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How are you mate? Are these your Flinstones? And Im guessin youre from the lucky country. Good lookin old jiggers. Ive got a couple with V8s in them but theyre both out of action and in the process of restoration.

How are you mate? Are these your Flinstones? And Im guessin youre from the lucky country. Good lookin old jiggers. Ive got a couple with V8s in them but theyre both out of action and in the process of restoration.

Hi,

Yes the trucks are mine but there are only two in the photos... the B model & the Flintstone at different times in the years I've had it. The Flintstone now goes an awful lot harder than it did originally. When built; at Allentown in August,1966; it had a 711, quad box & 56,000lb rear end that gave 37mph in double overdrive. It now has a big cam 3 cummins with a 13 speed roadranger & 44,000lb dual range eatons on hendrickson walking beam suspension. ZF power steering makes going round corners a lot easier than the armstrong power steering... haha. The big cam 3 is something that makes it really get up & go. When I first built it, it was putting out 400hp @1300rpm & 475 @2100rpm but I did a cam lobe recently so when I fixed it we upped the pump a little so it should now be putting out 420 + hp@1300 & maybe as much as 520hp @ 2100. Not bad for a 41 year old truck that works every day. Good luck with your restoration.... I'm into classic motorcycles.... spend enough time working the truck for a living without spending my spare time with them... haha

All the Best for Christmas & the New Year from Australia. Keith Jones