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That's Shameless...no really!

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Junkyard tour, found these ladies.... Pretty rough, but onc the pride of the fleet.... 427, tandem, twin stick, Custom. The other has a nice PTO winch with a three speed aux transmission, going back in the spring to investigate.

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Interesting trucks.

The first GMC must have been some truck when it was new, air brakes and all.

The other GMC, going by the grille, is a '66.

Bill

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Yeas,that first GMC was sure a fine one.

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Here is my contribution to this thread. I picked this up last week about 30 miles from home. It is a 71' GMC 6500 with a really good running 427, 5 speed, 2 speed rear, and air brakes. The previous owner passed away a few years ago and it looks like he took pretty good care of it. I plan on using it to pull my 32' GN trailer.

I still have to get the title transferred, change all the fluids, and clean it up good. I am curious as to what kinda mileage I can expect though. It has 6.50 gears on the high side and 42" tall 10.00-20s which should work out to 3400 rpm at 65 mph. I'm hoping to average 7 mpg towing approximately 16,000 lbs. Anyone think that kinda mileage is possible on long trips if driven right?

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Nice! Love it!

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Very nice truck. Do you have anymore pictures of that 47-54 COE in the first pic?
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Interesting truck. I'm not really up on Big Blocks in trucks, but I would say that 7 MPG would be reasonable, especially if you give it a good Super Tune. I like the words "driven right". That can make a big difference in MPG. Keep up the revs in all gears, but also be light on the gas. Split shifting the Rear will also help, especially pulling loads up hill.

Keep us posted.

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I sure like that truck. Ans,what a classy combo that will be pulling a camper. I can't say from experience,but 7 mpg doesn't sound off to me.I can only compare with what you say about rpm @ 65 compared to my 3/4t 4wd that is at that same rpm at 65. It gets 12.5,maybe less going over 60,but it's much lighter. So,I'd guess 7 would be possible.

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I love goinbg through this post. Great Old Trucks

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Obviously I must not be driving right, I average around 8 mpg with my 68 3/4 ton:lol:

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Thanks
I've been known to not always drive right myself :burnout:

I'll take it on 100 mile get acquainted trip here soon and see what it will do. I usually don't beat on em too hard pulling a big trailer. That can get expensive real quick in more ways than one.

Here are few pictures of my COE (post 487)
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...82#post3650582

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Here's an interesting one:

http://www.rockanddirt.com/thumbnail.../9224894_a.jpg

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I'm not too familiar with these old big rigs and medium duty trucks. Can someone please explain how the twin stick shifters worked? I am however loving all these pictures!

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With Twin Sticks, one trans is the Main and the other the Auxiliary. To go through all the gears you shift the Aux 2 to 3 times, depending on the trans, to the Main once till you go through all the gears. There are also many different types. There are 5 X 2 Duplex's (usually in Macks), 5 X 3 Triplex's and 5 X 4 Quadraplex's, the most common, as well as a couple of others. Not to make it too confusing, there are more than one different Quadraplex but the most common Quadraplex is actually only shifted 13 times. Some of the gears in some of the trans can be shifted both at the same time, but most have to be shifted one at a time. When one at a time and after shifting the Main, you need to bring the Revs up in Nuetral to get the Aux back into Low. There are actually a good number of videos on YouTube showing Twin Stick shifting. One is Twin Stick Pappy. I believe that one is a Triplex. Once you click onto to that video, many others will show up. They are the hardest of all to shift and the most challenging and some of the YouTube guys don't always do the best job.

Bill

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That sucks!!

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Here is the video I mentioned above. He is one of the better shifters on YouTube. You will notice that he uses no clutch most of the time, but has to use it a couple of times. I myself, although in the minority, like to use the clutch all of the time.

It's not a Chevy but a fine example of an old Mack. It is kind of hard to find a good Chevy or GMC example of Twin Sticks:

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Although I like Twin Sticks, my favorite trans is the 10-Speed Road Ranger. Here is a pretty good example of one. For those not familiar a 10-Speed, it Shifts 5 with the Button Down and 5 with the Button Up. Although in this video, he starts out in 3rd. He also starts in 3rd at time 2:46. Notice he also uses the clutch just at certain times. It is also a good example of a great sounding 6-71 Detroit:

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About those Chevy (1967-84) and GMC (1970-84) B-series school buses with the '67-style chassis: that design ran through December 1983, and in January 1984 adopted the design of the '73-'87 medium-duty cowls. A 1984 Chevy School Bus brochure confirms the new design introduction.

~Ben

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Cell phone pic of one I saw yesterday by the river while trout fishing. It's a C90 Diesel dual axle.

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Still looks pretty good. Would make a nice HD Rollback.

Bill

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Original owner.

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here's a chevy c60 from djelfa , algeria (about 292 km south algiers)

this one is abandoned on the side of the trans sahara hwy road

and it's for sale

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my favorite truck ever

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;);)

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last 2 pics , i wish i can find more of these old chevy trucks and i will post them here , inchalah :chevy:

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From the first pictures I was thinking it's sitting in the middle of nowhere. If they are scarce,that's a great find.

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. . . .

Here are a few of mine over the years:

My 71 GMC Astro 95 in 1977. My first GMC bus, 5873. ( inside and out ) My only Chevy, 5561.

The last gasoline powered bus Baltimore County Schools purchased, 5964.

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Air Brakes with the old style pedal in bus #5561. Don't believe I ever saw one before.

Was your Astro Detroit powered?

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lol ! no its on the side of the road clearly visible

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. . . .

The picture of the interior is actually from 5873 ( the pictures didn't load in the right order, TWICE !!! )

Yes, the Astro had a 318 HP Detroit V8 with a 13 speed . . . VERY underpowered in todays world without a turbo !!!
( but it had power steering and air . . . most didn't in 1977.)

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Never saw the old style pedal in vehicle that new. I had that style pedal in my '62 GMC 6500. What year is bus 5873?

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My 1988 Kodiak has that type pedal and has air brakes. I have built several 84 thru 88 C7000s & Topkicks that had the same type pedal.

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Guys let me tell ya im absolutley in love with this ol 68 c50 that sits at the back of my grandparents house its an aluminum box truck but its really sweet its got a straight six i want to haul it home but im only 16 and its bout a foot in the ground sunk

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I think 5873 was a 1987 bus.

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. . . .

Your Kodiak on the left, looks like it has a rubber "pad" . . . 5873 on the right, had a metal pad and was slippery when it got wet. ( same grooves though )

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Found this C90 on the way to a cemetery the other day...

It has an old 'For Sale' sign in the windshield. Anything written long ago has since faded. I don't know anything about these bigger trucks. Wonder what year model it is?

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0...7_3CA675E9.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-V...8_D432E496.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-V...8_1EAFA448.jpg

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Interesting truck. It is at least a 1970 or newer, but probably not any newer than a '74. It has a 10-Speed Road Ranger trans and most likely has a 6-71 Detroit Diesel in it.

Strange it has a low GVW though at 29,900. It probably only has a 7000 Front Axel, which was the minimum.

Wondering what they would take for just the tractor?

Bill

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I'd like to have the tractor and trailer.

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Here's one that met a sad end a couple days ago.

http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/x...chevytruck.jpg