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72 C20 292 3OTT 77 GMC 2500 4x4 Longstepper 350 4sp 50 3100 ex Airforce/Town of Mendon fire truck 72 GMC 1500 2wd short stepside 250 4sp 78 GMC 2500 4x Longstepper 292 4sp 54 6400 Chevy 5 window 4 sp 2sp vac rear end Shell oil truck/dump truck (Norman) |
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Cool website " MAC CityGarage"......
Gas turbines are not good on fuel use. They are good for weight reduction / with horsepower. There's no "compression" like a V8, so you need to either disengage the drive train or "power down" the axle to suddenly slow down. ( then brakes after it slows enough). ( The early years, they didn't have a transmission design to fit the project needs ?) Using turbines on big-heavy trucks is a neat idea, but a silly application. But those trucks look cool!!
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1945 Kenworth. This must be one of the first post war designs, or they are all wrong on their year.
https://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/h...834564300.html
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Thanks to Bob and Jeanie and everyone else at Superior Performance for all their great help. ![]() RIP Bob Parks. 1967 Burban (the WMB),1988 S10 Blazer (the Stink10 II),1969 GTO (the Goat), 1970 Javelin, 1952 F2 Ford OHC six 4X4, 29 Model A, 72 Firebird (the DBP Bird). 85 Alfa Romeo If it breaks I didn't want it in the first place The WMB repair thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=698377 |
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Reminds me of the 34-37 c series international.
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72 C20 292 3OTT 77 GMC 2500 4x4 Longstepper 350 4sp 50 3100 ex Airforce/Town of Mendon fire truck 72 GMC 1500 2wd short stepside 250 4sp 78 GMC 2500 4x Longstepper 292 4sp 54 6400 Chevy 5 window 4 sp 2sp vac rear end Shell oil truck/dump truck (Norman) |
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Interesting truck, but I believe I'll pass.
It's got the right engine in it though. Needs to be in a museum, but museums seem to be struggling lately. Dodge should buy it for their own museum, but it looks like they already passed on that option.
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Funny, with 23 pictures and none with the hood open. For $150g, that Detroit better be lickable. Hard sell for sure
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No such thing as a Detroit that's lickable unless it never been started. In New England, we call em Road Oilers.
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" An oiler "..... Yea.... Like classic Triumph motorcycle.... But they still buy 'em.
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As a car hauler. we knew where to unload at a dealership by looking for the oil spots on the ground. Most of our 6v92s had a factory "can" on the firewall that held a gallon of oil with a ball valve on it that led into the left side valve cover so we could add a gallon on the road. I got to drive 53's, 71's and 92's. They all ran smooth. They hardly vibrated the mirrors.
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NewBayColony..... Now, THAT'S a description of a REAL truck !!
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They were real trucks. We used em and we used em up. I always took as good of care as I could. Got them washed as much as they would let me, PMs on schedule and full of oil. They made a good living for me for almost 30 years.
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That Dodge will strain to get $50k
How about this for a strainful load?
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5 minutes to (drive all axles) over a speed bump....
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wonder where they use it for , i have heared about some states that require less of a load per axle to keep their roads in better condition
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prob setup for big stuff like this
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those trucks need a lot of power not so mush axles , they whont have to load that heavy stuff on top of them they just need to pull it
might be photoshop , i think sumting like a cement truck or a mobile crane would have axles like that not a tow rig
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I am no expert..... That blue rig looks like a set up to attach a very heavy equipment / flat bed. ( Not sure why the 4 front steer tires, but it looks like at least one front axle is..... 4WD ?
Or a real clean "Ice Road Trucker" mod. ??
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might be that the load is sticking over the cab , like a dragline crane or sumting , but then again wats with the sleeper amd the lightbar on top of that
where did you found that picture special K ? i'm getting kindah curious to the point of allmost loosing sleep over it
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i got a job again and having fun at it too idea's for the trucks and the order of things to do are taking shape and get closer to being realized , a few more months and i be able to start building for real i complete 2 of the trucks intoo running fashion one custom and one basicly stock the thirth will be sacrificed for parts |
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![]() ![]() i think i know why it has the fifth wheel on the frame : https://18cfdfd73150f69310ab-4d842a0...59/2628263.jpg
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i got a job again and having fun at it too idea's for the trucks and the order of things to do are taking shape and get closer to being realized , a few more months and i be able to start building for real i complete 2 of the trucks intoo running fashion one custom and one basicly stock the thirth will be sacrificed for parts |
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Maybe the blue truck was a crane at one time?
( But what the heck would they use it for, now? ) Maybe to be just different, and no concern for fuel mileage.....
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I just stumbled onto the picture and found it interesting. It has a 5th wheel. I think it towed something pretty big and heavy, just not a big as those others.
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