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A "Chevenworth"? Looks like a 67-72 GM cab mated to a KW nose with who knows what underneath.

Like yer pickup below it too...

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yeah i could see it was a kenworth nose and "a" pickup cab but couldnt see the brand or year of the cab
seems to work from the angle the picture was taken

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Found this one last fall here in town, only saw it the one time. Get the pics when you see them cause you may never seeum again.

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Look's like a Chevrolet cab and chassis with yard art (referring to another thread) for a hood.

I'm guessing Chevy chassis because of the Dayton wheels.

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Good lookin' work truck Tim.

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That's a good looking old Jimmy. I hope they don't trash it. That truck would clean up nice. Being a twin screw, it would be interesting to know the history of the chassis.

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A GMC Transtar! It would be a nice one to have for sure.Talking about take pictures when you see them. Coming home yesterday evening through the mountains (took the back way) a house on a bend going up the hill I see just the size trailer I could use for sale. Wizz on by, start thinking it's just right, and I'm an hour or more from home so really should turn around and at least get the phone number and a picture. I always think "I get back and look", then either forget it completely, forget exactly where it was, or just lied to myself because I'll never get a chance to get back there. The only thing is, that was the last house before you climb up the side with solid slab of rock up one side and guardrail with sheer drop to the river on the other side with no shoulders. It's run all the way up to turn around so I decided "I'll just get back by real soon" :rolleyes:

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Remember the green dairyland truck?

Found out this is an old dairyland trick too.

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I saw this yesterday while on my way to a dealership to look at another truck.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/821/39...d250d7ef_h.jpg

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Nice looking pair.

Back to the Brigadere Aero for a minute. Our friend Dan Renovetz aka Junkman (and a number. Sorry, forgot that part) has contacted me with some pictures he had taken of this interesting prototype. Dan was with Detroit Diesel for many years.

First picture was taken in '85 in Canton, OH at a Delta Nu Alpha transportation parade and was possibly featured in an Ohio Trucking Assoc. roadeo.

The other pictures are it in it's sad final resting place... Brandywine Truck Parts wrecking yard in Maryland. I'm amazed it just went to the junkyard

OK, Dan needs to re-register and needs help with posting pictures. He e-mailed me the pictures in a PDF file. I can not figure a way to show these. I saved the "page" and have singled out the actual picture icon and saved that out separately, but can't do a thing with it. I copy, won't paste. I did something where I get the option to copy link location...nothing happens. Why fter all these years and all these changes can't the people who design computers make them so regular people who's lives don't revolve around these things can use them. It's as if they assume everyone knows as much as they do. I'm a smart guy. I figure things out on my own. But this crap ain't natural and from the post-common sense era we now live in. Try rebuilding a QuadraJet carburetor you computer designing geeks!!

Can anyone help a couple guys who love trucks and sharing things about them out?

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I don't see a file or link, Tim.

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Nope, can't get anything to work. Frustrated. How about I forward you the e-mail? Could you or maybe someone you know do something with it? I'm going to dump this on you, my friend :lol:

And Dan, if you are looking don't worry. I get frustrated but that's because i relly want to do this. Thanks for sharing and no problem posting this...except the obvious

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I can't get it to load either.

Where did you find the one in the salvage yard?

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Neat tow trucks

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I could try to figure it out. If it's already online, you could PM a link. If it's still in the PDF, PM me & I'll send you my email address.

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Thanks, worth a try. It's a PDF that was e-mailed to me. So I can forward that to you. I never claimed to know all that much about computer use. What you've seen me do is my limit. Hopefully I can learn something new. PM coming your way

I like the flashy tilt cabs, but that first one got me bad. Love how it looks. No BS, set-up, with some nice cosmetic touches.

I especially dig seeing that C30 with chrome Budds and graphcs. Just what I remember running all over when I lived in CA

But I wanted to add a picture here

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Here is that Preston truck.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/870/40...00b1f4fe_b.jpg

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/900/41...bea740f3_b.jpg

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/871/27...8c61a135_b.jpg

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/794/41...ecc03414_b.jpg

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California cool man.

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Yep, California cool took my truck love to new levels. California clean, too! The truck/trailer polished stainless tankers to hay wagons to dump trucks. Not to mention doubles. The long western frames, Peterbilts and Kenworths all over when not so many running back East at that time. Up north it was the logging rigs and piggyback lumber trucks. Lots of pride in trucks in the west. Rolling all night across the plains brought out the hot rods running wide open throttle that came and went so fast with a sound that was unforgetable.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...flY84CjoD4PfrC

Thank you NoStepN for getting these posted. Now can you possibly explain how you did it in a PM? I sure would appreciate learning how to do this. I have other pictures Dan sent me I could never post up.

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Great pictures of the Preston truck.

Look at all the space between the Grille and Radiator.

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The transformation was really pretty simple. They just grafted an extension on the frame and fabricated an extended hood.

I know that's over simplified, but.

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It also made it look like a "Set-Back Front Axle" but it really wasn't.

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read a story a while back on storyonline.net about a guy that worked as a welder on a drilling rig got out settled in a trailerpark , and started with a one person welding company and grew till he was building nascar chassis and a whole bunch of other stuff (he just about was wearing a red cape with a four leaf clover surounded by a horseshoe on him ) he allso had multiple wifes one with the biggest h..... never mind back on topic
one thing the story mentioned was he develloped a bodykit made for long haul truckers to replace everything above the chassis that reduced fuel consumption , think the writer had that truck in his mind when he wrote that part

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It resembles the direction fleet hauler construction came to be today, except the narrow eyed look. It's neat that a trucking company took this upon themselves to do rather than wait for manufacturers to catch up. I wonder why they scrapped the idea. Maybe it didn't save fuel after all? To expensive for the gain in fuel economy. DOT didn't like something a bout it, such as safety?

Now I want to go to Brandywine Truck Parts to see what they have sitting there these days. We have a cool yard I have yet to visit, R.L. Jackson in Port Deposit, MD. He has old trucks/parts. Got to try to get there before the bees and snakes :lol:. Probably waited too long, getting too busy for such foolishness. We went to that museum in Feb, so at least dd that. Next winter if not this year
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...CSMQHUAaXAYQtt

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FB grabs

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GMC pride

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WOW-----Thank God and Greyhound, I was able to log on to tell stories again !

To any that used their political influence, I thank you, because this forum is more user friendly than F-book !

The RL Jackson yard that Special K mentioned was like a time warp for me probably 20 years ago with Richard "Dick" Shaefer . Now, If I could remember another Maryland yard that I visited the year of the Baltimore convention...........was it 2006 ?

Regarding the aero nose on the Preston Bridadier, I thought utilizing a snowplow frame extension would be strong enough to support the cosmetics.

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There he is, (Detroit) Diesel Dan. They say most of the parts from Jackson go to Central and South America these days. There is Maryland Truck Parts Sales & Salvage in Easton on the Eastern Shore.

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April antique farm equipment show

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Beautiful Chevy Rollback.

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The green 58 has a V in the emblem. What engine would that be?

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348 most likely

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Some sexy farm trucks. That '58 could also have a 283.

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Here's a Titan 90 for sale in Rochester, Minnesota with a Cummins 350

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Or at the same place A 1979 Bison and it even has a place to sleep so when your wife or significant other finds out what you bought you still have a nice warm place to sleep :lol: she has a double zero 92 detriot

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OO 92's are rare, they were only around 3 years or so.

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Swiped from a FB page...

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Beautiful '65.

A 292-6 with Air Brakes (obviously since it's a Tractor).

Pretty rare and pretty cool.

Check out the Trolley Brake on the column.

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Very nice. A lot of medium duty tuck right there

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Fb grab