BillyT

Speaking of thugs in the wrong  line of work,a tanker driver told me he was delivering to the old Hunts point market in the Bronx and a dude with a can of Freon and a  hammer jumped on the back of his tank at a light.(looking for a lock to break)! The trucker behind  told him on his radio," you're not gonna believe this!"  for you construction guys that may wonder what I'm talking about,What the thief does is sprays Freon on the loop of the lock (to make it brittle) then smacks the lock with a 2 lb hammer! then opens the doors and throws out some product to sell on the street.There is a message concerning evolution here,but I'll leave it to the PhD's to interpret!

Brocky,thanks for your response ! My 201 had a banjo style steering wheel,may have had a horn ring ,but was long gone by the time I got it! The nut was exposed on the wheel.Definitely had the lighter and clock.The lighter still worked in 66 when I got the truck!. it was a wrecker,had an old manly hand crank unit.Have some pictures,will try to send them. tragically, DT trucks became incrementally less deluxe,until their demise in 65.There were A few bright moments however,like B C Fry's thundering 12v71,475 h.p. 951,that  went out in a "blaze of glory " on the ohio/indiana line in1958  "My heroes have always been cowboys" So they have a show in Leesburg? I'm an hour and a half away maybe next year!

What did you guys do to poor hat city that you've been apologizing to him for a week?

Isuzu makes a bulletproof product,I have a92 pu  with 170k .I've owned 100 cars and trucks,not one comes close in build quality to this 1200dollar pu! That includes studebakers,50's buicks and other cars known for build quality.When I was in the "hotshot" business one of my fellow contractors had an Isuzu c.o.e.His dad worked for  gm's Packard elec.in warren oh,so he had to put GMC emblems on it to park at home! On the Allison tranny subject,is that transmission a full auto.? or is it a semi auto? There have been for several yrs 9 and10 spd r.r. based semi auto trannys,the

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Just hit me,how the hell do you ban assault trucks?if they're talking about the stroke who drove into the crowd in France,yeah, if he knew it was illegal to drive into a crowd and kill 80 people he wouldn't have done it! I If the world was run by truck drivers or little kids it'd be a better place!

freightrain,I don't know how old you are,but if Grayhair is reading this he is old enough to answer this question.in the 70's there was coast to coast team operation(probably reefer) running tag axle gas jobs Ford or Chevy ,with box sleepers.At 100k their mechanics would install a new "long block"engine.That was all you could get out of a gas engine with the lubricants of the day.Did the swap in a couple of hrs.Other than the atrocious mileage a gas engine got,the benefits were many!Low initial cost, light weight,with the 73280gross limit,low cost of parts etc. Does anyone remember what this company was called?

Freightrain,speaking of old "jimmys"in the70's there was a kid hauling steel with a longnose gmc v12 gasburner 20sp.Spicer.probably had less trouble pulling hills than finding gas stations!@4mpg! Running outta Pittsburgh,we mostly ran all the auto plants in your state,sometimes as far west as Chicago,and Detroit. By  The way ,what is your "home " drag strip?

Used to haul 3  military humvees,they weigh about 8000lbs look on the load board ,in a t.s. for a flatbed with ramps and a light load going east.If the rates are still as cheap outta Utah as they used to be you might find someone! Obviously he would need room on the t

The second bunk on a"michigan train" is where he keeps the tire man! Speaking of "tire men" right after hurricane Andrew,virtually every tri axle dump truck in America was in Dade county,Florida all d.o.t.inspections were suspended if it could make it under its own power to fl.it was sold for 3 times it's value! All the roads were covered with glass,metal scraps,and nails!every major intersection had at least one tire repair truck,just waiting! There were lines of trucks as far as the eye could see waiting to dump! At 50bucks an hr around the clock

I remember after 911 we were no longer allowed to go over Hoover dam with an 18 , necessary,imagine a tanker with something explosive or toxic deliberately going over the. Edge! The colorado river provides water for the whole southwest.having said that,of course they will milk the chance to add fees! Before 911 I crossed into Ontario with no problem,lots of  precleared loads, or a few minutes at the broker. The 1st time after 911 they unloaded my trailer to ck.my load,with a 150buck fee took 10minutes! Also asked to ck. My cab.Not knocking Canada,they are always polite "to a fault".actually nicer than my own customs people.once I was running up 95 with a drop in Caribou maine

Gray hair,wish you were my neighbor! Did you see my post on Jimmy deans comments concerning the desecration of our flag?He was from Midland I think. had one of his sausage biscuits for breakfast last wk! Glad u found a b model to restore. You are fortunate,to live in Texas where there there is  so much rust free antique "iron"! I can't count the potential  street rods and old tks I've seen in w.Texas! Speaking of street rods, Tommy ivo's nailhead t bucket used to turn 12sec. @127mph!wow! What fun with a near vertical steering column! My dad owned the local salvage yard when I was a kid .can't count how many nailhead Buick motors we scrapped! They never wore out,unlike the dynaflow tyranny behind them!.Ivo's four engine rail

Kscarbel 2,having just skimmed the "news" on this site,it's almost sacrilegious to tell a joke,but maybe we could use a laugh! This goes out to our Aussie friends and anyone who has worked on British cars from the 50's on back."why do the "Brits" drink warm beer?...because Lucas makes their refrigeration systems! On the subject of the Ford 850 ,I'm completely unfamiliar with it,having retired from otr trucking in08. However from what you've said it sounds like a p.o.s.! I've been browsing Craig's list daily and I can't believe what you can buy a used deluxe road tractor for! Why would you buy new? These are mostly private owners,but some are dealers too. I'm talking 20 or 30 grand for a condo with big power and less for a day cab.many with less than500k properly maintained with today's lubricants you've got a lotta miles left before a "major" in frame rebuild.so I agree with you're advice!

300bucks is a good price for ANY big truck tranny in serviceable condition.pull the cover and check the gears for broken teeth,pitting,teeth worn to a point etc metallic filings or a silvery look to the grease.The owner shouldn't balk at this or I'd be suspicious!