Are Ultra-Clean OBS Fords Worth $70K?!
Classic diesel repowers, the high-dollar, mint condition OBS Ford craze continues, and the abolishment of EV mandates.
Well, if money talks it certainly looks like they are. In fact, some of the old-school inventory at King of Cars & Trucks Inc. isn’t even making it onto the company’s website before it’s selling… For years, the Westville, New Jersey dealer specializing in immaculate muscle cars and diesel trucks has become one of the hottest spots on the web to find a rust-free ’95-’97 Ford with a low-mile 7.3L Power Stroke under the hood. The ’97 F-250 super cab, short bed 4×4 shown here (a highly sought after cab and bed configuration) has just 14,000 miles on the clock and is listed for $69,500. The craziest part is that it’s likely already been sold.
School Is In Session
DCR vs. the World—How S&S Diesel Motorsport’s CP4 Fix Stacks Up Against The Competition
The folks at S&S Diesel Motorsport are always willing to share fuel system knowledge and educate customers from the past, current, and future about their products. Going beyond the durability benefits of the company’s comprehensive solution for the 6.7L Power Stroke’s notorious CP4.2 problem, its DCR vs. The World video highlights why the DCR doubles as a performance upgrade also. First off, the DCR pump’s overall displacement checks in at 1,250 mm3 per revolution (vs. 895 mm3 on ’11-’14 CP4.2’s, 995 mm3 on ’15-‘22 versions, and 1,130 mm3 on ’23-current CP4.2’s). A second point of interest is that the DCR outflows a ’15-’22 CP4.2 by 25-percent and the ’11-’14 pump by a whopping 39-percent. A third is that in high rail pressure applications the DCR’s output doesn’t level off at 3,200 rpm like the CP4.2 does, and in fact keeps climbing beyond 3,500 rpm.
Custom Trucks With Diesel Repowers
Where Is It Now?
Remember the ’56 Ford F-600 we spotted in the D&J Precision Machine booth at the 2023 PRI Show? It resurfaced recently on SICK Slammed Trucks, where it was appropriately drooled over by thousands of Facebook followers. So what became of the wild, Classic Car Studio project? It went on the chopping block at the Arizona Barrett Jackson show last year—where it sold for a cool $500,000. If you recall, this was the stretched and lowered, crew cab-converted, suicide door, battleship gray masterpiece that was powered by a D&J 6.7L Street Performance Cummins benefitting from Exergy fuel and compound turbos. Firepunk, Porterbuilt Fabrication, RideTech, AirLift, and Dakota Digital all provided expertise and parts for the project as well.
4BT Power Wagon
Speaking of custom trucks, how about a P-pumped 4BT Cummins headed into a Power Wagon? One way or another, Big Bear Engine Company always seems to get involved in these killer, old-iron style projects. In this case, Big Bear supplied Vintage Modern Performance a 140 hp version of its 4BTAA, which was promptly turned up to 245 hp (and 545 lb-ft of torque) by their friends at Herring Automotive. Further details on the build aren’t known yet, but we do know that a host of accessories will be driven by the mighty Cummins courtesy of a billet accessory drive hanger.
Emissions
Restoring Americans’ Freedom Of Vehicle Choice
Promise made. Promise fulfilled. On Day 1 of President Trump’s administration, the 47th Commander in Chief signed an executive order effectively ending electric vehicle (EV) mandates. Now, automotive organizations (PRI and SEMA among them) are calling on the EPA to provide the Clean Air Act waivers granted to California to Congress so that the Congressional Review Act oversight process can commence (the waivers that would allow the Golden State to ban all new gasoline and diesel vehicle sales). SEMA President and CEO, Mike Spagnola, had this to say in the aftermath of last week’s historic move: “On day one of his new administration, President Trump reclaimed the nation’s freedom of vehicle choice, proclaiming the authority of the United States of America, rather than so-called United States of California, to set national policies.”
Written by Mike McGlothlin
