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That guy must need a dangerous goods permit when his tanks are full! Jeezus!

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It looks like, on the first one, that they used two cabs to make one single cab. It still has the door on the back one even.

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That second one didn't come out too awful

Actually,Bill,that first one was the first prototype space shuttle GMC produced for NASA. They couldn't get the brakes good enough to stop it on it's return landing so the project was scrapped.

Man,that first step up is a doozy!

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Vandals struck one of the job sites . So the old 73 KW had to go drag the 7 E back to the yard . 8V71 350 hp 5 speed main 4 speed aux . That truck drug everything the old company had from equipment to office trailers

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The crossbred GMC in post 519 was at the Pocono truck races back in '82 or 83 when they held drag races and qualifying for the oval race on Saturday with the big race on Sunday. MH 9500 with 8V71 under the hood grafted to Astro cab, grafted to KW hi-rise sleeper.

Keep in mind those tanks ain't all for fuel on an RV. You need fresh water, gray water and black water [AKA sewage} besides diesel fuel, and maybe propane for the water heater and kitchen stove in the typical RV. We've been trailering since the early '90s.

Post # 524--------Jimmy Diesel to the rescue in the neat KW, geared to move anything .

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http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...5&d=1391922160

Here's that thing in its glory
(Stolen from another thread posted by KQQL IT

The years have not been kind

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Some modernization to the old beast !

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Feel free to to use any I post.
I usually try to give credit to whomever/wherever I got the pic.

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That thing looked pretty nice back in its day.

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My 59' Chevy Spartan 100

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Spartan 100-------Don't remember hearing of that model gas job. I have an MH 90 diesel. Seems like the model designations are all over the map .

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Yeah I've only seen a couple others on the net and both were old fire trucks. I haven't found much on the Spartan designation either, other than it is a heavy duty truck!

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I had at one time (and wish I hadn't gotten rid of it) a 59 Chevy Spartan 10400. Had a factory 348/5 speed/ 2 speed rear combo.

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Dan, from '59 and back I just can't figure it out, lol !

Bill

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Very low production model, not many around. I believe 1958 was the first year for Budd 10 hole (standard pattern) wheels on Chevy's.

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So was the spartan 100 the next size up from a 90? Like 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100? The largest I've seen is a 90

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There was a re alignment of model series starting in 1960, so the 100 does not mean it is in the same GVW class as the 90 series in the 60's. 1959 GVW for 2 axle 100 series was 25,000lbs, GVW for 3 axle 100 series was 36,000lbs

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That just verifies the confusion ................35000GVW is pretty normal with 2 axles..........12000 front and 23000 rear. Some of the early gas tandems had a very low rated tandem.

Then, north of the border the model designations are reversed from ours . I'll have to dig out some Canadian spec sheets to verify ..

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https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5292/...2d5d7431_b.jpg

Neat pair. The White works still

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Very nice pair of ole pushers. That White is a pretty heavy one

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that old pete is awesome!

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Love those early Pete's.

Would the one on the right be considered a "Needle Nose"?

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great googly moogley that's a big freaking truck :D

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pi.../oct23/010.jpg

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it is a white, does it count as a heavy hauler?
the guy drove it 10 miles on the road to get to a cruise in
used by the Israeli army until the mid 90s

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...803122051a.jpg

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As I've always known them. The one in the middle is a 72 last of the little window windshield.
My personal fave wide hood little window.

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https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2933/...fdebf790_b.jpg

444 feeling small

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Now those Toyotas are "Right off the boat"!!!, Or going on???

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Today they drive the cars down ramps off the ships, but as late as the '70's I remember them being loaded off by a crane, 1 by 1 on a platform. They told me that one day they dropped one.

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Actually used personal vehicles from Hawaii. So fresh off the boat I guess.

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This thread could entertain me for hours!

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I have to add my all time favorite. 1982 kenworth w900a, Fully restored for $75,000, Too rich for me but somebody bought her, I love how they used they used original style decals in this resto.

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Sight seeing the only way I do...

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3763/...5f7389a2_b.jpg

San Francisco

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Very nice picture. Please, do give details on the truck and maybe a picture of it from the outside.

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2014 Pete 388 under a Cottrell cx7.
Pic of it a page back

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love it!

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Saw this truck I've never seen the dump 5th wheel set up before. http://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa...72&acctid=5057

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That's a cool idea, 2 birds with 1 stone.

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It is I wouldn't mind having it since it has budd wheels and that 13 speed.

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Spotted this one this weekend at a yearly swapmeet. Very clean!