Thread: Hello from the UK i own a ford fire truck 1955 f350

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Hi everyone thank you for the kind welcome.Its the 1957 Ford i would RHD first.I have thought about putting the body on a ford ranger that has a diesel engine and rhd as the price of petrol over here.£133 pr litre.

Originally Posted by fordf350camper

Hi everyone thank you for the kind welcome.Its the 1957 Ford i would RHD first.I have thought about putting the body on a ford ranger that has a diesel engine and rhd as the price of petrol over here.£133 pr litre.

Your UK £ is worth about NZ $0.50, so that equates to about NZ $2.60/litre, which is not far removed from what we're paying.

Be warned; it's a pretty big job to swap a chassis from under a vehicle just to change to rhd...I know we did it, but our reasoning was different from yours.
In the early fifties Henry built buses/trucks that were capable of fifty mph, with lights that were capable of forty mph, and brakes that were capable of thirty mph.
We set out with the intenton of upgrading the entire set-up; and at the same time changing it to rhd.
By the mid/late fifties Henry's engineering had improved; so I think you'd find it easier and cheaper to find a donor steering box to swap in, and do an engine swap to a diesel, utilising your present chassis.
There's a lot involved in changing to rhd; it's not just a question of bunging a hole in the firewall and shifting the steering column...the brake, clutch, accelerator pedals, gauges all have to go too.

Whatever you decide...good luck!

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