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My Autocar had Air-O-Matic when I got it and although it made it possible to turn the steering wheel after a couple of turns back and forth the maxis would come on. I took it out and armstronged it for the last few years.
After a couple of times being embarrassed backing my short single axle Shertzer I had to do something so I sucked it up and dropped $700 on a rebuild and although I swore it wouldn't go back on it's going back on.
It probably would have helped if I had held off on taking it of because about 2 weeks later I met the original owner of the truck and he showed me the air valve under the dash where I could turn it on and off. He also told me that before it had the air assist he would put drivers he wanted to get rid of in this truck so they would quit. I don't know why but this is the hardest to turn truck I've ever been in.
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I got the kit on Ebay from Gearhead Enterprises in Iowa $125
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The truck is going to look awesome
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Had a little extra time this week, got the doors put back together, the fender panels mounted with 1/4" rivnuts and thumbscrews so they can be popped off without a screwdriver. 60 year old doors that once the latches were cleaned and lubed close like the door on a bank vault, nice engineering. Hood latches on, made up the step / toolbox brackets.
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Yup it did. Everybody feom that area recognizes it immediately
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I like it. Kinda like mine but I used a K20 with a small block. Radiator and ac condensor was a pain to fit in there.
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Got my new door glass made and got the power windows figured out and mounted, should be able to get the doors buttoned up this weekend. welded up a frame for the stepside bed and got it mounted hopefully I'll be bending up sheetmetal for it next week.
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My blood pressure has just returned to normal. Thanks Barry
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Love it when a plan come together. Looks real good
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On 8/5/2017 at 4:09 PM, mrsmackpaul said:
its coming along nicely
Really enjoying watching this all unfold in front of mePaul
Thanks Paul, It looks like you've got some serious unfolding of your own going on.
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I used an ez wiring kit under 200 bucks for 21 circuit. I think the 12 circuit is under 100. I am happy with the quality .
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Trim, mirrors, parking/ turn signals going on. Took the worst half dogs I had. sandblasted, primed and painted with "chrome" paint. I took a couple of parking lights, hole sawed the backs an epoxyed pvc conduit couplings to them to hold new sockets.
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They were great in a 32000 pound single axle but really didn't belong in anything heavier. They used a lot of them in marine applications.
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3 minutes ago, bulldogboy said:
Looks like Sandwich, MA Fire Department's old tanker. I don't think that it had that box behind the cab when it was a fire tanker. Sandwich is on Cape Cod.
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Truck is in next town over from Sandwich so it probably is Sandwich's
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I had an L8000 crane truck with that engine and trans. My god it was slow, I changed it over to a rt910, still slow but it gave me something to do while I was driving. One thing about a 3208 it didn't matter how cold it was you could open the door in the morning, turn the key and it would be running instantly.
Jim, that's the first thing I thought of but I want an R
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for sale on Cape Cod. Check out the specs on this. How to build the world's slowest fire truck.https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/hvo/d/mack-dm/6245050135.html
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Nice trucks just had to remember which side of the tire the steps were on when getting out.
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That must have sold almost instantly
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45 minutes ago, Underdog said:
So I took a load out of NJ yesterday, good money, broker asks " can you be on site in the morning at 6am?" No problem, I'd go early and beat the Baltimore MD traffic. Broker calls again this morning 7am to make sure I'm there. I cut my sleep short to be on site at 5:30am. What time does the crane operator start?!? 8am WTF. Here I am with Ol'Blue in front of M&T Ravens Stadium.
Did you happen to catch the name of the sign company in Baltimore?
Oh, and don't ever trust one us signhangers to show up on time.
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Nice B42 sitting in front of a motel on the Cape Cod Canal for a while now, been meaning to stop and take pictures.
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So I gathered up all the small pieces I've been collecting over the years to pick out the best trim stuff in the pile. Turned out to be a lotta stuff. I'll have to have a yard sale when I'm done with this. No new chrome in the budget but I've got my Harbor Freight buffer. Things are shining up pretty good although there is a lot of pittting. Got headlights wired and working, I'm going to modify the parking lights into
park/turn signals.
I also saw a really nice R model wrecker today, I'm not as good as OD with the 70mph photos.
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On 7/28/2017 at 9:18 PM, Red Horse said:
Rich I do believe you will make Oct 15th!
Hi Bob, might not be 100% but it's going for a trip to the fairgrounds, Got headlights done yesterday. Found out something interesting today, I thought the hood I used was a B61 but there aren't any holes for the diesel emblems, must have been off a gas job.
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Should work, here's a photo of the back side of the plate
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I ordered a couple of toolboxes for under the cab and the came today (5 days earlier than expected!). I planned on painting them black as I am not a fan of polished diamond plate on old trucks.
I'm thinking no paint now because that would be a lot of black with nothing breaking it up. What do you guys think? Also if anybody out there has an extra set of the wedge shape chrome collars that go around the wiper shafts and up against the cowl I am in the market for a set. They are the only things I can't find for this little project.