White95’s ‘09 F-250 “Chiron”

white95 · Jul 16, 2026

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 · Jul 16, 2026

Damn that thing is clean. Nice score.

white95 · Jul 17, 2026

07GtS197 said:
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 · Jul 17, 2026

white95 said:
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 · Jul 17, 2026

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 · Jul 17, 2026

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

duh09 · Jul 18, 2026

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

white95 · Jul 18, 2026

duh09 said:
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 · Jul 18, 2026

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

white95 · Jul 19, 2026

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 · Jul 19, 2026

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 · Jul 19, 2026

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

RH

LH

white95 · Jul 19, 2026

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

white95 · Monday at 12:25 AM

Random pics from the day.

ttocs · Monday at 5:43 AM

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

weendoggy · Monday at 8:50 AM

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

white95 · Monday at 9:15 AM

weendoggy said:
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 · Monday at 12:23 PM

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

ju015dd · Wednesday at 11:00 AM

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 · Wednesday at 11:45 AM

ju015dd said:
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.