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1981 F250 w/Camper for sale in Canada

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1981 F250 w/Camper for sale in Canada

I'm only posting this up because of the camper...

I know the pics are skewed a bit which makes it look even worse, but is that not a massive slide-in camper? It looks a lot bigger than most to me. Kudos to the old Bullnose, not squatted even an inch...maybe it has airbags or something.

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Gary Lewis

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That is a HUGE camper! We had a 9 1/2' self-contained camper back in the 70's and that one looks more like a 12'. On top of that it was made for a Supercab truck as the overhead is extra long. Yikes!

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Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

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Gary Lewis wrote

That is a HUGE camper! We had a 9 1/2' self-contained camper back in the 70's and that one looks more like a 12'. On top of that it was made for a Supercab truck as the overhead is extra long. Yikes!

Right. I guess if the bed is 8' long, then the camper is every bit of 12' not including the part over the cab. I didn't even notice that it was made for a Supercab haha. It even looks wider than normal to me.

What would a 460 with a C6 hauling that camper get for MPG? Good grief...I can't even imagine.

Gary Lewis

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A 460/C6 combo does poorly with no load, so I can only assume that with a load like that it would be really poor.

Our '72 F250 w/a 4V 390/C6 carrying our 9 1/2' camper got as low as 7 MPG in adverse conditions - like a head wind.

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Gary Lewis wrote

A 460/C6 combo does poorly with no load, so I can only assume that with a load like that it would be really poor.

Our '72 F250 w/a 4V 390/C6 carrying our 9 1/2' camper got as low as 7 MPG in adverse conditions - like a head wind.

I'm pretty sure our 1993 E350 RV only got 8mpg...maybe 8.5, but that was an EFI 460 with an E4OD. It was also 31 feet long with dual wheels, so it was certainly wasn't light. It had great power though!

We were lucky enough to have owned it during the lowest point of the Covid lockdowns when gas was only 70 cents a liter here, and even then it cost $150-ish to fill. It would be $450-$500 now. Eeek.

Gary Lewis

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Yes, prices on gas/petrol have gone bananas. But 8 MPG on a rig that big isn't bad at all.

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