CTENG_TowRig: The Beastmaster has gone to a new owner.

[jimbo74]

[CTENG in KS]

Here she is near my scooby for proof of purchase:

[CTENG in KS]

The beautiful 70's interior:

[CTENG in KS]

The front seats don't adjust for crap...
Looks like the rears might fold to bed, not sure...might be too gross to keep anyway.

[CTENG in KS]

Appears the preferred method of shimming for anything done by the first owner was...STACKED WASHERS!
Check out under the dash!

[CTENG in KS]

All three methods of towage available on demand:

[CTENG in KS]

Here is one of the tool boxes plus the middle is the 50 gallon aux tank...67 gallon total capacity.

[79coyotefrg]

man that thing  looks  good     i wish mine looked  that good 

[79coyotefrg]

now all you need  is a  goodneck trailer,  and a  popup trailer  to mount on the front of the gooseneck 

[CTENG in KS]

Dual rears...anyone know on sight d60's or 70's??
And the crappy exhaust...looks like it should be easy mod to switch to mufflers, the glass packs are LOUD!

[FATTshack]

  its Beautiful!  in a very Sloth kinda way....

[Rocksurfer]

Just think of all the weight it will loose once all those washers are gone, hell it might even get a couple more mpg.

[CTENG in KS]

Recently rebuilt tranny, feels good, shifts are very precise and firm.
Big air shocks...just need a tank to hook em up, although I doublt I'll tow enough to need em.

[CTENG in KS]

You people keep posting are making it very hard to get all these pics up!

[CTENG in KS]

There is a big block wedged up in there somewhere...is the drag link supposed to be wavy like this?
Uhhhh, maybe time for some new bushings?   

[CTENG in KS]

OK pics are done...

one last question for the Ford gurus...where is the hood release.  I can't find it anywhere.  The guy popped it open yesterday, but I can't for the life of me figure out how.

[Rocksurfer]

Most importantly it made it HOME!!!

[CTENG in KS]

She runs fine on the highway.  The carb needs to be cleaned and rebuilt (might replace with Q-jet for better mileage) and I think there is a leak at the exhaust manifold, but the engine just guts right along.

[79coyotefrg]

holy cow,  they used  chevy truck  A arms  and  coil springs  for a  rear walking beam setup

man AJ  you gotta  get a  over the top gear from USA 6x6  and put on the   forward  rear axle  so it has  drive power to both rear axles     OH  and  you need  to pull the bed  and  rustoleum that frame

i'll go look at my  rv's front  drag/tierod  andsee if its shaped like that

[79coyotefrg]

OK pics are done...

one last question for the Ford gurus...where is the hood release.  I can't find it anywhere.  The guy popped it open yesterday, but I can't for the life of me figure out how.

if  its not  under the dash next to all those switches  its  on the outside  ,  pretty sure my rig  has  the hood release outside  in the middle of the grill

[CTENG in KS]

I have a lever in the middle of the grill and I pulled and pulled and yanked and cranked and couldn't get it to pop...that is why I was wondering if it had a separate release inside too.  I will have to go out and try again this afternoon when it kools off.  I am gonna see about going to the carpet place too, they are having remnants sale...maybe a nice berber for the floors?

Nice thing about all the rust i have found is that it is all surface.

[CTENG in KS]

holy cow,  they used  chevy truck  A arms  and  coil springs  for a  rear walking beam setup

man AJ  you gotta  get a  over the top gear from USA 6x6  and put on the   forward  rear axle  so it has  drive power to both rear axles     OH  and  you need  to pull the bed  and  rustoleum that frame

i'll go look at my  rv's front  drag/tierod  andsee if its shaped like that

What I want to do first is figure out how to get the third axle brakes functioning...they are all plumbed, but they aren't hooked to the MC...

[79coyotefrg]

What I want to do first is figure out how to get the third axle brakes functioning...they are all plumbed, but they aren't hooked to the MC...

all you need  is a  simple T fitting  and  plum them into  the  front drive axle  line

[CTENG in KS]

That is what I figured.  She stops pretty well though anyway...think I need a good bleed though.

[79coyotefrg]

look on the drivers door,  is yours a E350  or E375

[Rocksurfer]

man AJ  you gotta  get a  over the top gear from USA 6x6  and put on the   forward  rear axle  so it has  drive power to both rear axles

That's scarry, I'm thinking like Glen now. That was the 1st upgrade I thought of. I was thinking of doing that to my old motorhome until I sold it. But of course my wheeler always came 1st. so it was a back-burner issue while I had it.


Did he open it from the outside only? Depending on the yr. it could be inside, and I think the one you found is the saftey latch. I'm straining the brain to remember where it was if it is on the outside.

[RokCrawlinToy]

I remember seeing these on the family road trips when I was a kid.

[79coyotefrg]

AJ  if yopur standing in front  looking at the letters  F O R D

the latch  is  just to your right, aka  towards the  drivers  side  of the  O

pull  once  for it to pop,  then pull again to lift it

[Rocksurfer]

Here's an idea pull the lever and then smack the hood.







Those old Ford's latches can get sticky if they get a little rusty.

[DTB]

that thing is seriously bad ass...its about time u got a real rig  even if it is a ferd

hey is that on an RTI ramp? a few simple mods and u could do some serious flexing



rebuild the carb (which should be no problem for u) and throw some paint on ummmmm like everything and u should be all go0d 








































in all seriousness its pretty fing cool. i would rock it