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1951 85ls i think


mack mhe9

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hey lmackattack hows it going, im averaging 6.7, with 45000lbs of plate steel from cleveland to milwaukee i got 7.7 and then to back it up from milwaukee to salt lake with 30000lbs of transformers 7.5 1500rpm at 60 in 17gear, slow and steady. on the way back with robs watertruck i ran 65 to 70 1450ish 18th gear igot 6.5 so it works pretty good, but it looks like a chicken with no feathers, ha.

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That truck came out of the same warehouse as my 85LS and 405A. You can see the top of it behind the yellow sedan cab. We had to get it running to get the 405A out. It was a really nice truck. It started up and ran nicely after cleaning the points, putting a new battery in it and putting fresh gas to it from a small can. I tried to buy it, but we could not agree on a price. I couldn't afford it anyway. I had to borrow the money for the other two trucks. I'll post more pictures when I have a chance

Mike

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Here are a a couple more pictures of the warehouse that the fire trucks came out of. I have pictures of the other trucks that I will post under another topic at some time. It was like a treasure chest. Some of the stuff is still up there. I think they wanted $14000 for the Autocar. It wasn't all that nice from up close, but looked good from a distance and in pictures. The fire trucks were all very nice original or nicely restored.

Mike

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Here are some of the pictures I have taken so far. I still haven't had it on the road yet. I thought I was going to get by easy with a quart and a half of brake fluid and some bleeding but then broke a small line leading to the vacuum tank. Also, the fuel lines from the tank to the fuel pump contain gas that looks like dark roasted coffee. Of course the gas tanks drain plug will not come free after several hours of trying.

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Nice to see the truck out in the day light. A couple seconds after we got it started 7 years ago the electric fuel pump kicked in and started spewing stale gas everywhere. I used the fuel pump to pump the tank out on my 85 LS. We did try the siren while we had it going. It was the only one of the three that worked. Good to see you got it.

I looked thru the price list last night and they were asking $17000 for the Autocar. I think it is a 1947 C70.

Mike

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It is for carrying people. It has a bench along either side of it and roll-up back door. You can see a better picture of it in my gallery. I loved that place. It blew my mind. It just kept going. A lot of the stuff is gone now. A bunch of stuff went to Australia.

Mike

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