{"id":2636,"date":"2015-08-24T16:03:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T20:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2636"},"modified":"2017-04-24T21:08:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T02:08:50","slug":"1950s-ford-truck-with-a-power-stroke-diesel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2636","title":{"rendered":"1950&#8217;s Ford Truck with a Power Stroke Diesel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1951-1953-Ford-truck-with-6.0-L-Power-Stroke-turbo-diesel-V8-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7384\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=7384\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1951-1953-Ford-truck-with-6.0-L-Power-Stroke-turbo-diesel-V8-01.jpg?fit=960%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1951-1953 Ford truck with 6.0 L Power Stroke turbo diesel V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1951-1953 Ford truck with 6.0 L Power Stroke turbo diesel V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1951-1953-Ford-truck-with-6.0-L-Power-Stroke-turbo-diesel-V8-01.jpg?fit=960%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7384\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1951-1953-Ford-truck-with-6.0-L-Power-Stroke-turbo-diesel-V8-01.jpg?resize=960%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1951-1953 Ford truck with 6.0 L Power Stroke turbo diesel V8 01\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1951-1953-Ford-truck-with-6.0-L-Power-Stroke-turbo-diesel-V8-01.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1951-1953-Ford-truck-with-6.0-L-Power-Stroke-turbo-diesel-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1951-1953-Ford-truck-with-6.0-L-Power-Stroke-turbo-diesel-V8-01.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>RTC Performance Diesel calls their Ford creation the Rust Bucket. The truck is made from a 1951 cab and 1953 front all riding on a 1979 Ford chassis. The truck is powered by a 6.0 L Power Stroke turbo diesel out of a 2003-2007 Ford Super Duty truck. The newer motor replaced a 7.3 L Power Stroke it was running before.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QqrVW6gGlyw\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/RTC-Performance-Diesel\/1546227398992134\">RTC Performance Diesel&#8217;s Facebook page<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCoexJvHdAZdD9zaf4SrzLow\">High Octane Films<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/willysgaragenorway\/posts\/778033032309566\">Willys Garage Norway<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RTC Performance Diesel calls their Ford creation the Rust Bucket. The truck is made from a 1951 cab and 1953 front all riding on a 1979 Ford chassis. The truck is powered by a 6.0 L Power Stroke turbo diesel out of a 2003-2007 Ford Super Duty truck. The newer motor replaced a 7.3 L&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2636\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1950&#8217;s Ford Truck with a Power Stroke Diesel<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ford"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":148734,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=148734","url_meta":{"origin":2636,"position":0},"title":"1972 Ford F-250 with a 7.3 L Power Stroke","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Hodson Motors featured this 1972 Ford F-250 in a giveaway. 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