9/5/2023 0 Comments F350 centurion![]() ![]() This F-350 is also set up for a fifth wheel trailer and has many other amenities. I made sure it stays in tip top running condition” and that it pulls a 13,000-pound camper with no problems. ![]() The seller states “All gaskets replaced and had the engine checked. The seller has just recently had a new transmission installed, as well as new brakes and a master cylinder. This F-350 is equipped with the 7.3 liter Ford turbo diesel and reportedly runs great. Their build quality is said to be near-factory in appearance and durability, and were the go-to company when a customer needed a truck that just couldn’t be had from the Ford factory. In case you are unfamiliar with Centurion Vehicles’ reputation, it is a legitimate company well-known for top-notch Ford truck conversions. I was told 24 but have not found any documentation.” I have also not found any documentation, but I do know that Centurion Bronco conversions can be found relatively easily, while I have only seen one of these 6-door trucks in person. The seller states “There were very few 6 door F350s made. Though the headliner looks a little worse for the wear, the seats look to be in excellent condition for 20 years and 166,000 miles. This truck can now comfortably seat 7 including the driver, with front and middle captain’s chairs and a rear bench. Find it for sale here on craigslist in Pennsylvania with an asking price of $13,000 or best offer.īecause this F-350 has had an additional cab section installed, Centurion has installed additional seats. This truck could be one heck of a tow vehicle for a large family or a racing team! If you have ever wanted the biggest truck available, but all of the factory made trucks aren’t big enough, this F-350 could be exactly what you’re looking for. sent us this 1997 F-350 that has been converted into something of a limousine. The most famous and perhaps most common Centurion conversion is the “Centurion Classic,” the apparent love-child of an F-series crew-cab and a Bronco. Box 909, Bloomington, IN 47402.If you aren’t familiar with the work of Centurion Vehicles, allow me to summarize it: they made enormous trucks even more enormous. Got a story to tell about a car or truck? Call (812) 331-4362, send an email to or write a letter to My Favorite Ride, P.O. “I’m going to have to start on getting it restored.” “The truck meant a lot to him,” he said, remembering his brother-in-law. They drive the Ford just about every day. He told me the mileage is low, and that it gets about 20 miles per gallon. He’s tuned up the engine and replaced the water pump, power steering mechanism and a few other parts. Phillip Spencer told me he thinks there were just 27 of the trucks manufactured. ![]() “Everyone asks questions about it when we drive it.” She and her husband love the truck as much as he did. He was 73, the proprietor of a sale barn and market in Scottsburg, when he passed away. He’d take it flea marketing.”Įvery time she rides in the truck, Spencer thinks about her brother. It has leather seats, wood trim, a CB and a bar. “Its back seat makes into a full-size bed. “Just awhile before he died, my brother sold us his pride and joy,” Mary Sue Spencer wrote. The letter had explained how they came to own the giant Ford. About half of the truck, actually.” I pulled the 4-by-6-inch print out of the envelope. Phillip and Mary Sue Spencer were surprised to find me out there in the street. It was not easy getting the entire vehicle in the frame for a picture. Keep going straight until the sharp curve and it’s the house on the left.”Īnd continue to find my way through life without GPS.įive minutes later, I was circling the truck, camera in hand. Just drive out of town, go past the one-way street up the hill on the right and turn on the street after that. I mentioned my interest in a two-and-a-half-cab pickup. I stopped at Springs Valley Treasures and asked Jim Ingram if he could direct me. I had her address, but no phone number, and had trouble finding Hillside Drive. Four months later, I drove to French Lick to track her down.Īnd to get a look at the rare Ford F350 Centurion power-stroke diesel super-duty dually truck - a two-and-a-half cab, if you can imagine - that she and her husband bought two years ago from Bill Barklay as the end of his life neared. FRENCH LICK - The letter from Mary Sue Spencer, a photograph of her beloved brother’s truck enclosed, arrived in the mail in August. ![]()
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