Brocky

The late Leroy Gurganus, a Diamond T historian, from Jasper AL told me it was Chicago Cab, or a very similar name, who stamped all the cab parts. He did NOT say if IH assembled their own?? But Diamond T did assemble their own stamped pieces. Thus the DT and IH cabs are not totally interchangeable due to different cab mounts. I does not surprise me that Chicago cab did assemble the cabs used on Dart, Hendrickson, and the many others who used it.

PLEASE!!!!!

I was born in 1945, in 1948 my mother was elected the township clerk with her office in the corner of our living room. The highway super was in and out all the time. By 1950 I was the "Mascot" for the highway dept. Always riding in their trucks and later operating them. From there on my life was always in the trucking industry.

Did I miss something?? I see no pictures??? With some pictures of the brackets and switch boxes Colt mentions above maybe Jeff can help identify it use???

Yes!! The name Super Duty replaced Big Job in 1958 to the new line of engines 401,477, and 534 designed for truck use..

For the last picture Geoff posted you can pop off the rubber cover, and with NO AIR PRESSURE in the system, Pop out the snap ring behind the rubber cover and pull the plunger and spring out. Then clean all the parts and barrel good with WD=40 or similar. I have done this along side the road to get back under motion!!!!!

Red Horse, Were they the 1959-60 models??? I always liked those years!!! University Sand and Gravel of Ithaca NY had a whole fleet of them with mixers, as well as a couple of dumps, on them.. 534 engines and 5X3's..

Colt, Refrubrishing and showing a truck is the same as a car, JUST the pieces you are working with are BIGGER!!! Over the years you will meet and make friends with a lot of great people.. I have found that the truck people are a no where as "Snotty" as car people!! Do you have any idea of the location of the NASA facility it was at????? Jeff Lakaszyck (pronounced La-cash-check) is active on the Just Old Trucks website every day and lurks here often. He spent 30 some years as a mechanic at the NASA Cape Kennedy facility and maybe he can help you with the history. I can email him to review this topic. For your pictures from a desk top I used the free Postimage.com site to post when I ran out of room before I sent Barry the membership fee. I DO NOT have a "smarter than me" phone so all my pictures come from my desktop.There used to be a size limit, BUT maybe some of the others who are computer smarter than me can help you???

If you do NOT have a winch trailer, you can chain a block pulley to the front of the trailer and park a wrecker at 90 degrees to the front. Loading or unloading can be a long hard job just using a chain and a ratchet come along... Ask me how I know!!!!

Sounds similar to the Diamond T / International relationship immediately after WW 2... The design engineers for both companies were close personal friends... But nobody knows for sure who designed the IH Compfovision cab of 1950..

Welcome to the forums!!!! P_lease post some pictures..

That is an excellent video.. You can see how long it takes for the RPM's to drop when shifting the main. Then he brings them back up with the auxiliary. You notice that the RPM drop in the auxiliary is small enough to be able to float shift it. It would be best to hook to an empty trailer, for a little load, in a big parking lot (2nd to 3rd) or a back road (3rd to 4th) to get the hang of how the gears compound themselves. 4th to 5th will be the same BUT you will need room enough for that speed. Not sure on splitting all of 5th as it will depend on your RPM drop going into 5th in the main??? The gear ratios vary for different models of transmissions. Quite possibly you will only need direct and over in 5th??? Notice that in the second video that he shifts both levers at once in the lower gears but does not from 4th to 5th. Just play with it!!! And you will get the hang of it...

I know the old Colonial in Danbury on I-84 is now a shopping mall..

Paul, I am sorry to hear this.. I know what a friend she has been to you..

My grand kids live and go to high school in Cheshire and they play Southington in sports..

Whoever did it, they did an excellent job of adding the hard nose radiator.

Dean had the most photographed truck at our show Saturday. The ATHS awarded Dean Jenkins with their achievement award for being in the industry for than 50 years. From left to right Dean's wife Claudette, Grandson Dawson, Dean Jenkins, Brocky, and Palmetto Upstate chapter president Brad Osteen.

The Dean Jenkins ATHS 50 year achievement award presentation. From left to right Dean's wife Claudette, grandson Dawson, Dean, Brocky, and ATHS chapter president Brad Osteen.

OK!! Let's get this back on topic!!!!!!!!! We had a problem with the tractor display exhibitors infringing on the area for the antique truck display. TO be solved next year. Some drone shots and more to come

South Carolina is just $7 to $8 depending on the store and specials.

Bob may be right on the rusted to the drum??? Get a big FN hammer and beat on both the drum and brake shoes with the parking brakes in either released or caged.. IF you hear a good "POP" then they will be free and released by the return springs..

All of your Conn driving comments are the main reason I DO NOT go up to visit my daughter in Cheshire very often.... Plus my arthritic hips can not sit in one place that long..

Why do you think it is the Dumbocrats that are doing ALL the bitching???

Just a reminder that this coming Sat and Sun (Labor Day Weekend) is the ATHS Palmetto Upstate Chapter show in conjunction with the Dacusville Heritage Assn farm days. I am going to be presenting Dean Jenkins (1961H67) with his ATHS 50 year achievement award. If all BMT guys that show up near the chapter tent about 11 AM(???) maybe we can build a group picture??

Hippy:: Thanks!!!! You were the only one I recognized right off..