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[QUOTE="FlatbedCowboy, post: 1508755, member: 8040"] So I was just given a 1968 International Loadstar 1600. It has a bad engine and has been sitting forever, but as odd as I am I love the look of the old beast. My plans are to take the cab off the frame and turn the frame/flatbed into a trailer. Its a dump bed, so I plan on making that work with my tractor and use the trailer as a utility trailer around the ranch. I would like to take the cab and put it onto an excising truck frame and engine platform. I want something equivalent to a F450 or 1.5 ton running gear but at a minimum I will want a dually. I would like to not do a cummins, because of the cost. I have instant access to 2 different 7.3Ls. One is a 1995 F350 with 299K and has a starting problem and the other is a 1996 with 180K but has been used super hard its whole life (former construction truck). Both these trucks I could get for under $2000 easy. Im not super hot on using one of these though as they take quite of bit of cash to make any power, are non-intercooled, and slow. The other trucks I have been looking at online are 1990s-2000 6.5L GMC 3500HD trucks. I like the fact that they have larger frames, are 10 lug, and cheap-ish. But I have read that they are dogs and super slow. I want this to be like a highway trailer totter that would get used a dozen times a year to pull loads of around 16K. I would like to do at least 70 mph ( I know gearing helps but you have to have power to get it rolling). I also want to lower it as low as I can to the ground so 2wd is preferred. Also CHEAP is what Im after. Any other ideas that will help guide my search for a suitable donor? Thanks [/QUOTE]
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