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Yes I’ve watched that video before, sweet ride !

Yes I saw those, thank you. I’ll probably go with something like that, I would rather just put flaps on the rear but my driveway is 1/2 mile gravel, when I get to the state rd there is rocks all in the tread and flying around.

My Nephews in training!

I remember the 1160 was a “ Eye-burner “ The company I worked for in the early 80s had 4 in C cab Fords, I would raise the shop door in the winter and get enough speed to cut them off and coast in the shop or they would smoke the place up and burn your eyes, I would jump out and close the door to keep you heat in .

Just saw this posted on Facebook, looks to be in a L Ford frame. 1160 Cat , Ford Blue

Our local Advance Auto Parts store had a charity car show today, We took the LJ out for a bit ,, It blends in perfectly with the new corvettes,,, NOT.

Yes, I’m with you, I may end up putting mud flaps on it for now.

I’m going to give it a pressure washing and get some measurements, I think I know where a CL 700 dump truck is , the frames look the same but I have never measured spring centers .

Yeah I figured there will be a lot of measuring going on, I was hoping someone had already been down this road.

I have a 1988 RW700 Superliner, the front axle is worn out, unfortunately it will take more than a set of kingpins to repair it, I also would love to find a axle with hub pilot hubs. Any suggestions on a later axle? CL 700 maybe? I haven’t done any research yet.

I have a set of 1/2 fenders I may modify and hang flaps on the rear, I would love to drive it local shows, ( like yesterday) . I can always remove them if I need to, Thank you again for the help yesterday

Buy the way,, I have a 1988 Superliner 2 , 700 , it originally had 2 steering boxes and the right side leaked so the original owner removed it, it’s did fine for us for the last 10 years, problem now is the front axle is worn out, ( not the king pins, the actual axle ends, ) would love to find a replacement axle with hub pilot hubs,, I would appreciate any advice,, First thought of mine was a CL 700 because they are newer , but I haven’t seen one to measure.

Thanks Bob , I’ll try to find a picture of the old ones .

Thank you Brocky , That’s a Honor to see Gary with the LJ ! I’ll agree on the pictures ; luckily I have a printer that I printed a lot of these off and put them in a album, But there are 100s that will be deleted that will be on my phone when I’m gone. I see a lot of single axles with the fenders wrapped around the rear tires, I’m not sure what that would look like, I’ll keep messing with it.

Had a great time at the Tigerville SC show yesterday, good turnout. Probably my next project with the LJ will be some rear fenders of some sort, I’m not sure what will look good. I had some steel fenders on it years ago, but they were getting in bad shape. I’m definitely open to ideas.

Those pictures are priceless! I don’t have a picture of my Dad around the LJ ( Luckily I have a bunch of him with other old trucks, mostly Hennis Mack’s ) But he did drive the LJ , When I was 19 -21 still living at home if we had a truck broke down especially on the weekends he would ride with me in the LJ to the local trucking terminal and I would get a spare tandem truck and drive it to wherever the down truck was, saving time on towing it , Dad would always follow me in the LJ , then we would tow the broken truck back in , no pictures, just great memories. So it’s been through 4 generations.

Matt, Thank you! Watching the B73 progress really kept me focused. And yes the flood was a major blow but we will continue to work through it. It’s been fun looking at pictures of my Grandson, he really got involved in it, you should have seen him last week going through the album with everyone. My Son was involved with it when he was that age but at that time in our life I didn’t have the time to keep going with it, that is how it got put in a shed for 25 years.. I found some old photos with My Son and Me when he was 2 days old, In 1990 , the LJ had been parked for 10 years then. The other is my Son at 6 years old, and I stopped working on it about that time,, Then My Grandson in early 2020 when he was 4 after dragging it out of the shed. Then last week,, Lots of Memories!

I work for Carolina Tractor in the early 80s ( Cat Dealer) and worked on a bunch of trucks with 3208s mostly Fords, they put a lot in those Budd cab trucks, Fords & Mack’s , the first ones I remember where painted blue with a inline injection pump and were called 1160s . A couple local fire trucks had the cab over Fords ( Budd cab ) with turbos , they were really spunky, ok for a fire truck, at least it wasn’t like my local fire department, they had a Maxforcre Navistar and it would go into limp mode on the way to a fire,, Not Good!! Like every one says, if you have a piston problem it had to be bored

Thanks for all the comments & support,, yes upward and onwards, a day at time. And yes the worst part of this flood was the tremendous force of what 20-30 inches of rain did in the mountains, it really didn’t do as much water damage like most slow river flooding,, it literally just took everything completely away. The LJ was very lucky it didn’t get swept out with the current. This Peterbilt was about 50 miles away,,, Not as lucky as the LJ .

Thank you, they are the original NOS sealed beams, thankfully they are 12v , I purchased the NOS fender turn signals and they had 6V , it was like a quick flash when I turned them on. Yes it’s been a rough 6 months, but we are slowly moving forward, we are able to use the new bridge, had to fill over 100 tandem loads of dirt around the shop, just got a power pole up last week, bay doors replaced, next step is replacing all the metal on the exterior.

First truck show pictures , My “ Helper “ explains the photo album and how the LJ got the scars on the front bumper and left fender. And setting at the weight scale on I40 , ( Best Inspection they have ever given me! )

I had a set of chrome rings that were upstairs and survived. My Helper was all about putting them on .

THANK YOU for the help upgrading my account! Hopefully I can return the favor someday! I’ll try to catch up on the progress since I last posted any pictures, these are the NOS headlights I purchased from Mike Tuttle & Bruce Essick , they help me out on the lights when my original ones got washed away.

You may be able to find some in your area by searching ATCA & ATHS websites, they usually have a calendar of local shows.

Thanks for the advice, I’ll definitely contact Barry . The truck show at the N C Transportation Museum was a huge success, great weather and Lots of Mack’s , My Grandson had a blast with the picture album we started when we pulled it out of the shed in late 2019 ( most of the pictures are on this site) , and he told them about the left fender scars! He just turned 10 last week, so he has helped me work on it half his life. It’s about a 125 mile trip down to the museum , we hauled it on my Landoll ,he enjoyed the trip with me. One last note, we got “ Redlighted “ by the NC DMV at the weight scale on I40 in Statesville NC ,,, They came out and took pictures of the LJ ! I told them the last time I came across these same scales with the LJ was 45 years ago,, 1980 ! The Inspector wasn’t even born yet!