Trucks Are Beautiful - Page 33 - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**davischevy** · 02-22-2017, 01:02 AM

The cab looks Mack.

**special-K** · 02-24-2017, 09:14 AM

I'm sure it's a Mack. It's either Australian or someone put the quad square lights in. It's this body, but no set-back axle:

**davischevy** · 02-24-2017, 01:06 PM

I think your right. The number of axles would indicate Australia too.

One of the early diesel powered Mack's.

**special-K** · 02-25-2017, 12:08 AM

Man that is sweet! I saw an old AC with a diesel. There weren't many. Probably near the end which was about the same year as that truck. I believe the last AC was '39.

**special-K** · 02-26-2017, 12:27 PM

I just came across this picture in my Photobucket. It's my buddy's you all have probably seen me show, the painted up '58 Reo. It's a factory sleeper cab now but it wasn't always. He came across a sleeper cab '58 in rough shape and it went from there. In the end it's two cabs combined. I captured both trucks this day.

**davischevy** · 02-26-2017, 12:44 PM

Man, looks great, but what a lot of work.

**special-K** · 02-26-2017, 08:55 PM

You got that right. The floor and lower windshield/cowl was shot on the sleeper cab, so he grafted the two. Thn he stretched the frame. Since that he has installed Peterbilt rear air suspension. also, that floor he repaired got two big square holes cut out and boxes welded beneath to allow for the new take out air ride Bostrom Peterbilt seats. It keeps getting better. It has something like 3:42 gears now and with that little Cat it gets 12.5 mpg.
Always more to do, though. Such as wipers have never worked since we've been riding together and water leaks in a lot of places

. This is us rolling in to '09 Macungie show. Man that was a wet one. Rained the whole time. My feet were like prunes

**special-K** · 03-01-2017, 07:47 AM

Coleman

C10 - C90 Bill · 03-01-2017, 09:03 AM

Love those old Chain Drives.

I can remember some still on the road and working in my younger years.

**special-K** · 03-01-2017, 10:24 PM

Me too. At the truck shows I've seen trucks I was surprised still had chain drive.

This bigass Mack was at the ATHS National Show in York. It's a '43

https://youtu.be/owzzpA9vQXU

This one was there,too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODrLp1HrrbE

flashed · 03-02-2017, 08:01 AM

Those are nice .

**special-K** · 03-03-2017, 07:38 AM

Huh, wuddaya know? I just came across this video while looking at my link above. Look familiar Larry?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2N4LuEcfbc

Note: Spellcheck says I spelt wuddaya wrong. Howya spoda spell it?

KQQL IT · 03-20-2017, 12:41 AM

600-

**special-K** · 03-20-2017, 06:32 AM

Nice picture. Shows your truck as the only color in a black & white world

**special-K** · 03-25-2017, 09:29 AM

Good old trucks...

**special-K** · 03-30-2017, 07:42 PM

Hey Jeff, welcome to the site. I agree they symbolize all those things. Some say they are purpose built and full of function and look pretty good. All that is true, but I say they are B E A Utiful and pretty darn functional as well...heh heh. I also like(d) how they hang onto their good looks rather than getting constant superficial style changes, like cars. Cars are built for consumers and trucks mean business. Now light trucks are right in their with cars for being marketed to the same people, although they still have more function (I mean as trucks, not wi-fi centers, navigation devices, heated seats, etc)

rwhit57 · 03-31-2017, 12:27 AM

This truck belongs to a friend of mine, Dave (Beerman) Brewer who operates Heavy Traffic Trucking. He hauls classic cars. I believe it's a 1970 Pete. Beautiful truck. Hard to believe the truck started life as a dump truck.

**special-K** · 03-31-2017, 07:00 AM

Very nice. A classy custom job for sure. Is the one next to it his, too?

rwhit57 · 03-31-2017, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by special-K

Very nice. A classy custom job for sure. Is the one next to it his, too?

No that looks like another one of the classic car hauler guys named Kevin. I havent seen his truck but a couple of times so I don't know the details. There's a few of the independents that run around together, there's another old orange truck that is outstanding as well.

**special-K** · 03-31-2017, 10:44 PM

Truck driver's dream. Truck outfitted to his liking, independent, yet hooked up with steady loads of cargo that unloads itself (with help from driver). It's cool how he added all those louvers, yet subdued them in the white stripes. One of those trucks that gets better the longer you look at it.

I know a guy that hauls produce and cheese in a customized W900L...all purple. It's not as old, I think a '99, but it looks great, works steady, and has something like 4.2 million miles on it. Been through an attempted suicide by truck incident as well where a guy in a pickup drove head-on into him

**special-K** · 04-24-2017, 08:13 PM

Been a while since a post.

A couple 71/72 Chevy cabovers...ha ha ha! I see some Chevy in that grille

flashed · 04-24-2017, 09:32 PM

Those are pretty nice old trucks ,never seen any like em before .

**special-K** · 04-25-2017, 09:50 PM

If I did it was when I was a kid. My buddy has that '58 Reo. It would be cool if I could get one of these. Not too many around, though, I am sure. Reo was quite a company. They did some cool stuff like made lawn mowers.

**davischevy** · 04-25-2017, 10:01 PM

This 61 Mack is for sale in Joplin, MO for $7,500. I guess I got this thread confused with "Post Your CL finds".

C10 - C90 Bill · 04-25-2017, 10:18 PM

Looks like it is in pretty nice condition.

02-22-2017, 01:02 AM	#801
davischevy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Harrison, Arkansas Posts: 9,834	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful The cab looks Mack. __________________ other Larry Build thread, Arkansas K10 https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...=755797&page=5 The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to keep your mouth shut in any language is priceless.

02-24-2017, 09:14 AM	#802
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful I'm sure it's a Mack. It's either Australian or someone put the quad square lights in. It's this body, but no set-back axle: Attached Images __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

02-24-2017, 01:06 PM	#803
davischevy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Harrison, Arkansas Posts: 9,834	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful I think your right. The number of axles would indicate Australia too. One of the early diesel powered Mack's. Attached Images __________________ other Larry Build thread, Arkansas K10 https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...=755797&page=5 The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to keep your mouth shut in any language is priceless.

02-25-2017, 12:08 AM	#804
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful Man that is sweet! I saw an old AC with a diesel. There weren't many. Probably near the end which was about the same year as that truck. I believe the last AC was '39. Attached Images __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

02-26-2017, 12:27 PM	#805
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful I just came across this picture in my Photobucket. It's my buddy's you all have probably seen me show, the painted up '58 Reo. It's a factory sleeper cab now but it wasn't always. He came across a sleeper cab '58 in rough shape and it went from there. In the end it's two cabs combined. I captured both trucks this day. Attached Images __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

02-26-2017, 12:44 PM	#806
davischevy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Harrison, Arkansas Posts: 9,834	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful Man, looks great, but what a lot of work. __________________ other Larry Build thread, Arkansas K10 https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...=755797&page=5 The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to keep your mouth shut in any language is priceless.

02-26-2017, 08:55 PM	#807
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful You got that right. The floor and lower windshield/cowl was shot on the sleeper cab, so he grafted the two. Thn he stretched the frame. Since that he has installed Peterbilt rear air suspension. also, that floor he repaired got two big square holes cut out and boxes welded beneath to allow for the new take out air ride Bostrom Peterbilt seats. It keeps getting better. It has something like 3:42 gears now and with that little Cat it gets 12.5 mpg. Always more to do, though. Such as wipers have never worked since we've been riding together and water leaks in a lot of places . This is us rolling in to '09 Macungie show. Man that was a wet one. Rained the whole time. My feet were like prunes __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

03-01-2017, 07:47 AM	#808
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful Coleman Attached Images __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

03-01-2017, 09:03 AM	#809
C10 - C90 Bill Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Moneta, VA USA Posts: 3,082	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful Love those old Chain Drives. I can remember some still on the road and working in my younger years. __________________ '60-'72 Chev/GMC Fan GMC 9500 Fan Detroit Diesel Fan

03-01-2017, 10:24 PM	#810
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful Me too. At the truck shows I've seen trucks I was surprised still had chain drive. This bigass Mack was at the ATHS National Show in York. It's a '43 https://youtu.be/owzzpA9vQXU This one was there,too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODrLp1HrrbE __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

03-02-2017, 08:01 AM	#811
flashed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: canton ga Posts: 12,728	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful Those are nice .

03-03-2017, 07:38 AM	#812
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful Huh, wuddaya know? I just came across this video while looking at my link above. Look familiar Larry? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2N4LuEcfbc Note: Spellcheck says I spelt wuddaya wrong. Howya spoda spell it? __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ Last edited by special-K; 03-03-2017 at 07:46 AM.

03-20-2017, 12:41 AM	#813
KQQL IT At the body shop. Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Land of fruits and nuts. Posts: 5,237	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful 600- Attached Images __________________ " That didnt make it any newer " " Dont antique the equipment "

03-20-2017, 06:32 AM	#814
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful Nice picture. Shows your truck as the only color in a black & white world __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

03-25-2017, 09:29 AM	#815
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful Good old trucks... Attached Images __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~



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03-30-2017, 07:42 PM	#816
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful Hey Jeff, welcome to the site. I agree they symbolize all those things. Some say they are purpose built and full of function and look pretty good. All that is true, but I say they are B E A Utiful and pretty darn functional as well...heh heh. I also like(d) how they hang onto their good looks rather than getting constant superficial style changes, like cars. Cars are built for consumers and trucks mean business. Now light trucks are right in their with cars for being marketed to the same people, although they still have more function (I mean as trucks, not wi-fi centers, navigation devices, heated seats, etc) __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ Last edited by special-K; 03-30-2017 at 11:41 PM.

03-31-2017, 12:27 AM	#817
rwhit57 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Tulsa,Okla Posts: 590	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful This truck belongs to a friend of mine, Dave (Beerman) Brewer who operates Heavy Traffic Trucking. He hauls classic cars. I believe it's a 1970 Pete. Beautiful truck. Hard to believe the truck started life as a dump truck. __________________ "Whoever said money can't buy happiness has obviously never seen a speed shop!

03-31-2017, 07:00 AM	#818
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful Very nice. A classy custom job for sure. Is the one next to it his, too? __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

03-31-2017, 10:44 PM	#820
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful Truck driver's dream. Truck outfitted to his liking, independent, yet hooked up with steady loads of cargo that unloads itself (with help from driver). It's cool how he added all those louvers, yet subdued them in the white stripes. One of those trucks that gets better the longer you look at it. I know a guy that hauls produce and cheese in a customized W900L...all purple. It's not as old, I think a '99, but it looks great, works steady, and has something like 4.2 million miles on it. Been through an attempted suicide by truck incident as well where a guy in a pickup drove head-on into him __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

04-24-2017, 08:13 PM	#821
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful Been a while since a post. A couple 71/72 Chevy cabovers...ha ha ha! I see some Chevy in that grille Attached Images __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

04-24-2017, 09:32 PM	#822
flashed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: canton ga Posts: 12,728	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful Those are pretty nice old trucks ,never seen any like em before .

04-25-2017, 09:50 PM	#823
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful If I did it was when I was a kid. My buddy has that '58 Reo. It would be cool if I could get one of these. Not too many around, though, I am sure. Reo was quite a company. They did some cool stuff like made lawn mowers. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

04-25-2017, 10:01 PM	#824
davischevy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Harrison, Arkansas Posts: 9,834	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful This 61 Mack is for sale in Joplin, MO for $7,500. I guess I got this thread confused with "Post Your CL finds". Attached Images __________________ other Larry Build thread, Arkansas K10 https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...=755797&page=5 The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to keep your mouth shut in any language is priceless.

04-25-2017, 10:18 PM	#825
C10 - C90 Bill Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Moneta, VA USA Posts: 3,082	Re: Trucks Are Beautiful Looks like it is in pretty nice condition. __________________ '60-'72 Chev/GMC Fan GMC 9500 Fan Detroit Diesel Fan

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