Originally Posted by R Leo

My '82 has the same 'Twin eye-beam' kingpin set up as the '69...In fact, I'd almost bet the parts are interchangeable.

It's up to you but, I about a year or two ago, I looked really closely at doing this same thing and decided that it 1) was unlikely that you could get a 616 or 617 to fit because of the sump and 2) it would be far better/easier/quicker to have an old IDI 6.9 or 7.3 Ford in a F-250 or 350 chassis...in other words, a REAL motor in a REAL truck, not a low-torque auto engine in a half-assed 1/2 ton chassis.

Even that's academic now that Dad's moving out to the farm with his wicked-strong F-250 Power Stroke...