Originally Posted by JCL

Well, the thread was originally about 1/2 ton pickups, but what would be the point?.....

However, since the International corn harvester pickup conversion has been posted, take a look at a real pickup. Ford. Cat diesel power, and not the lightweight automotive Cummins 5.9B. Bring your wallets.

http://www.f650pickups.com/indexb.html

I saw a very restrained brand new Ti AG F650 crew cab (only had 4 doors, not 6) dual rear wheel pickup with Cat C7 power several weeks ago, going through a PDI process. Nice truck. I would take the 860 ft-lb option, with a 10 speed. If you are going to have a truck, you may as well shift for yourself.

There are lots of other builders out there doing these, not sure who built the one I saw.