Nice seeing a 7.3 Powerstroke swap,

What a humble sounding guy, the stuff he builds is straight legit

@fordahlbilt

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate that

That's a clean swap 👌 the 7.3 looks awesome sitting in there

A good choice of Engine the famous 7.3 series F

That's a nice truck, perfect patina. There's just something about the 'click' of changing gears in an old truck!

@FordEra

2 жыл бұрын

You got that right!

@warrenmcelroy4718

2 жыл бұрын

That’s what I like about Fords old four speeds and the ZF5-6 transmissions, you just can’t get that out of the NewVenture transmissions in Dodges and Chevrolets

Sweet truck love them old school trucks

Nice conversion! I can't wait to get a ZF5 into my 79 Bronco!!! Manuals FTW, always. 😁

Funny to hear him open the door, sounds exactly like my old '79 F150 from years ago.

Awesome clean looking powerstroke swap under the hood I love it

The fact that truck came from California just made my day!! Rock on man!! Eff emissions!!! Roll coal bro!

I love all of Cody's builds, total badassery!

@FordEra

8 ай бұрын

It sure Js

Everyone talks about the “billet” wheel, but ever since i did the KC turbine wheel upgrade ive been obsessed with pairing the “billet” wheel with the turbine upgrade for the most out of a stock turbo.

I love that truck!

Super cool truck!

Great truck Cody Love the 7.3 swap Great stance Gonna follow ya

@fordahlbilt

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Love that truck! Saw it in the February 2024 issue of Diesel World Magazine!

With truck prices the way they are, Ive been tossin the idea of sellin my 7.3 to finish my 57. Then i go and see this and remember why I bought it in the first place.

He did the best swap ever , did the ugly 70-72 two spoke steering wheel for the gorgeous 67-69 three spoke and horn , truck is beautiful ❤

Daaaaaaam what a nice swap!

Now that is one sweet ass truck 👍❤️

Very nice truck

Wow that's just about perfect!

Beautiful build man 👍

This is exactly what I have planned. Doing the 67 body on a 95 frame, coil front suspension, bigger injectors and bigger turbo

Awesome job on that truck

@FordEra

Жыл бұрын

Right on

Good looking truck

Sweet truck! Nice to see a Ford in a Ford! My dad bought 90’s 7.3 crew dually and that mother would light’em up with no trouble! One thing I wish everyone would stop doing is making them belch out that nasty black smoke, we have a hard enough time keeping the Karen’s from shutting our hobby down without that crap!

@barrynelson634

2 жыл бұрын

While I agree with your sentiment 100%, that's not a Ford engine. It's a Navistar (International, Cornbinder hehe). I used to think it sucked that folks put Cummins in a Ford, but then I realized my own hypocrisy. Finally Ford did build their own diesel, the 6.7, from the ground up. At least it's not an Isuzu (Duramax)!

@ryand.8176

2 жыл бұрын

@@barrynelson634 You are right, I forgot Ford doesn’t own International. 🤭

@mattywho8485

2 жыл бұрын

@@barrynelson634 I agree 100 % about all these kids "rolling coal", completely stupid! Show me performance, not just a cloud of wasted fuel. As far as the engine, I own a 7.3 Ford and two 5.9 Cummins trucks, I would absolutely use a Cummins in any swap I could fit it in !! Although the 7.3 is a good engine (and my 2nd pre-emissions choice) the Cummins with an NV5600 behind it is far superior to the 7.3 with a ZF6

@barrynelson634

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattywho8485 ...yes, you are correct. I also love that torque right off the bottom with a 12 valve. I've had that and a drive by wire 24 valve while Ford was going through their 6.0 and 6.4 problems. That 24 was not the same to drive, not as much fun by any means.

Home run!

@FordEra

Жыл бұрын

sure is

impressive!

If you’re getting 16-18 mpg and you’re towing any decent amount of weight you’re NOT going to still be getting 16-18… let’s learn to be honest with ourselves here. Other than that, this is a Very Awesome SuperBadAss truck and I’m beyond jealous!

@barrynelson634

2 жыл бұрын

You are correct...everyone seems to lie about their fuel mileage and amount of power they have...especially the GM guys, ahahaha😁

Love it glad it's not cummins 😊

Holy Hell Yes!!

Love this truck. Have a 1966 f100 with a 6.9 that I wanna do this exact swap to.

Thank you for not putting a Cummins in that everybody takes the easy way out. 7.3 nice truck bud

Hell yea!...nice!!!

@FordEra

Жыл бұрын

Rock on!

I have a 1999 F550 with 120,000 on it that I want to put into a truck like this. Nice build!

Oh my god. That just became my dream truck

@FordEra

Жыл бұрын

its a beaut

Im not a mechanical guy, have like zero knowledge about cars. But I would love to own my dream truck: 70's Dodge W200. Sad part is for every thing thats wrong I need to go to the garage....

Did you notice, or did he mention where the pcm and idm were mounted ? Another awesome truck! 👍

@fordahlbilt

2 жыл бұрын

Pcm and IDM are both mounted behind driver side battery on the inner fender

@quintenedwards1853

2 жыл бұрын

@@fordahlbilt Thank you! 👍

Your 5th gen 4x4 looks awesome, love the 7.3l conversion, looks stock. I would keep the original finish. Can you please explain why you don't think your 72 F250 4x4 wasn't a "highboy"? My understanding is all 67 to 77.5 Ford F250 4x4's were highboys? You have the correct frame crossmember below the front bumper, looks like the narrow frame with 2.5" wide rear leaf springs, looks like it is/was a divorced transfercase, gas tank behind to bench seat, looks like a 75/76 Dana 44 open knuckle low pinion front axle. To me it looks like you have all of the parameters. Either way your truck looks awesome. I have a 76 Ford F250 4x4 Crew Cab highboy, I converted to diesel also but went a different route. It now has a 76 Detroit Diesel 4-53T, stock NP435 and NP205, I added a 3 speed '65 Spicer 5831 auxiliary transmission to split gears and OD, also added a '79 Dana 60 King Pin to handle the extra weight. I lenghtened it to a long box and I'm running 37" Wranglers with an additional leaf on all 4 corners with front and rear sway bars. It has some newer 6th gen parts but otherwise looks pretty much stock. It actually rides nice, not sure if I'm ready for a 16 hour ride yet. Thank you for showing off your beautiful truck to us.

@fordahlbilt

2 жыл бұрын

It’s 100% a highboy chassis and F26 titled truck but the purists will tell you otherwise since it has a side bed toolbox. “True” highboys don’t have them.

@johnt9906

2 жыл бұрын

@@fordahlbilt I saw the toolbox and thought that was unusual, they're usually on 2wd or camper specials. I think you can get by with that one, just changing the box should not be grounds for disqualification, otherwise we should be disqualified our diesel swaps, that just adds to the coolness. I own a highboy and I usually correct people when their truck is not even close.

@barrynelson634

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnt9906 You both are correct!

@warrenmcelroy4718

2 жыл бұрын

@@fordahlbilt MANY HiBoy Fords came From the factory with that bedside toolbox, I’ve had several myself. Idk why anyone would think the toolbox would cause the rest of the truck to be any different but there is no truth to that at all.

@warrenmcelroy4718

2 жыл бұрын

@@barrynelson634 it isn’t unusual at all

I want to do this but with an IDI

Great truck but wish there would have been more time to let Cody just talk about the truck

Hey man I’m doing a 7.3 in my 78 highboy do you have to do a body lift to fit it in the stock frame?

As an owner of a '95 powerstroke, yes it get 18mpg however towing a trailer weighing 8000# it will get about 11-12 Sweet ass truck though.

@FordEra

2 жыл бұрын

makes sense

@markbroad119

2 жыл бұрын

@@FordEra love the truck

True question I have a 71 f250 4x4 hi boy and would like to know how much will you charge me to put in a 96 powerstroke in it !! I’ll appreciate if you reply thanks

Did you have to cut the firewall

when i got my 84 with the 6.9 ford said it had a heaver duty frame than the gas engine frame hows this handling the turbo one?/

@FordEra

10 ай бұрын

😃

I have a 67 om a 72 frame i want to do this to it.

that's a nice ass truck. The engine is a 99 up 7.3, not a 97.

@fordahlbilt

2 жыл бұрын

It’s 100% a 97 engine with 97 electronics, but with 99+ front accessories and turbo setup.

@warrenmcelroy4718

2 жыл бұрын

The engine came out of a 97

@kenthuntsingersr7501

2 жыл бұрын

@@fordahlbilt So it's been turned into a 99 up engine .

I have a 72 I'm looking for some body parts if anybody knows where to get good body parts long bed 3/4 ton

@FordEra

Жыл бұрын

Which parts do you need

@joeemanuele3134

Жыл бұрын

A right side box side 8 ft a bed floor

I have a question have you ever heard of a Ford truck from the 70s call the python

@barrynelson634

2 жыл бұрын

Nope, just a Cobra! Mustang!

The steering wheel is not '72. What gives?

Only the color of the truck is green.

lost me at the smoke

veamos; EEUU le dice al mundo que no hay que contaminar mientras cualquier ciudadano yankee hace estas cosas?

That might be worth almost $100,000 even if sold on Ebay or Kijiji. Remove that disgusting dirty ashtray!

Beautiful truck.

@FordEra

Жыл бұрын

We agree!