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Another cool Jimmy from PAcarhauler

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Beautiful example of a nice Extended Hood 9500.

Note the optional Cab Lights and there's that cool factory Triple Horn again.

Almost a guarantee it's an 8V-71 with those Dual Stacks like it has.

Another one that would look real nice in my driveway, lol.

Bill

[watahyahknow]

Originally Posted by KQQL IT

i once tried to get my commercial truck licence (wasnt to be my eyesight turned out to bad )

one of the things they told me is that a tell tale sighn of wheellugs not being tight enough was little rusttracks running out from them

[Bob B.]

Originally Posted by C10 - C90 Bill

Beautiful example of a nice Extended Hood 9500.

Note the optional Cab Lights and there's that cool factory Triple Horn again.

Almost a guarantee it's an 8V-71 with those Dual Stacks like it has.

Another one that would look real nice in my driveway, lol.

Bill

Yes, looks like a '66-'68 western style MH-9501, the 'Magnificent Hauler'. The triple Grovers were on the trucks photographed for the brochures and advertisements.

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[68panelman]

Odd cab on that one, Did it have a small sleeper at one point?...

[watahyahknow]

maibe it used to be a bus and they patched the rear to the cut front

[68panelman]

It's the very short wheelbase that really throws me off. And what's with the disc like thing right behind the cab too?

[watahyahknow]

was looking at that too , cant realy tell if its an tank or a air/mud deflector plate
the wheelbase isnt that short
european single rearaxle tractors have about the same length
then again most european countries limit the total length of trucks and trailer(s) to 18 meters (about 60Ft)

[68panelman]

I understand the short wheelbase, what I should have said is how it doesn't jive with the cab configuration / rear tin work on cab.

[junkmandan3]

That round metal case looks like it could be a spare tire carrier . Pretty odd shaped compartment .

The previous pic of the semi from Kentucky was about a 52-53 model 350 or 400 .

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Looking over these great old trucks and what's on the radio just now?

"Six Days on the Road"

Bill

[C10 - C90 Bill]

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"My rig's a little old, but that don't men she's slow"... My favorite line ever!

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[C10 - C90 Bill]

Great pictures.

Like the write-up on the Cracker Box.

Bill

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Who knew, mercury bunk on a cracker box

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More 9500 goodness with a Mercury bonus.

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[junkmandan3]

Where is that Mercury bunk on the Crackerbox from the Overdrive MAG ? Looks like a standard GMC sleeper cab to me. BUT the JI in the next post, sure looks like a Mercury bunk .

[KQQL IT]

Look at the vent window on the sleeper sure looks Mercury to me.

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Dan,

If you are referring to post #970, it may be an MH ??

Looks like another early Model too, '66 or '67.

Bill

[Bob B.]

Wow, the L.A. Factory Branch. Some memories there. Way back they were located on Washington Bl. near down town. Company my dad worked for bought trucks there. Sometime in the late 60's they moved to Alameda Street. I used to go there in the 80's, taking trucks there for warranty work. That building is still standing, it's a shop for L.A. Unified School District. Still has a Detroit Diesel sign on it. Around 1990 the Factory Branch moved again to Santa Fe Springs. They never became a White/GMC dealer, just sold light and medium duty there until they closed. Heard GMC closed all the factory stores at the time. It's a Navistar dealer now.

[special-K]

I wondered the same thing about the Crackerbox, isn't it an integrated body from factory? how does Mercury play in? I am sittin' here questioning someone who knows trucks more than me. got my ears on lookin' to learn, that's all. Thanks for that picture and the beautiful MH (?) in 970!...and for making this thread what it is.