Trolling the interwebz for LJ stuff I ran into this... what is this thing? An M715? My wife, who is as awesome as they come, looked and said "that thing is cool, you should buy it". How often does that happen?
It followed me home. Really closely, because it was on a trailer.
The loose plan is for this to be a project for me and one of my boys, we have a few years before he's driving, but he really likes it. The truck is a real basket case, cobbled up fire risk wiring and the worst repower install that I've ever seen. Right now there is something wrong with the clutch, it is violently stiff! No matter, we'll pull out the Ford 360/T18 and reinstall a proper straight 6. Although this time it will be a 300 Ford. I would consider an AMC 258, but think the extra cubic inches will help.
Wish us luck as we embark on this!