Sorry you are off a little. In 1965 ford offered a diesel call P-250 or
p-100. They were a inline 6 cyl made in france. Good engines to bad it was
a ford body. I have had the opertunity to work on three of these. I know
of one that is still runing after a million miles and five undercarages.
Woods
53 5 window
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Bruce Kettunen
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 11:36 AM
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Diesels
Diesels weren't readily available in pickups until the ill-fated
GM Diesel converted from an Oldsmobile small block in the 70's.
Anything older was probably a back shop conversion.
For larger trucks, at the mine my dad worked at, they had a GMC AD
tandem lowboy tractor with a GM 6-71N in it, with straight pipes
no less. That thing was a real screamer. Picked up a noise ticket
from the Highway Patrol once in the early 60's, got a muffler shortly
after. This may have been a conversion since the 6-71's were the
same engines used in the Euclids at the mine. The Euclids were GM
mining trucks that were contemporaries of the AD trucks, though they
shared no common parts.
Have also seen other large TF trucks with Gimmy diesels in them over
the years.
In the early 60's, diesels in trucks in the 2 ton range were not
uncommon, though most trucks that small were still gas. The same
mine had a 63 two ton GMC service truck with a smaller Gimmy diesel
in it from the factory.
Hope this helps answer your question.
Bruce Kettunen
57 3200
Mt. Iron, MN
At Monday, 12 February 2001, you wrote:
>hi there,
>AD stands for Advanced Design, and TF stands for my personal favorite,
Task
>Foce.
>
>now for a few of my questions,.... when did Chevy or GMC first introduce
>diesel engines in their trucks? i was looking around at everybodys
favorite
>internet trading sites this afternoon and found "diesel" emblems for a
>'55-'57 GMC truck, this interests me greatly.
>
>Also, a PO of my truck installed a 350/350 combo. the front mounts
are of
>the side mount variety, and while good, id rather go with a tube
>crossmemeber for it to use better shock absorbing mounts, and the
tranny
>mount is basically a peice of channel iron with holes to mount
a GM two
>bolt mount onto it, BUT the original crossmember has been kept,
which makes
>it like to be imposible to drop my tranny pan, its not touching
anywhere,
>but is this normal? should i change this? and is it possible to
drop the pan
>with only about 1/4" of clearance?
>should i compleatly remove this orignal crossmemeber, or could i
just trim
>it if possible? ill discribe it in more detail if anyone needs to
hear it.
>
>thanks,
>Brian M
>Atwater, CA
>'57 Chevy 3200
>'00 Dodge Neon
>eye ballin a '56 3100
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