Of course, GM offered a wide range of engine choices as well, but they didn’t displace as much as their Ford counterparts. All Ford engines of course, and they warrant a sentence simply because of their massive size. It was probably both, but you get the point: The Classic 350 was meant to beat the Suburban at its own game.įour engine choices, including a 7.5-liter gasoline engine and a 7.3-liter turbo-diesel. These guys either really loved Ford trucks, or just held a deep seated hatred for Chevy. “ A video cassette player inside the truck? Amazing!” – That’s a line that must have been said at least once by a potential C350 customer. It seems like this aftermarket concoction delivered. When you’re spending the type of money that would make a sizable down payment on a house, you’d better be getting some bang for your buck. All for the price of $62,122.02 in inflation-adjusted numbers. They cobbled various parts from the F-350 and Bronco, added some magic and poof! They created a truck based SUV that could haul the whole family, a boat, and all the gear you’d need to set up camp for the entire summer. Well, the employees of Centurion Vehicles were certainly grabbing life by the horns. At least one person involved with this particular conversion company saw the Ford lineup of the late 80’s and yearned for something more. Or does it explode?” The last lines of Hughes work speaks to the odd case of the C-350. But it applies to our featured vehicle today, and the company that created it. At first, I thought this truck was a bargain, but now I think it’s priced about right.( first posted ) That question, asked by the great poet Langston Hughes, was meant to reflect on the experiences of African Americans in early twentieth century America. There are also a bunch of closeup pictures posted here. Some of what was included were where there were issues. Apparently, the original owner’s son was selling the vehicle at that time in Wisconsin and had a longer list of details about the truck. Same truck, right? Well, this image is from this post from the four-door Bronco message board dated June 20 of this year. But here’s where the story gets interesting.

The rear seat offers plenty of leg room and looks fully factory.Īnd the engine is a 351 V-8 to go with the automatic transmission and four-wheel-drive. The interior does look nice, although plain compared to what you might see in a modern truck. The full-size bed retains its usefulness and the matching camper top just helps even more.

The seller relates that it has been garage kept, with a mint interior, but that the exterior has some rust starting “in the usual places,” including the door jamb. Those are the original graphics and look good from a distance. It’s currently located in Springfield, Missouri, but as you’ll see we’ve uncovered some of its previous history as well!Ĭenturions are highly prized amongst older truck collectors and one this clean on the outside has gotten a lot of interest on the relevant truck forums. This one is for sale here on eBay where bidding is up to $6,600. Centurion Vehicles stepped in to fill that gap with conversions of full-size Ford trucks into both Suburban-esque vehicles with a third row of seats and four-door pickups as shown here. Actually, they have been popular in other countries for a long time and existed in small numbers in the USA, mostly as conversions or work trucks. You can be forgiven if you think that it’s only recently that four-door, multi-row seating full-size pickups became “a thing”.

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