April 1982: Battle of The Inline-Sixes - Trail's End - Four Wheeler Network
Four Wheeler when we spotted this great road test story about a Ford F-150 Styleside versus Dodge W-150 Utiline. The two trucks were really cool, but what made the test even more fascinating is that each truck was powered by a six-cylinder engine that was bolted to a four-speed manual transmission. The Ford had a 300ci I-6 engine and the Dodge had a 225ci “Slant Six” I-6 engine. The Ford ’plant made 122 hp and 255 lb-ft of torque and the Dodge mill made 95 hp and 170 lb-ft of torque. He drove an “old” Ford pickup, which probably meant it was at least a ’60s model, maybe older. We wrote that even in the early ’80s the two trucks we were testing were unusual in the truck market, but we were glad to see ’em. “Our tolerance has grown thin from an endless parade of tiny, expensive, impractical pickups, and we’ve begun to... We called the Ford and Dodge “corn-fed, bona-fide anachronisms that give you a good feeling in your gut. The story noted that the 300ci engine in the Ford “balked” on acceleration and that it “needed all four gears. Source: www.fourwheeler.com
