The Ford Barn

tubman · 09-01-2017, 06:33 PM

"rotorwrench" - Are you sure? I am kinda into fire trucks and knew a guy who had a '53 with a 279. The whole thing was very confusing, because everything we could find said the 279 was built for the 1954 model year only, for trucks only. We finally came to the conclusion that with fire trucks, the year is not that important and can vary a year or two. (I once had one titled as a 1974 Seagrave that was actually a 1973 Ford F900.)

Anyhoo, I always thought that the Big trucks initially used the 317 ci version, like the cars. Maybe the O/P will check back in and clear this up.

(Oooops, I guess he did while I was typing.)

09-01-2017, 06:33 PM	#20
tubman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Minnesota, Florida Keys Posts: 12,139	Re: 1952 Ford F8 "rotorwrench" - Are you sure? I am kinda into fire trucks and knew a guy who had a '53 with a 279. The whole thing was very confusing, because everything we could find said the 279 was built for the 1954 model year only, for trucks only. We finally came to the conclusion that with fire trucks, the year is not that important and can vary a year or two. (I once had one titled as a 1974 Seagrave that was actually a 1973 Ford F900.) Anyhoo, I always thought that the Big trucks initially used the 317 ci version, like the cars. Maybe the O/P will check back in and clear this up. (Oooops, I guess he did while I was typing.)