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Looks GREAT,That will be an awsome truck when done. What brand of sound deadener did you use ?

I will second that.

Great looking truck.

I think most people know who tweety is.

I have mine insured with Hagerty. Check Hagerty.com

There has been a dirt contractor hauling out of my and brothers pit the last couple of weeks,they are rebuilding a local township road. Digging out shit dirt and hauling in fill sand,suppose to need like 17,000 yards of fill. They also have several other local trucks including my brothers two trucks hauling. They have a Super Liner that use to be there lowboy truck,it is a V-8 cranked up to 600 Hp. Check out the painting on the side of the hood. I didn't get all the saying in the pic. it reads (Were is that darn cat now) Here are some more pictures of the trucks hauling.

One of the real positive points about the engine in the 1962 B is all the work that was put into it, I was also thinking about down the road that this engine would have the longer life left since I plan on doing a total restoration on the 1959 B and just wouldn't want to end up having to do engine work later on after the truck is restored.

Thanks for the reply terry,I am going to strongly consider doing the total swap.

Looking for some opinions on this. My 59 B-61 has a 673 with 10 speed TRD 72. The engine runs good,but it has the idle problem that I did mention a couple weeks back, The thought is that maybe the fuel pump is worn out,and needing rebuilding.It looks like the block has had some brazing done to it, put dose not leak water or anything. Here's the question, I also have a 62 B-61 that has a great running 711 with a TRDL 725 air uni-shift 10 speed. The previous owner had had some extensive motor work done while he had it, Like new sleves, rings,rod bearings,cam bearings,resurfaced heads,cleaned and bead blasted pistions ect ,and had some transmissions work done. There is a couple grand in receipts for work he had done. Should I swap the motor and transmission from the 1962 or just the motor ? will there be any issues with doing this ?? Thanks in advance. Mike

Thanks for the reply,I may need to look into have some work done on it if keeps giving me trouble. Thanks

Hi, I was wondering why the engine (673) dies while idling,The rpm's slowly drop and the motor will die. But some times it will idle down to the point you think it is going to die and its rpm's come back up,but when it dose die,it will fire right back up? it wont do it every time it is run. Any thoughts. Thanks

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Here is video of the drag line being loaded. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvznPoqqfRw

Paul, Funny you mention air port security.I took a flight form Minneapolis/St.Paul air port this morning,and yes it was interesting.had to be pulled a side checked out with the hand help detectors.spending a week in Arizona. Hothothot, thats the news for now.

I was the one taking the pictures,Can't do a whole lot this summer Broke my leg at work this spring April 29th. It has been a slow few months.

I think you and him would get along good the way it sounds.

Here is some pics. of my dad's dragline.He was doing some test digging after some maintenance,just finished digging 17,000 yards of gravel out of the water at a pit. And in these next pictures they are loading it to be moved to Iowa to dig gravel out of the water for another road project. Dad turned 70 this spring and still love's to run dragline.

Looking great,can't wait to see it put back together and painted. Mike

Berry, Looking good,I like it. Mike

Nice looking old fire engine.

AWSOME.