NY-B61
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Back for more pictures today if the weather cooperates. He also has a few other unusual trucks I haven't even photographed yet.
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Great job and great pictures. I've been wondering how this would turn out, most would end up with a pile of parts on the floor, and I've learned a lot by following your progress. Best part is you saved a ton of money and ended up with your truck the way you like it.
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Or snow burn if they were testing it in Buffalo.
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Oil additive
NY-B61 replied to xdudebrahx's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
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Thanks, Joe. Interesting fact about the cylinder liners. They wouldn't have been designed in unless engineers felt the rest of the engine and drive train were rock solid.
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Great looking survivor.
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Where else but BMT could you find this level of knowledge and entertainment?
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What a brute of an engine. Thanks for the explanation, diagram and GREAT pictures!
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It has a morbid appearance to it. A remake of 'Duel' is in order.
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I'll ask the gentleman when I see him next. Up close, the Texaco logo doesn't look like it was made in a high school metal shop, it looks integral to the truck.
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Due to the shadow I can't tell but does this truck have twin steer axles or just unused space where the KW's steer axle was?
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It gets a lot of attention because of it's location and visibility but I've never seen another one like it in person.
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I believe so. It was definitely used as a fuel truck of some kind at some time.
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Nuclear powered, obviously.
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I got an email from someone in that area of PA where I took the original pictures who told me it had been scrapped. I tend to believe them as it was decaying in the middle of a horse pen when I saw it. There's still hope though. I read the other day about a load of Atari "E.T." games that were dug up in New Mexico dump.
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Along with a chicken and ferrous egg. Was it designed that way due to a repair-prone engine? Easy access for repair, easy in-'n-out for replacement? Or was the design secondary to the power plant?
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Somewhere, in a barn near you. The WWI and WW II scrap drives didn't get them all. Where are the rest of them?
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Great picture! I sure hope they had tank baffles figured out by then.
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Thank you for the great info. I had an American LaFrance with a Lycoming V-12 that had twin carbs and distributors also. Were dual distributors factory on your 702 V-12? Did it have a dual or single spark plug arrangement? Great picture also!
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Congrats! The same position I found myself in a year and a half ago and I sure remember the feeling. Also, what the other guys said about pictures.
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That's a monster! Could it be set up for dual carbs? The one in the photo looks like it's set up for a single.
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I'll be darned. Great find! Looking at it that way it's more of a medium duty truck than a heavy one. REO's badged as Speedwagon's were at first fire trucks then later pick-ups. The body styling on all still turns heads 70 years later.
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The metal work on the cab and body looks flawless. That actually looks like a vehicle someone card about as they were designing and building it. Specialty and custom bodies on earlier trucks always brings to mind "what if.......?"
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