be done.

Whats under the hood of that thing?
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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 12:21 PM
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7.3 Turbo Diesel idi.
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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 01:52 PM
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Is that an F350 classic? I've seen a few of them, but not for a while. They've all had powerstrokes.
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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 02:53 PM
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well it's like an older gen ford excursion! nice
well at least you have the alcoa oem wheels on there
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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 03:11 PM
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Didn't a company called Centurion do those conversions back in the day? Nice Ford! Drop a Cummins in there!
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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 05:48 PM
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I`ve thought of that idea also, a crew/ramcharger hybrid would be awesome! Thats a real nice looking truck, best of luck with it!
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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 06:43 PM
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http://www.fourdoorbronco.com/
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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Duluth Diesel
Didn't a company called Centurion do those conversions back in the day? Nice Ford! Drop a Cummins in there!
Yeah, I think so. Man, it would take a **** load of sheetmetal fabrication to do that! I saw an advertisement for a comapny that made Dodge Suburbans a wwhile back, as well as four door pickups (2nd gen.)

I like the Cummins idea.
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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 09:24 PM
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Looked into it (four door Ramcharger) before I converted my crew to a dualy. Could be done mostly by cutting spot welds and merging both bodies together in the door area, also need to shorten the frame (139"wb) the only real seam would be across the roof. The roof lines are different on the crew vs the later Ramchargers so some blending or additional roof changes would need to be done (crew cabs have the early -pre 81 roof lines - more rounded)
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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 11:37 PM
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That looks like a Centurion, to me.

The rich crazy neighbor lady had a brand-new Centurion, before Explorers, Expeditions, and Excursions were ever thought of.

It was an eye-catcher.

It seems like the Centurions used parts of a crew-cab, grafted to the rear portion of a Bronco.
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 12:09 PM
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I thought Swank would chime in on this one...he's got this pic on his website...notice the fender emblem

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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 12:14 PM
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Wow those both look awesome. Of course anything is better than a reg. cab
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by haloman
Of course anything is better than a reg. cab
Are you kidding? I can fit all my friend in my regular cab
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 07:05 PM
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How about this one...........DTR member from Fort Worth.
www.dieseltruckresource.com/pics/data/500/19677Green_Lizard.JPG
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