This 1973 Ford Courier recently hit the internet after appearing for sale on Craigslist in the Salinas, California area. Immediately you can tell that the truck is unique by the 50’s style grill. But there’s much more to it than that.
The cab and bed have been grafted on to the unibody of a 2000 Subaru AWD (All Wheel Drive) wagon with a 2.5L engine and manual transmission.
You can see from the photos below that the engine takes up all of the engine compartment, and doesn’t leave any room for a radiator.
The solution was to put the radiator in the bed, and add vents to the side to draw the air in (below). Did you notice the vents in the first photo?
Below you can see the tubes that run the coolant back to where the radiator now sits.
It’s definitely a pretty cool truck. I’m hopeful that the builder or current owner will see this page, and contact me with more details and photos.
