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189 messages, Last post on Jul 05, 2007 at 2:53 PM
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Replying to: bumpy (Jun 28, 2007 10:38 am) That plus the big engine compartment cover between the front seats... Plenty of room for an inline-6.
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Replying to: lemko (Jun 28, 2007 10:41 am) Yep. The 305 V6 (5.0L) came in with the new trucks for 1960, and was the only engine in a GMC pickup until the Chevy I6s became available in 1963, and the Chevy V8s in 1967. There was also a 351 V6 in the pickups beginning in 1966 (that's what I have in mine), and the V6 was dropped except by special order after 1969. The bigger trucks also had a 401 and 478 V6 available, and there was a 379 and 432 available for a year or so around 1973 just before the V6 was dropped completely. It was a true 60-degree V6 and the first V6 in North America, predating the Buick chop-block by a few years. |
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Replying to: kyfdx (Jun 28, 2007 11:17 am) Yeah, as I recall, Ford was the first van to have a hood long enough so that the front wheel opening did not intrude with the front doors at all. Actually, wasn't Ford the first, around 1968 or so, to finally start making a van where there engine was ahead of the driver, instead of behind? |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 28, 2007 10:43 am) The 292 came in with the new I6s in 1963, but didn't get into the pickups until 1966. Chevy dropped it for the 4.3L V6 in the light trucks after 1985, but built the old 292 until 1990 or so for other applications. |
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Replying to: irismg (Jun 27, 2007 10:28 am) No interest in the Escape/Mariner Hybrid? Only hybrid CUV out there so far, and it's doing well. Look, I don't care what you buy. I own a GM car and a Toyota as well, I am not married to Ford. But I do know where their strengths are, as well as their weaknesses. That was all I was trying to point out. This is America - buy what you want from wherever.
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Replying to: irismg (Jun 27, 2007 10:28 am)
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Replying to: nvbanker (Jul 01, 2007 5:07 pm) Nice try, though 
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