Vladislav

My Canadian built R688ST, or better to note at least three trucks of that bunch have 5.02's. They're equipped with E6-350 and T2090 9 speed wich has overdrive of 0.71. With 11R24.5 I can do 120km/h (about 72mph) looking the speedo but 150km/h (70mph) checking that with GPS. At that point the truck doesn't accelerate more, looks like the rev limiter works but I'm not sure. Sorry my tacho is speechless at the moment. Doing her average 55-60mph she sounds quite good and I wouldn't see any trouble if use it for work. Having a hobby reason I'd like to cruise some parts of big and empty highways making 125-130km/h (75-80mph) and have a couple of options for that. To use 4.17 carriers or put T2060 6 speed with 0.6 OD and less shift steps wich might work better for a single tractor I think. But again, 5.02's with 0.71 OD and tall tyres seems to me a way off a disaster.

Hat, you would throw about all the stock of beer there for that reason since there's a planty of them NIT's. Randy, thank you for sharing that nice row of pictures. It seems they were done during a really looong week. I was surprized seeing the kids that tall (that not tall) but the explanations made sence. The shot of the red hood with golden hair scripts is a beauty!

Karl, you sure are almost right. But our hero is on his steep way to straighten it up 100%

Looks like some rail switch equipment. Just wonder what a relation between rails and a U-model..

Or weld a nut on the bolt's top and cut it off when it's done.

My R's have no them plow bolts in that spot nor any bolts at all since that end bracked welded to the crossmember central beam. I wish I have them like yours and able to clean all the rust from in between. I would cut the nut off and swap with new ones if possible. Or if you gonna save them grind off the side of the nut to break its tubness and get it loose enough to drive off.

That thingamabob might be a lost part off U-model wich purpose was to keep her in balance Neat fall shots.

Yes, that's the distance between the drive axles in the bogie of 60". US trucks generally have 54". That's for distribution of the weight for the greater area as far as I know. Anybody correct me if I'm wrong.

The matter of things is much worse. I dug so deep so I know a thing or two about every rivet in their frames.

NR's were produced both with closed and open military pattern cabs. Although the closed cab ones were early models wich all had single 14.00-20 rear tires. The open cab ones were both singles and double 11.00-24's. Taking that none of NR's was look exactly the same as a commercial tandem L-model. There was a difference in rears or the cab style. What L-model type NR was built closest is not exactly known to me yet. I think it should be determined by some special chassis components and engine model. Different L's were different of the weight rate. It seems to me as a matter to relate on. I'm not great enough specialist over L-model chassis components. But I noted for example that the most L's I've seen had front spring bracket covers with 4 bolts and connected to each other left to right by some reinforsement cross beam. Nothing of that part was ever used on NR's and there were only 3 bolts at that point, not 4. Although my Dutch friends have a military version of commercial LMSW unit wich was used by Canadians as a heavy wrecker. It was built in 1943. LM is much heavier model than LF and LJ but that truck had them 3 bolts in the spring bracket and no cross tie. Taking to account the very first serie of NR (NR-1) looked (and basically built?) like Mack BX with tandem bogie I would have thought it too might have it's roots from there. By the word the front axles of the early B-model Macks (BM,BX etc) I looked at were almost of the same style NR model has.

They do but they're specially designed military NR model's. Basically like early LJSW or LFSW. Or maybe LHSW.

From seeing the pictures I'd say the tree made about nothing damage to it. It shure did but to the area you are not too easy to see. Putting a piece of sheet metal on the top of the cab and painting it blue might fix the issue up on a fast basis

Ufff... Pretty cool stuff! I've never seen or heard about 'em. Looks like those trucks originally had military open cabs and were recabbed with later after-the-war L-model cabs with vent windows in doors. Funny thing is the original military flat dash wich is fitted right on the V-shaped L-model dash. Could be seen on the interior shot. On the other side original ED Lanova's are still in place. They're not qute near me indeed. I'd prefere it closer, something like Sweden or Poland for example. But currently I have the most stuff to complete my project excepting one cylinder head wich is cracked and a pair of carriers wich I want to use faster than the stock 9.02's. Need them from a L or B model. Thank you for posting that Mike, pretty interesting for collecting info on the subject.

Do you really mean 6x2 configuration works better on an icy uphill with 3rd axle up in relation to 6x4 with 2 drive axles interlocked? I'm not much in truck driving but surprize hearing that.

$470 doesn't sound nice for such the easy thing. Hope it will last really long. Vlad

Overhere we had and still generally have a free education. Both in a school and a high school. At least more than a half of kids/students prefere to steer away of doing their study well. Generally try to get their marks formal. For the last two decades lots of commercial schools and high schools became in existance. The matter is the same or much worse in some places. Parents want to make their children nice and clever and pay ower the education. Or in many cases they have to pay since a kid can't take exams good enough to get a free high school vacation. It's not too easy to say exactly that's good or bad. On one side there's nothing worse when some one is forced (and been payed for) to get skills he doesn't want to. On the other - those half- or one third - studied individums became a bit more intelligent members of society than non-educated at all. This might sound good if we don't mention a cost of. Some other way it looks like this country still has strong troubles to get off the Socialistic way. People became lazy. They don't forced to work by the government like during the Soviet Union times but still used to get many goodies for free. As for me personaly my kid studies in a private (not free) school. It's some bit of expence but I pay for a good quality of studying and very true approach of giving info and skills. Hope he'll be able to take exams fine to get a high quality toll-free high grade in some good state university. By the word Germany provides education for free either. Being a student I had a chance to go for a high grade study there. Just needed some cash to cover the living. It wasn't crazy expensive though.

The Fuller tranny shift issue too might be a leak either. Good looking picture near the house.

The only positive quote to the moment. Wish you to come dry out of that wet story.

Great looking truck you have Hope to see it completely finished soon. Sorry no help from my side. My "L-model style" NR model has open cab and no headliner parts to use as samples. Vlad

I'm not too surprized about ex-Nazy party folks in the after-the-war German ministries. Pretty sure Nizy's had about a total support in the social and the most political active people took part in their crew. Sure after the war end Germans had a need of high educated and intelligent managers but had a strong shortage of male persons at all. So some ones were needed to work and in the internal ministries either. As about the pensions it seems to me an ultimate BS. Interesting facts, thank you for sharing.

Paul, those WW2 military vehicles are known. The wheeled ones are from a couple of private collections. GAZ-AA or Ivan-Ford's how Germans called them were restored by the resto shop and related to the shop owner's collection. The same about the tandem armored car. Studebaker is related to the club of military vehicle restorers, I don't know who exactly own it. But have it seen on the exibision this past spring. Tanks were probably from Kubinka or Mosfilm movie-making studio. They had planty of historical vehicles being main and official movie-maker in USSR but lost too many because of poor storage conditions and low interest in historical artifacts. They just made movies and didn't (and don't?) care about what they used for. There's just a few WW2 vehicles in good condition all over the country in relation to the country's size. No, I didn't attend the parade. And have never been to any at Red Square. It's a big city with alot of people so actually you have no chances to go there except having a really great want and make a search for ability to be invited.

Cool truck you have and nice done resto job! A friend of mine here in Russia drives relatively old Scania cabover with V8 in it. He had about 2.5 millions km before the engine rebuild than got the cylinder liner set down and a coolant leak. Got it rebuilt and made half a million more after that to the moment. Beautiful environment in your country either! Vlad

Looks in very good condition for a steel dash R. Congrats on the purchase! Vlad

Looks like a bit of moving the cab to the right and backwards is required.

Randy, is that the adress I had the opportunity to visit once with you?