Curley wrote: "My favorite 454 story is how one was pulling an empty stock trailer up a long grade, with little or no muffler, grunting and groaning. (about 1995, so it was an 88 or 89 pickup) I was driving the 66 IH 1500 with probably 8000 lb of cargo up the same grade, passing him effortlessly, then when I got beside him I stomped the pedal, the back 2 barrels of the 392 opened up, the front end of the old 1500 rose up 3-4 inches and we accelerated pretty fast for a truck going uphill. no grunting or groaning, the old truck just went. At that point it had around 400,000 miles on it. It was originally a 304. No way it would stand up and take off like that with the 304. GIven a choice between a IH 3/4 ton with 392 4 bbl and a 454 in a gm truck, I'd take the IH, hands down. But you won't find one for the price of that shovey. (IF you could fine one!)"
Ask and you shall receive. The first thing that popped up when I opened craigslist this morning. https://wichita.craigslist.org/cto/5759292564.html Its not a 392, but a 345. But, it is still a IH truck! Needs a little restoration, but it could be cool! Don Snook _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
