{"id":69775,"date":"2021-04-02T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=69775"},"modified":"2021-04-02T01:39:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T06:39:20","slug":"4wd-1953-ford-van-with-a-cummins-6bt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=69775","title":{"rendered":"4WD 1953 Ford Van with a Cummins 6BT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=69789\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-69789\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"69789\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=69789\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/custom-1953-Ford-van-with-a-Cummins-6BT-and-4WD-drivetrain-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" 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=\"custom 1953 Ford van with a Cummins 6BT and 4WD drivetrain 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;custom 1953 Ford van with a Cummins 6BT and 4WD drivetrain&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/custom-1953-Ford-van-with-a-Cummins-6BT-and-4WD-drivetrain-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/custom-1953-Ford-van-with-a-Cummins-6BT-and-4WD-drivetrain-01-600x600.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"custom 1953 Ford van with a Cummins 6BT and 4WD drivetrain\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-69789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/custom-1953-Ford-van-with-a-Cummins-6BT-and-4WD-drivetrain-01.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/custom-1953-Ford-van-with-a-Cummins-6BT-and-4WD-drivetrain-01.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/custom-1953-Ford-van-with-a-Cummins-6BT-and-4WD-drivetrain-01.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/custom-1953-Ford-van-with-a-Cummins-6BT-and-4WD-drivetrain-01.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scott Birdsall from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chucklesgarage.com\/\">Chuckles Garage<\/a> built a <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=60968\">1400+ hp diesel race truck<\/a> and last year set a Pikes Peak record in it. His newest creation is the &#8220;Nuke Van&#8221;, a diesel powered 4WD van for off-road adventures. The van was originally built during the Cold War for the California Office of Civic Defense using a 1953 Ford step van with a custom aluminum body by the Aluminum Body Corp. When Scott got a hold of it he boxed and reinforced the chassis and added Bilstein remote reservoir shocks, Toyo 34-inch tires (305\/70\/16). The van is now powered by a Cummins 5.9 L 6BT inline-six producing around 250 hp and 700 lb-ft of torque thanks to an ATS Aurora 4000 turbocharger, Dynomite Diesel EDM injectors, and 4-inch exhaust. 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/custom-1953-Ford-van-with-a-Cummins-6BT-and-4WD-drivetrain-08.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chucklesgarage\/\">@chucklesgarage<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuGuOqcXsgzL3YrguODoGXw\">Hoonigan Autofocus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Birdsall from Chuckles Garage built a 1400+ hp diesel race truck and last year set a Pikes Peak record in it. His newest creation is the &#8220;Nuke Van&#8221;, a diesel powered 4WD van for off-road adventures. The van was originally built during the Cold War for the California Office of Civic Defense using a&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=69775\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">4WD 1953 Ford Van with a Cummins 6BT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":69789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1057],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-p-series"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/custom-1953-Ford-van-with-a-Cummins-6BT-and-4WD-drivetrain-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":129398,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=129398","url_meta":{"origin":69775,"position":0},"title":"Chuckles Garage&#8217;s Cummins-Powered 4WD 1953 Ford Van","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Scott Birdsall enjoys building vehicles at his company Chuckles Garage in California. 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It was previously owned by Lawrence Garrett Mitchell aka \"Cleetus McFarland\" in 2019 before being sold in 2022 where the current owner put more work into the car. 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The 1979 Austin Mini body sits on a custom chassis with a 1964 Ford F-100 front axle. In the front is a Cummins 6BT turbodiesel inline-six cooled by a Mustang aluminum radiator. 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