Popular Post mrsmackpaul Posted March 18 Popular Post Share Posted March 18 Had a couple of these years ago as farm trucks They really are pretty crap as trucks, but are kinda cool I reckon Seem to be in big demand these days and sell almost as quick as they appear Always reckon it was a mistake to sell them anyway a mate sends me links to them as he sees them on Facebook So I bought one home for no particular reason Starts, runs and stops, that'll do for a while Tipping tray with a grain bin 292 cubic inches of Mexican 6 cylinder power (if you can call it that) 5 speed with two speed diff And so super special 10 stud Chevy rims Ruddy marvelous 😉 Paul 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85snowdog Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 I really like that . Old GM's and Chevs are always on my radar . There has been some old low milage firetrucks , that body style around here that I have wanted to buy. Unfortunately , they are more $$$ than the budget will allow. Is the dash the same as our north American C60's just reversed for driving on the right ? 1 Quote Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Me Too... Snowdog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadwayR Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 I sent a lot of time driving those things. Had good power with a 366 or 427 gas engine, great turning radius if the wheelbase wasn't too long. Didn't like changing the spark plugs if the truck had air brakes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBWhite Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Would that 292 happen to be carbureted or fuel Injected? Does it have the integrated head/exhaust manifold like the later 240s we had here? And what in the world is swan water? Dad had a C10 pickup that was one of the last years for the 240 before they went to the V6. Was great on the highway with the limited slip but I think that odd intergrated head cracked and took it out of commission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Adkat Posted March 19 Popular Post Share Posted March 19 Swan water is a little blip on the map in a big patch of dryland cropping and stock grazing area in NW Victoria. The area would have been one station originally, or what you blokes would call a ranch, but has since been cut into smaller farms. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadwayR Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 20 hours ago, BOBWhite said: Would that 292 happen to be carbureted or fuel Injected? Does it have the integrated head/exhaust manifold like the later 240s we had here? And what in the world is swan water? Dad had a C10 pickup that was one of the last years for the 240 before they went to the V6. Was great on the highway with the limited slip but I think that odd intergrated head cracked and took it out of commission. I don't think the 292's ever had the integrated head/manifold. I only saw 250's with that, both 1 bbl. and 2 bbl. with split exhaust manifolds. The 2 bbl. versions ran pretty good and didn't seem to crack as bad as the earlier 1 bbl.'s. The 4 bbl. 4.3L V-6 was much better though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBWhite Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 2 hours ago, RoadwayR said: I don't think the 292's ever had the integrated head/manifold. I only saw 250's with that, both 1 bbl. and 2 bbl. with split exhaust manifolds. The 2 bbl. versions ran pretty good and didn't seem to crack as bad as the earlier 1 bbl.'s. The 4 bbl. 4.3L V-6 was much better though. Oops I got my Fords and Chevys mixed up I meant 250. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 Evening everyone, late reply, been busy Snowdog, Im pretty sure the dash is reversed, except for the cluster 292 is carby with electronic ignition The last one I had I bought a offenhauser 4 barrel inlet manifold in from the states and had it port match to a head that was taken out to a Yella Terra stage three 202 head specs, this done by "head stud development" Melbourne 25 years ago, had a set of rods shot peened and balanced with the crank Block had liners pushed in, and a set of forged flat top pistons, 10-1 compression and on lpg Only got that far and all these parts are under the bench Im pretty sure waiting for someone to pull his finger out The 292 is really pretty gutless for this big a truck but still, it's different Sorry I took my owm topic off the rails, a bad case of Joeyitus lol Swanwater is as described, a area town sort of Most of the exhaust manifolds never last on big sixes in Australia, we put extractors on, like your headers only longer sleaker and tuned to length Trying track down a overdrive box for it at the moment and I'll see were I go from there So on spicer trans mission, to decode the transmission First numbers are torque rating Then the next number is the number of gears The number after that is the material the transmissions are made out of And the letters at the end are the gear set, direct, over drive and so on So does any of this soundcorrect, do we have any Spicer experts on here ? Paul 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 way back when i was much younger we had 2 of them. one was a 20 foot box single axle with 453 detroit, 5 speed trans and 2 speed rear. the other was a 453 turbo 26 foot box tandem axle 5 speed eaton overdrive trans. 2 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 I was stunned to learn that 453 T was sold in them new in the U.S. Only option was a 292 Mexican 6 I was thinking along the lines of a 3208 or tripple trouble Cummins But that's a way off yet Paul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yarnall Posted March 21 Popular Post Share Posted March 21 I have a 1979 GMC Sierra 7000 firetruck with a 427 and Allison automatic. It only has 22,000 miles on it. I got it really cheap because they only got one other bid and didn’t want to sell it to that guy. It’s in great condition but geared really slow. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 Yarnall, thats a good looking truck, looks like new Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBWhite Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Wow that's a looker! Original tires on that rig too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarnall Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 (edited) 6 hours ago, BOBWhite said: Wow that's a looker! Original tires on that rig too? Thanks I assume they are original. The engines is not. I think it was run low on oil and replaced. Edited March 21 by yarnall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 10 hours ago, mrsmackpaul said: I was stunned to learn that 453 T was sold in them new in the U.S. Only option was a 292 Mexican 6 I was thinking along the lines of a 3208 or tripple trouble Cummins But that's a way off yet Paul Paul, they were also offered with the detroit 4 stoke "fuel pincher" 8.2 diesel. totally gutless pigs, but the power companys loved them because they would not go fast enough for the drivers to get pulled over for speeding. 2 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 yes sir.....thats definately one of my favorites thanks for that...bob On 3/19/2024 at 8:38 PM, BOBWhite said: Oops I got my Fords and Chevys mixed up I meant 250. i was wondering about that.....i have actually owned both at one time...bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RoadwayR Posted March 21 Popular Post Share Posted March 21 (edited) There was a lumber yard near my that had a couple of C-60's with 4-53T power. You could hear them coming a long ways off! The 8.2L V-8 diesel replaced the 4-53T sometime around 1980 in those trucks. Edited March 21 by RoadwayR 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 66dc75 Posted March 22 Popular Post Share Posted March 22 Went to the archives fir this one. Started my business with this 1980 C50. 350 small block 4 speed geared like a farm tractor. 24k original miles in 1997 former City of Somerville Ma DPW truck. 32' bucket. Eventually added a 2 speed rear to keep up with traffic. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 looks like it was pretty well setup all around for some serious work...wow,thanks for that....bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 On 3/18/2024 at 7:37 PM, Joey Mack said: Me Too... Snowdog there's one few miles from me in CT. don't know a thing about it. has a 15=20 ft box on back , looks to be sitting for ?????? yrs . don't know exact model , never saw any activity in or out of house . wasn't aware the C series had such interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 I was thinking the same thing I think most of us pretty much forgot about them until somebody recently brought them up… bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 I Brought up a buddy of mine was driving something like that way back around 1980 leaves Salem and go to Sturbridge every day. I don’t know exactly what he was doing.he used to haul steel… straight truck .. bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrsmackpaul Posted March 24 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 24 Mechohaulic I never realized that anyone cared for these trucks either until a few years ago when nostalgia kicked and I thought, wouldn't it be cool to own one Turns out a lotta people in Australia thought the same thing As fast as they came up for sale they sold First few I thought was a fluke price but then it snowballed and prices headed north One of my old ones, shifting a hay shed on the farm nearly 20 years ago Thats me up top chaininga truss onto the digger My old blue cattle dog down bellow watching proceedings, and the young bloke holding the post up (leaning on the post) is the digger mans son Digger mans nic name is Poodle, he is nearly 80 and still drives diggers most days Look at that sky, not a cloud as far as the eye can see Paul 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 The 60s version was pretty cool as well Thanks for that Paul… bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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