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Mike Kelett via facebook

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GMC 860s, 1959s?
Hope this isn't a repost

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I had the hots for 860s so bad about 25 years ago, then my lust switched to the early '50s fat cabs. So I bought two 503 gas powered and one with 4-71 GM diesel. Now I have none .

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You still have an MH or two, I believe ??

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The DR-860 was actually built through 1962. Reason I was told was because the 860 had the 6-71 inline Detroit, and the DB-7000 which was supposed to replace the 860 had the 6V-71 V-6. The 6V-71 had cooling problems early on and a lot of fleets still wanted the 6-71, so the 860 stayed around until the DBI-7000 came out which had the 6-71. Junkmandan, does that sound right to you?

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4x4 conversion towing a Greyhound Bus

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allmost looks like the used the undercariage of a militairy truck for that one

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All the initial V-71 blocks were built with no cooling below the port, and if you were taking the max horsepower out of 'em, they'd seize the pistons. Then, after removing the liners for overhaul, you'd find the block lower half shifted in relation to the top portion. So a bore job was required and oversize liners installed. Then you might get 35,000 miles and have to do it again . I believe around 62-63 DD came out with water below port blocks, then the Vs lived . Another part of the equation was the 200 lb weight saving the 6V71 offered over the inline .

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702 v12
GMC: http://youtu.be/KnQElM3Qr6Y

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What-----------When you see the big hubs on front wheels, it's usually a product of Marmon-Harrington from Colorado or Howe-Coleman out of upstate New York.

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12 days and no new posts?

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Here's one I found on Facebook. It may not be to your liking but I think it's cool.
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That's pretty cool

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That would be cooler if it was still a fire truck. Now it's just a cool slammed "what do we do with the rest of it" truck.

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Ouch!!!, Be careful wearing shorts around those wheels.

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I'd put a 5th wheel plate on it and pull a camp trailer with it. I think it'd be cool seeing it pulling a trailer.

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it has been done before but you have to watch the loadrating on those low tires as there meant for cars not heavily loaded trucks
an option would be to put normal truck tires and 16 inch rims on the inner wheels at the back to take the load and have the outers for show

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A 5th wheel platter would be cool. I'd still put a floor with low sides rounded down at the rear with running boards and wrap-around bumper to mimmick a pumper body. To me it's incomplete, and maybe it actually is. Do you know anything about it?

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i actully was considering there should be a pumper body too for that truck , either that or a tank with hookups of some sort

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1 cool astro

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Another great pic from Harm Speerstra

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A couple pics from I80 Trucking museum

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Wrecker

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Would LOVE to have the green truck!. WOW!!!

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Great thread. Love the pictures. Especially love the commentary about sweatpants and flip-flops. Where on earth did the truckers go? I've been driving for a living for over 20 years, and the self-reliance ingrained in me by the old-school drivers I learned from is rarely present in my co-workers.

I learned to drive truck the real way, on the job, in a '55 KW with a 5 and 4, and a Cummins 220. With 44,000 pounds of Alfalfa, the old dog would climb the Coast Mountains between Tillamook and Aloha, Oregon at around 10 mph. And heaven help you if you missed a shift...

On the way down the mountains, one tended to make up a little lost time.

Flash forward 25 years, and I haul reefers over the Cascades from Portland to Central, OR in a stretched Freightliner Century with a 14L Detroit that we'll call "modified" and a 13-speed behind it. The thing really moves. That aside, I train new-hires, and it's downright frustrating.

Despite being a college graduate, I still drive for a living because I am left alone.

Sadly, the old ways and the old days are ending, and I fear for our economy. Historically, trucking attracts independent people. You don't do the job to get rich. You do it because you can't stand somebody breathing down your neck. And when technology threatens to do that very thing, I have to wonder who will move tomorrow's freight?

Without men and women who take pride in driving truck well and properly, the highways will become that much more dangerous. Flip-flops and sweatpants are incongruent with that ethic, as are Qual-Comms, Black-boxes, etc, etc, etc...

Semi-trucks are murder-weapons when handled improperly, and in my experience, those who embrace the glut of government regulations are not willing to take responsibilty for getting the job done, nor do they have any interest in the art of safely handling their truck. And the results are scary and best, and deadly at worst.

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I've been out of driving for a living for a long while now, but I can't believe some of the stories I hear.

Do you drive for a company or are you an O/O?

Bill

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over here in europe the would scream about the law protecting their privacy

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Gentlemen , The political stuff is not allowed .

XVIII. Posts regarding politics or religion are strongly discouraged. These posts tend to create pissing matches and will be closed.

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whell lets say the same thing happening here with camera's over the roads collecting licenceplates numbers of the cars passing under it , at this moment its to collect data on average speed along a certan length of road ( the speedingticket is in the mail without a cop in sight sortah thing) they allso see if the car passing has payed roadtax , has had a thechnical inspection and all that
people are trying to get it to stop cause they know the next thing will be added roadtax for distance covered and toll for certan roads , they use the privacy thing for that but dont have a lot of succes

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I drove for a living for a while. And Oregoon, you're right. Out on the road without someone breathing down your neck. I also learned from some good teachers. They told us that anyone can run the interstates, but it takes a driver to run the back roads, so we learned on some real goat paths. Makes you a better driver.

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I truly didn't mean to open a political discussion. They say all life is politics, but I'd like to believe there is a reprieve...

We all love trucks and love to drive them--everything from 1/2 tons to Oversize Loads.

Let's see some more photos, and if we take anything from this thread, give semi trucks a lot of room and keep the shiny side up!

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Sweatpants, flip-flops, and sitting so low they can't see to drive safely (IMO)...but it's kewl (not IMO). Don't leave out the shifters to the sealing. Pictures, I want pictures...of GM semis like the title says. There's another thread for straight trucks and non-GMs :cool:

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Ok here

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All the comforts of home !!

Never saw one that fancy.

Wonder how good they sold?

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Never heard of it, but ironically, I have a John Deere with a GM Diesel.

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Back when JD was JD...