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Originally Posted by Bob B.
The real oddball would have been the ME-9500. Long conventional with the 637 gas V-8 in it. Brochures show that model available in '66-'67, wonder how many they built. I have seen JE-9500 short noses with the 637.
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Bob,
The '71 9500 I used to drive had a 637 in it. It also had a 10-Speed Road Ranger in it. To this day, since we got the truck in the spring of '72, I have never seen, or even heard of another, with a Road Ranger trans. Just about all the 637's in J or H 9500's I have seen (online only) through the recent years were in Fire Trucks, but every one was a 5-Speed, 2-Speed Rear.
Glad to learn something new. I never knew my old truck was a "JE". Also never knew they made an "ME".
My "JE" had 12 Fronts and 34 Rears (20 Ft Flatbed Dump). I'm going to say that the RR was a 610.
The 637 didn't have much Torque and you had to do a lot of Shifting, which I didn't mind, lol, but was a real good all around truck that hauled some interesting loads.