I loved the Ford straight 6 300ci in their Pick Ups. Great engine that you could actually work on.
I had an ‘81 Ford pickup as my coal mine truck. It was sold with a granny low gear, which helped me navigate around the various mine sites.
I replaced all four tires in ‘82.
I had a 72 Mercury Montego with a 289 smallblock out of a 67 Fairlane police car.
You could just about walk around the engine compartment under the hood but the car was very quick.
We have one on a backup generator at work. I told the boss that it will probably still be running when we are both dead.
“I loved the Ford straight 6 300ci in their Pick Ups. Great engine that you could actually work on.”
Bulletproof motor if there ever was one. Would run forever. No timing chain. The same torque as the 302 V-8 at 1000 less RPM.
Also used extensively as an industrial motor. Worked on many in Asplundh chippers.
Not only could you work on the ford straight 6 they are beasts you could beat the hell out of one and it just kept going i know i owned a couple of them the bodys wore out and the motors never did !