White95’s ‘09 F-250 “Chiron”

[white95]

Chiron
[aka Gravy Train]

My, uh, camper puller work horse project?​

I’d been kicking the idea of another 3/4 ton truck around for a while now. While casually browsing marketplace, I came across a cheap F-250 with a hurt engine for a good price.



Drove 1.5 hours to check it out today, ultimately bought it and have a clean title in hand.

Details and specs TBD

 

[07GtS197]

Damn that thing is clean. Nice score.

 

[white95]

Damn that thing is clean. Nice score.

Right? It’s overall cosmetically in good shape with some minor problem areas. I’ll be detailing all of this in upcoming posts.



(Post to be continued with initial updates once we get it to the shop)

 

[07GtS197]

Right? It’s overall cosmetically in good shape with some minor problem areas. I’ll be detailing all of this in upcoming posts.

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Any rust? I’m looking at tenth gen f150’s and they seem to have a rust issue, along with 11th gen’s too.

What about project red rocket?

 

[white95]

It does have some lower edge of the tailgate rust and both of the rear rocker panels need to be addressed.

I’m leaning heavily towards Chiron: The wisest and most powerful of the Centaurs. Since a centaur is half-man, half-horse, it’s the perfect metaphor for a truck that is half-Ford, half-Cummins.

 

[07GtS197]

That’s cool man, this is going to be a cool project.

 

[duh09]

So we thinking like a S362 over a S475 and some injectors and let 'er eat or what?

 

[white95]

So we thinking like a S362 over a S475 and some injectors and let 'er eat or what?

P-pump, S363, some injectors and a ZF6

 

[ju015dd]

I do miss my zf6! Honestly have been thinking of doing that to my new to me 7.3

 

[white95]

1. I forgot the keys for the F250…in my F150 at my buddy’s house.

2. We had to pop the shift cable off the transmission to get it into neutral.

3. We connected the trailer to the seller’s F150

4. We attempted to winch the F250 on the trailer with the Gladiator.

5. We then disconnected the pitman arm to move the wheels which proved to be a real pain.

6. So… 2.5 hrs later, we had the truck on the trailer and tied down then we were underway for an uneventful, 2 hour ride home.

What a day but the truck has been secured.

 

[white95]

Didn’t take too many pics today but I did spend some time digging the residual crap left from the previous owner.

My loot:

 

[white95]

Detail pics of the rusty rocker panels. Apparently, this is a common thing with the steel body Super Duty trucks.

RH



LH

 

[white95]

Idk what to make of this f**kery but I’m sure it won’t be the last of it.

 

[white95]

Random pics from the day.

 

[ttocs]

man that menthol cig is illegal in some places and could be worth a few bucks.

 

[weendoggy]

As they all say, "one step at a time". However, that is one BIG truck!

 

[white95]

As they all say, "one step at a time". However, that is one BIG truck!

It certainly does have a commanding presence. When I used my F150 to pull it around, I basically did a low RPM, rolling burnout. lol

 

[ttocs]

so is this going to be the new trail truck and re-reconvert your other back to a sleeper street racer again?

 

[ju015dd]

Can't wait to see the old read 6.4 come out and get stuffed with a Cummins..... Gonna be sick brother. Any kind of time line?

 

[white95]

Can't wait to see the old read 6.4 come out and get stuffed with a Cummins..... Gonna be sick brother. Any kind of time line?

Not entirely sure. If I wait to find and swap in a good ZF6 at the same time? Next year.

If I do the swap with the 5R110 and just find the rest on the side for later?

Couple months.. Leaning this way at the moment.