It looks like my truck camper days are over.
It appears that the water heater is what started the fire. I am thrilled that the entire camper didn't go up in flames. Monday morning coming h...
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I thought I had better check in
I got the stitches out a week ago and everything seams be be healing great. Doctors happy and I feel great.
I wont be replacing the truck or the camper.
I will start looking for another nice older "vintage" TT to fix up like the one i did years ago.
I bought this 1976 Ford F-250 4x4 back in November 2021 and I've been fixing it up ever since.
I was very fortunate to find a complete rebuilt 1966 Mercury Marauder 410 4V engine. Mercury took a 428 crankshaft and put it in a 390 stroking the 390 out to a 410 and only produced them for two years - 1966 & 1967.
It was rebuilt back in 1972. The rebuilder used domed pistons to retain the factory 10.5:1 compression and bored it 0.030" making it 416 cu in and installed an RV cam. It was never started until I fired it up back in July last year.
Since then I've assed a set of Hedman Hedders, dual exhaust, an Edelbrock Performer intake and a Holley mechanical secondary carburetor.
It shouldn't have any problems towing a 19-21 ft TT.
