Popular Post BOBWhite Posted March 10, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2023 This trucks just too cool not to share. How I envy the people who got to drive them in their day. No parts left and from what I've heard people are too scared to even use them anymore. Link: https://www.equipmentfacts.com/listings/trucks/auctions/online/221646327/1984-marmon-cabover-semi-78 Kinda cool to me that it has a 5 speed Allison Automatic in it. New automatic trucks just don't seem as cool as the old Mechanical Allison's and ZF's of the 70s and 80s. Also what's with the door in the back of the bunk? Never seen anything like it and it seems hard to climb up into. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 wow!! nice truck! Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Yeah, it looks good. I think the door is more storage. Thanks for sharing…. From what I hear, they were pretty hefty, rigs, and their day all hand built . I remember seeing. a few of them back in the day ..in New England.. Bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBWhite Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 Here are pictures of the door I was talking about. A very cool bunk with what looks like some sort of AC unit on the back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vladislav Posted March 10, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2023 My guess it's an emergency exit made due to the long sleeper compartment. Neat looking truck, thanks for sharing. 3 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 That bunk looks awfully comfortable. I am getting tired just looking at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rubber Duck 006 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 I'd drive it right now!! Would put it to work Monday morning if I had a rich uncle or maybe start me one of them go fund me pages lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67RModel Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 It says it is government owned. Which makes sense as to why it has an Allison auto. Usually government trucks of this era were left over parts bin Fords and GMCs or International (if you were lucky) specd' out under piggyback contracts so you didn't have to go through a formal bidding process to get a truck. Somebody went all out with on this baby. Doesn't look like its seen much use outside of the sunny South. Them frame rails look new and somebody kept her shined up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 The conventional was even cooler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tundra Posted July 11, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 11, 2023 the government had lottsa marmoms mainly due to there ongoing federal contracts they had in there aviation ground support buisness mater of fact most all the portable stairs that are mounted on trucks to enter aircraft were built by marmon i used to be a dealer for marmon and went to there plant in garland texas several times i sold the only new and speced out marmon conventional to come here to alaska years ago 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBWhite Posted July 11, 2023 Author Share Posted July 11, 2023 I didn't know that about them making stuff for the aviation business. I've seen pictures of the old uranium and nuke haulers during the Cold War and some of them were Marmons. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 I didn't know that either Bob..... but that white truck and the cabover ????? they're the bomb . What handsome trucks . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 I remember hearing about the Marmon Nuke haulers.. Done up like an armored car with unmarked escorts... If you look at the picture above of the white one you will see the armored car windows.. 1 Quote Brocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 They certainly looked ready to work.. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tundra Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 they were truly ;;hand built;; trucks they had numerous buildings and parts were carried by forklifts and cranes thru different phases of the build sometimes it was hard to tell if you were looking at truck parts or rocket launcher parts and such Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mackMB Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 Looks like the plastic bumper extensions came off a GMC? .....Hippy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 The Marmon mobile studio they used for filming Movin' On. And, on fire! Notice the Marmon matched the paint job on "Pigpen's" trailer... http://movinontvshow.com/ 1 Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Not a Marmon, but... Remember the Diamond Reo Raider that Will almost bought??? SQUIRREL!!! 1 Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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