I am not sure of the year on this thing, but it's a pretty neat little wagon/truck. Whats more interesting is what powers it. From what I was told, this was a factory thing and might not have done a lot of them, (not sure if this is correct, but what I was told) this truck has a Detroit Diesel in it, and Factory AC. I diddnt get any pictures inside it, but it seemed to be all there. This was in a whole line of cars I took pictures of, This was the most interesting as well as an old Chrysler Desoto.











Everything is for sale I was told minus the old Ice cream truck. if there is interest I'll post the rest of the pictures in another thread

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

What is that, a 4-53? What's the tank in the engine bay?

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I think it's a 4-53 no idea what the tank is. I wondered that too

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

The tank could be an air filter, but that's just a guess from that photo. I think the engine is a 3-53, it's too short for a 4.

1958 - Significant redesign of front end. All ⅓-ton trucks are now called Apaches. Truck now has four headlights instead of the previous two and features a shorter, wider grille running the width of the front end. Parking lights are now in the grille instead of being in the front of the fender and the hood is similar to 1955/1956 models, but with a flat "valley" in the middle. First year for factory-equipped air conditioning.

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Its probably not a 3-71 though.

Interesting that it has an alternator. They were not common pre 1960.
The yellow tank on the side is probably the air cleaner. The silver thing on the top of the motor is the rocker/valve cover.

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I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

More pictures, location, prices and phone numbers please.

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Jim

@Engatwork, Please PM me- These are the current pictures, but I can get more tuesday

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

Definitely not a 3-71, as they do not have pulleys on the cam and balance shaft. The 71 is also quite heavy, about 1500#. If that's an original vehicle, it's probably quite collectible.

61 chevy Apache K20 4-53T Detroit Diesel part1 - YouTube

Engine in the video looks roughly the same size as the one in the picture above.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I doubt that engine is original. The 'Detroit Diesel' sunshade is not the kind of thing that would have existed when that thing was built. I'm guessing whoever put the engine in there put the sunshade on too.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

sun shade is an add on, dont think this engine was.

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

That same generation of motor was put in the river boats in Vietnam ,twin motors ran those Aluminium bodied boats during the war.An american boat builder ,Hatteras I believe ,got the contract after another builder couldnt make the commitment on the performance end .This version was 380 hp tuned performance x2 .

I had a 4-53 in a shrimp boat. You'd be lucky to see 120hp out of one on a good day. What a dismal POS engine..smoke, scream, and fog. But, you could fix it with a hammer and some wire.

"Detroit Diesels, the most efficient method ever developed to convert diesel fuel into noise."

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Wow I thought all Apaches were pick up trucks not vans. Cool. I want it!

(Can't afford it - not allowed to have it - but I could bloody well fix it)

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!