[Blood Junkie]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0248185417

It caught my eye. I don't actually know what model it is, but the 454 bit made me smile! :thumb:

 

[latan]

I wonder how much the postage to Australia will be??

 

[jonas1022]

Looks to be the C30. They now lable them as C3500, one ton (US). It is a Cheyenne Camper Special. I had a C10 Super Cheyenne that I bought new in 1973. The 454 V-8 was a tremendous underachiever, and a pig, but powerful never the less.

 

[Blood Junkie]

In what way was the 454 a pig?

I thought that American V8s were ultra reliable.

Also, as a stick shift, I'm assuming it's a 4 speed. Would that be right?

 

[jonas1022]

If you compare the 350 cid horsepower to the 454 cid horsepower the bigger engine makes considerably less horsepower per cubic inch than the 350. So, I consider it an underachiever. I don't know of any that got over 10 miles per gallon (US), thus it's a pig. The 350 would do about 13-14 miles per gallon, and had only slightly less horsepower and torque overall.

Heavy duty 4-speeds were the norm in 3/4 ton and 1 ton truck manual transmissions back in the day. 5-speeds didn't happen for another ten years on trucks.

 

[CrashNburn]

thats a sweet truck, and you could tow anything with it. except a gas station LoL.