1948 Ford F7 with Marmon Herrington 4WD

[NotMatt]

I'm posting this up for my brother, maybe some of you guys are interested in this behemoth.

'48 Ford F-7 Marmon Herrington 4wd truck. It is an ex-Snoqualmie Pass/Hyak snowblower (obviously doesn't have any more of the snow blowing equipment on it). It's NOT something you would drive every day, and I doubt you'd want to drive it on the highway either, it's geared pretty low and not very fast. Obviously, you would want to bring a big trailer for it. It has two transfer cases, for those low-low crawl ratios. :D

The truck is about 90% restored, body work done, painted, new wiring, new fuel lines, new brake lines, new headliner, new glass(except windshield) and lots more misc. The flathead was replaced with an industrial 292 y-block. The 4WD works, the truck is drivable and is licensed with a clear title. I am asking $3000 for it, but I am open to trades as well. I am located in Leavenworth Wa and anyone that would like to come and view the truck is welcome to. My phone number is 509-679-1490, don't hesitate to call anytime.

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[Jeepmauler]

WOW...thats really cool!

[NotMatt]

Yeah, it's a neat rig. My brother pretty much restored it from the frame up... the running gear itself only has like 17,000 miles on it I think. The motor is a 292 Y-block Ford that came from a wind machine (think big propellor on top of a pole... they use them over here in the spring to keep air circulating and keep frost from forming on the buds on the pear and apple trees).

He's looking to sell it because he's going to school in the spring and needs the money, and we're running low on space here to keep it.

[NWJeep]

Nice truck looks very clean.

[Junkyard Jim]

I'd put that puppy on EBay or the Ford trucks website. Or Craig's list? I passed the info on to the manufacturer to see if they want it for a museum piece.

[NotMatt]

It's been on eBay a couple of times and is on Craigslist now. We keep getting flake bidders on eBay because they don't realize it's a big truck and it's NOT something you would drive around everywhere... it doesn't go very fast... some schmuck from Renton bid on it, not reading that part in the auction I guess, then called us and asked when he can come drive it home and got all upset when we told him he'd better find a big trailer. It's not a highway vehicle. It has like 7.17 gears in it or something rediculous like that.

[briejer]

So whats the top cruising speed?

[Junkyard Jim]

45 mph probably

[kyle_22r]

wierd, are those old split center axles from a GM vehicle?

that'd be one cool project to have!

[muddy_XJ]

What the hell did your brother plan to do with that thing? Snow plow job in GivenBerth...wait, I mean Leavenworth. :p I crack myself up.

[NotMatt]

Honestly I don't know the maker of the axles... but it's all original Marmom-Herrington equipment... whether Marmon-Herrington bought them from another mfg'er or built them in-house. Basically Marmon-Herrington took BIG trucks (F6's and F7's) like this one that were 2wd from the factory and did 4wd conversions on them for Ford, and then they were re-sold under the "Bonus Built" line (in the case of Ford) for stuff like snowblowers, pipeline rigs, etc...

When we lived at Hyak (near top of Snoqualmie Pass) back in the 80's, my dad ran a snow blowing rig almost exactly like this one (with a snow auger and a second huge V8 mounted to the back to turn it) every morning the snow fell for the Ski Areas under contract. My brother and I went out with him quite a bit, so this rig even though it's not a snowblower anymore, has lots of sentimental value. Chain all 4 up and this thing makes good progress in DEEP snow. I guess that's why my brother tackled such a project even though it was hard to find parts and pretty frustrating working on it at times (he did all the body work and paint on a set of fenders that he got from a 2wd F6 and they turned out to be too small... and had to track down the correct ones and re-do all the body work x 3 since they were in worse shape than the originals. Three different sizes of fenders for this year truck apparently).

Anyway, top speed is in the 40-45mph range depending on whether you're going uphill or down. :D

[NotMatt]

Bump guys, still trying to sell this to the right person. Make an offer if the asking price is too much, he'd probably take it if it's reasonable and you're serious.