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The photo shopped grille is different

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Oh boy..... Want to hear a story?

Back in the early 80's, Detroit Diesel was starting to see that their 2 stroke 53, 71, and 92 series diesels were going to have problems meeting emissions standards in coming years. DDEC technology helped to a point, but the long-term solution would be a new family of 4 stroke diesels. Detroit was loosing market share as well, and GM was looking for a partner for Detroit to help develop new engines and potentially increase sales. Enter John Deere. From what I understand, Deere helped with the development of the 60 Series and was going to supply mid-range diesels to GM for Chevy and GMC medium duty trucks. A very limited number of Deere diesels were installed in GM medium trucks sometime around 1986, and the 1990 Kodiak and Topkick were being designed to use Deere diesels as well. Deere was to use the 60 Series in their largest tractors and construction machinery.

The 60 Series went on sale in late 1986, and eventually became the most popular heavy duty diesel by the late 1990's. The Deere partnership, for some unknown reason, never got off the ground. After the handful of Deere powered GM mediums were built the option was dropped and the 1990 Kodiak and Topkick were introduced in late 1989 with the new Caterpillar 3116 diesel.

Too bad it didn't work out, I think it could have been beneficial to both GM and Deere.

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We had a C-70 with an 8.2L fuel squeezer detroit
Made almost no power.

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I used to drive a GMC with a Fuel Pincher. What a Turd! It was in the shop one time and I had a Cat powered Top Kick. I didnt want to give it back.

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I think the idea was the Deere would eventually replace the 8.2L.. Our fleet had a few 8.2L's too. The were down on power but did deliver fantastic fuel economy. The turbo'ed versions were notorious for blowing head gaskets.

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Great pics KQQL IT.

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Facebook pics.

Cool truck cooler load.

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A '60 Chevy truck hauling '60 Chevy cars.

At least 1 is a Bel-Air, the rest are Biscayne's

Bill

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looking at those classic fotos make me think , if someone had the foresight to store a bunch of those cars back when they cost about 700 bucks new like in an arizona cave or some other place dry and without rodents they would make a killing selling those all original low milage cars for 10 times as mush now sixty years later

recently seen some pictures of a toyota cardealership in the demilitarized zone between eeeh think it was turkey and greece there where cars left there new in 1973 , there still rusted because the garage they where stored in had a leaking roof but their interiours where still looking new
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FaOC9F2AbT...yprus-3501.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7K4tg9Sd2t...E/s1600/37.jpg
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Here is a video showing the '60 Chevy cars being built at the factory. Although just a quick shot, there is a '60 Chevy Medium towards the end of it:

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That's it. I like that color.

Bill

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Wonder what plant that was. Flint?

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Great shot of Global trucks.

I wonder how drivers felt about Cab-Overs back then, Flat Nose anyway. I was always a Conventional fan and would be fighting to get into one, lol.

Luckily all the trucks at the company I drove for had Conventionals.

The only time I really didn't mind one, or the like, was when I drove some Old Look and New Look Buses.

Bill

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I like dressed fleet trucks. Two great examples. Not just owner/operators leasing out, I always thought it was cool to see any employee do a company vehicle.

I got the idea to start stashing any 65-72 GM 2dr hardtop by the late '80s when repro parts became widely available, clones were being built, attention was being turned to model years overlooked before, and cars were still cheap. If I had a huge cheap warehouse*...

* I was thinking "barn" back then.

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Colorado city TX

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What a great picture of times past.

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Notice the Price-Per-Gallon...

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back in the days when things where simple and spilled gas just sank in the dirt below

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Not only way less than today, but stable for decades rather than up a lot or down a little on a whim. Remember when gas went up to about $4 the last time because the world supply was running out? I guess they found more on Mars. I'll never complain about the price drop, just hate being given lame made up excuses for doing something just because you can. Didn't help that it was in the middle of a huge recession either

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youre all a bunch of crybabies compared to wat we have to pay for gas in the netherlands
price is lowering at the moment so the goverment in their infenite wisdom has decided to raise the tax on it again
we pay 5.71 euro per gallon thats 7.12 dollar per gallon for regulair 95 unleaded where the country with the thirth highest gasprices
its not without reason im not driving a big block chevy truck

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Dream truck. Right, Bill?

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Sure is.

That would look nice in my driveway, lol.

Bill

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I'd arm wrassle you for it but you're the pronounced GMC 9500 Fan according to your signature. so I'd have to respectfully step aside and keep looking for the next great one. oh dang...That's right...nobody said it was for sale! Everything I see in that picture is a treasure.

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Tim,

Did you check out the one I looked at in Salem, VA?

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http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=648506

That's the closest I've ever been to buying one, but it sure did go out of my price range pretty quick. Really enjoyed checking it over and hearing it run though.

(Although I was 2nd in line to Bill) (63 & 64 Bowties).

Bill

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Sexy beast Facebook pics credit to owner

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Real nice truck.

Another one with a Chrome package.

Looks like an early Model. I would guess '66.

Notice the optional Triple Horns it has.

Bill

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I totally missed that somehow. If I was a serious bidder, w/deeper pockets than I have these days, I would have bid higher. That thing could make your money back like a truck decades newer...but with only casual use. I'd keep it that color, get a nice low-boy, and get a Euclid TC12. Hey, I said if I had deeper pockets (than I've ever had)

I just came close to you last week on my way to Marietta,GA. I bought a surplus '95 K2500 Suburban from Cobb County w/120k on it. It was the Sheriff dept's K-9 unit. The fella told me it was used for Bloodhounds,so mostly sat. It got used a lot last winter to rescue stranded people out of the rare snows they got. They went out and put chunky off road tires on it you wouldn't expect to see on a gov't vehicle. I never put the Georgia & Bloodhound together and get an extra kick out of knowing that. Truly a southern truck!
Sexy is right! both of these last two trucks are sexy in their own way. They'd make the perfect pair for any gentleman's collection. One fine example of a dressy OTR rig and one fine example of local municipal work horse. Maryland State Roads has a tandem lowboy heavy equipment hauler in Chrome Yellow (at least 1) I see once in a blue moon. It's the flagship of the fleet IMO. They keep those (it) longer since they get less use. I think the last one was an LTL9000, but I think I saw they replaced it with a Mack.

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Hay fever via Harm's page

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thats one thing i liked in the states in general . youre trafficlights are across the street , realy liked that even with a low sun you can still see them without looking intoo the bright sky
http://www.tubantia.nl/polopoly_fs/1...ge-3866398.JPG

our are about above the stoppingline and you have to stoop down to look up under the edge of the window or look up trough the open top to see it if youre the first in line

that truck would have a hard time seeing the trafficlights here

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Not quite a semi but a cool cabbie

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Has any one ever seen a bus like this? 1997 Champion with a Chevy chassis. It has a Caterpillar 316 190 hp as best I can tell. The guy that owns it cut the rear part off and hauled watermelons on it! I am thinking to buy it and make some kind of ratrod out of it. $1200 dollars is not bad considering in runs fine. Down side is automatic transmission. Think it is worth the price?
Sorry about the low quality pictures best I can do. I have only talked to them.
I apologize for the off topic post but had no idea where to post it to get a informed answer.
Jerry