1977, 6th generation, 4-door F-250s were not a widely offered production of Fords. Custom made for each owner, they were essentially built by hand. These Crew Cab Dentsides (as they were often called) are quite literally two cabs joined at the factory. What makes this particular F-250 even rarer is that owner Kip Fulks is the co-founder and President of Innovation and Footwear of Under Armour. Just as he does with his company, Kip enjoys doing things a tad bit differently.
Following the purchase of a high-mile ’06 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD, the truck’s new owner noticed the LBZ was low on coolant. The cause? The 11-year-old, 251,000-mile factory water pump was on its way out. After getting a quarter million miles out of the original water pump, it was an easy decision to stick with an OEM unit. And thanks to Merchant Automotive’s water pump kit, not only was the owner able to start over with a genuine AC Delco unit, but the new pump was modified to hold up to elevated rpm and higher horsepower.
The ’70s TV talk show host Tom Snyder was known for asking, “What goes through their minds?” when confronted with inexplicable human behavior. That might apply when pondering why GMC executives directed the development of the Toro-Flow diesel. Given the array of diesels the GMC truck line had to choose from, most notably those built by GM itself, it seems an odd way to spend money. Well, GMC execs saw a low-cost diesel gap in the medium-duty truck market.
A 1958 Ford F-100 with a 5.9L CR Cummins and Allison Transmission
Rat Rods are something extremely popular in the hot rod market these days and doing a diesel conversion on some old rusted-out vintage chassis just makes it that much cooler in our opinion. But for Holden Jung, a professional horse trainer in Bountiful, Utah, growing up around the farm and ranch lifestyle allowed him to put his own redneck flare on this 1958 F-100 rat rod build.
Bullet Proof Diesel’s Remote Mount 6.0L Power Stroke Oil Cooler
Over the last decade or so Bullet Proof Diesel in Mesa, Arizona, has become famous with making the unfortunately infamous 6.0L Power Stroke reliable again. The 6.0L was plagued with multiple issues from the word “go.” One of these problems is with the engine’s oil cooler. It’s a stacked plate heat exchanger design that uses engine coolant to also cool the engine’s oil.
In 1978, GM and Dodge tied for being the first to offer a diesel pickup engine. The Chevrolet entry was a C10 with the notorious Olds 5.7L V-8 making 120 naturally aspirated horsepower. Dodge fielded a 4.0L (243ci) Mitsubishi NA diesel inline-six with 100 rip-snorting horsepower in half and 3/4-ton 4×2 and 4x4s. Dodge dropped the Mitsu after 1979 and remained diesel-less until 1989, but Chevrolet continued to offer the 5.7 in C10s through 1981, and then replaced it with the vastly better 6.2L in 1982. The stage was now set for a grand entrance by Ford.
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