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Had to start this so I had something to do while I was waiting for things to dry on my Kenworth

gonna scratchbilt a wood deck for it but this is what I have so farpost-5616-0-37222200-1342973554_thumb.jppost-5616-0-92564100-1342973568_thumb.jppost-5616-0-82482400-1342973579_thumb.jp

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was asked about the engine not sure so hope this can help

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That's a naturally aspirated Caterpiller 3208 that was built for Ford by Caterpiller and sold in Ford trucks as the V200 or V220. From what I've heard, this engine is actually a Caterpiller 1160 which is the predecessor to the 3208. Apparently the 1160 & 3208 had different fronts.

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That's a naturally aspirated Caterpiller 3208 that was built for Ford by Caterpiller and sold in Ford trucks as the V200 or V220. From what I've heard, this engine is actually a Caterpiller 1160 which is the predecessor to the 3208. Apparently the 1160 & 3208 had different fronts.

Hi Jim,

Did Ford paint the engines blue or leave them cat yellow in the Louisville Line trucks? I only drove a couple of Louisville Line's and they both had DD 318's that were so cruddy you couldn't tell what the original engine color was :o

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Rick, I'm pretty sure Justin is correct as you could probably find them in both. Ford truck engines in the 1970s were Ford Blue, but if there was a rush order the engine probably would have been OEM color. Similar to Peterbilt & Kenworth who had their engines painted white, or International who had their engines painted red; but OEM colors always crept in!

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I have seen them both. Some blue and some yellow.

YAAAAAA! :lol: So i can actually paint my "CAT" yellow? that is in my louisville! YIPPPEEEEEE! :P :P :P

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just a small update put some rails on the bed sides and put the strap holders on

post-5616-0-28603900-1344807156_thumb.jp the start of the side rails

post-5616-0-66516900-1344807173_thumb.jp the finished side

post-5616-0-57004000-1344807190_thumb.jp the strap tie downs hope thats what they are called

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