{"id":54519,"date":"2020-04-13T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=54519"},"modified":"2020-04-12T23:39:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T05:39:44","slug":"project-escargot-1985-ford-cargo-with-a-3-9-l-cummins-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=54519","title":{"rendered":"Project Escargot: 1985 Ford Cargo with a 3.9 L Cummins &#8211; Part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Project-Escargo-1985-Ford-Cargo-with-a-Cummins-3.9-L-Inline-Four-05.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"54524\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=54524\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Project-Escargo-1985-Ford-Cargo-with-a-Cummins-3.9-L-Inline-Four-05.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Project Escargo 1985 Ford Cargo with a Cummins 3.9 L Inline-Four 05\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Project Escargo 1985 Ford Cargo with a Cummins 3.9 L Inline-Four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Project-Escargo-1985-Ford-Cargo-with-a-Cummins-3.9-L-Inline-Four-05.jpg?fit=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Project-Escargo-1985-Ford-Cargo-with-a-Cummins-3.9-L-Inline-Four-05.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Project-Escargo-1985-Ford-Cargo-with-a-Cummins-3.9-L-Inline-Four-05.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Project Escargo 1985 Ford Cargo with a Cummins 3.9 L Inline-Four\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Project-Escargo-1985-Ford-Cargo-with-a-Cummins-3.9-L-Inline-Four-05.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Project-Escargo-1985-Ford-Cargo-with-a-Cummins-3.9-L-Inline-Four-05.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Project-Escargo-1985-Ford-Cargo-with-a-Cummins-3.9-L-Inline-Four-05.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Project-Escargo-1985-Ford-Cargo-with-a-Cummins-3.9-L-Inline-Four-05.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHvBHWBzzB7NyU5tIiEZHBg\">Bad Obsession Motorsport<\/a> released an update on their Project Escargot custom hauler. For those unfamiliar with the build, they started with a 1985 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ford_Cargo\">Ford Cargo<\/a> 7.5 ton bus and replaced the factory Ford Dorset\/Dover 6.0 L diesel inline-six and four-speed transmission with a 3.9 L Cummins ISB diesel inline-four and ZF five-speed transmission from a 2006 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DAF_LF\">DAF LF45<\/a> truck. In this update the team removes the floor so they can swap the rear axle.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/U26J88a3rPE\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHvBHWBzzB7NyU5tIiEZHBg\">Bad Obsession Motorsport<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad Obsession Motorsport released an update on their Project Escargot custom hauler. For those unfamiliar with the build, they started with a 1985 Ford Cargo 7.5 ton bus and replaced the factory Ford Dorset\/Dover 6.0 L diesel inline-six and four-speed transmission with a 3.9 L Cummins ISB diesel inline-four and ZF five-speed transmission from a&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=54519\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Project Escargot: 1985 Ford Cargo with a 3.9 L Cummins &#8211; Part 5<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":54524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[902],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cargo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Project-Escargo-1985-Ford-Cargo-with-a-Cummins-3.9-L-Inline-Four-05.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":137292,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=137292","url_meta":{"origin":54519,"position":0},"title":"Project Escargot Update &#8211; 1985 Ford Cargo with a 3.9 L Cummins Inline-Four","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Bad Obsession Motorsport released an update on their Escargot project. 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