Wobblin-Goblin

Anyone know of decent B model hood latches available? I need one at minimum.

I'm assuming this is a rebadged International HX...that uses an uglier hood. Why buy the CAT when the HX is the same truck without the hideous hood?

After seeing the interior, I agree. The HX (CAT) interior looks goofy and way too angular. The exterior, however, is pretty darn good looking.

Those are some nice looking trucks, especially the dump truck models.

A little over one year since I cleaned out the dirt and muck from the primary fuel filter and replaced the secondary fuel filter cartridge (and got all the muck out of that cannister too), I replaced the cartridge again and the cannister was pretty darn clean. 'Mater should be good-to-go fuel-wise from now on. I've also been using fuel treatment as well.

Been working on the radiator shutters. At some point in the truck's past, something hit a couple of the shutters and bound all of them up so they wouldn't operate. Over time, this caused everything to freeze up. We had to take the frame off the shutter assembly and then apply heat to every actuating arm on the shutters. After multiple days of getting nowhere with penetrating oil and tapping everything with a hammer, the heat did the job in a matter of minutes. I will get paint on the frame and shutters before they go back together. Pics soon.

Truck is being prepped for paint now. Should be painted by Wednesday or Thursday.

I didn't see any shootout. I saw a shootING.

So where was the "shootout?"

The government conveniently put out to the media that there was a "shootout," when in reality only the agents fired their weapons and the other side was unarmed. Of course the media lapped it up.

The B-81 is now inside the garage.

Like a few others have said, I don't think one truck is any better than the other two (Ford, Dodge, GM). It simply comes down to preference. Personally, I've been a Ford guy all my life, but over the last few years I've grown to like Dodges with Cummins engines. If I was in the market for a new pickup, it'd probably be a Dodge Ram with a 6.7L Cummins. My 5.9L Dodge/Cummins combo ('94 dually) has been pretty good, except for the weak brakes. My '03 7.3L F-350 Powerstroke has been more or less bulletproof. In 13 years of ownership, I've spent less than $1k on repairs (not counting wear items like brakes and tires).

My uncle bought the LJT at the same time I purchased the B81SX (about two months ago). He's been working on the ol' girl ever since. A day or two after it was delivered, he pulled the intake off it, vacuumed out the contents, checked the oil, pumped the tires, and got it running. The worst part about it was the cab, as it was in serious need of shoring up. He had to rebuild the entire underside of the cab on the passenger side, including the floor and cab mounts. Today he and my dad went out joy riding in it. Let me tell you what, the video doesn't do it justice: that 220 Cummins sounds like it's IN CHARGE.

Yeah, because white guys are all exactly the same.

Don't care for all the social justice mumbo jumbo, but Cummins sure does make good stuff. Their 5.9L I-6 that Dodge ran for years is the best engine ever put into a production pickup. Their bigger engines are top shelf, too. Their 6.7L engine in the Ram pickup must be pretty good, too.

I'm fixing to replace the old antifreeze in my 711 and am not sure what to use. Regular universal green? Something else?

I imagine this event will be primarily for antique trucks and equipment. Cars, not so much. I have not contacted anyone or any other organization for help (yet). Don't know anyone to contact at all.

Fellas and gents, My family and I are planning an antique truck show here in Putnam, CT, scheduled for some time in July or (most likely) August. In addition to the typical "line up the trucks and walk around and gawk" stuff, we are also organizing a live demonstration event at the show, too, which will consist of loading up dump trucks, driving them a short distance in a pit, and then dumping the gravel. There aren't many events with opportunities like this, so we hope it is popular. It would be a great opportunity to have our trucks professionally filmed and photographed as they are working, preserving these memories for generations to come. Details will be forthcoming in the next few months, but the few things we are ironing out right now are how to pay the expenses of putting on such an event and venue rental. There will have to be a small entry fee for the trucks and a very modest parking fee for spectators, but we're hoping to limit the admission costs as much as possible. Stay tuned.

I think I already have it. It's either a 1964 B61SX with a 711 and a Quadbox, or it's a 1964 B81SX with a 711 and a Quadbox.

I have detailed pics of the B81 on my phone. It's pretty bad. Buyer beware.

Right side is all done.

Nope. Getting close to being done. BTW, I went back to the garage tonight to finish up the second set of spokes. Now everything on the right side is painted (spokes, wheels, clamps, and nuts). Sometime tomorrow I'd like to mount the wheels back on and then start working on the left side to finish off all the painting.

Everything but one set of spokes is completely painted (right side only).

Yesterday I changed the oil and oil filter and pulled all the rear wheels off the right side of the truck. Today I cleaned, primed, and painted the wheels, clamps, and nuts. Tomorrow, I plan on cleaning the right rear spokes and priming and painting them.

Pics or it didn't happen.