Pictures of the Week

[mechohaulic]

On 5/19/2024 at 1:46 PM, mowerman said:

I’ve been by Yellowstone with a big rig never in it have seen the Grand Canyon really old lady talking about renting a camper and taking our dogs to Yellowstone after retirement

GO FOR IT !!  don't wait . how lucky You are to have a mate wanting to see the USA before it get's screwed up. bought the GMC 2500 diesel to pull a full size travel home (not a camper ). only to have some one (you figure who) to say " I don't want to )  so much to see in this AMERICAN  country . 

[70mackMB]

Glad to see it out "Hammering" down the four lane.    .....Hippy

[Mark T]

Congratulations OD.  Now you can have some fun with the truck . Seemed like you were getting a little disgusted (who wouldn't)  That truck probably hasn't run like that in years, sounds pretty good in the videos.  Non ethanol and you should be good for a while.   Good to see it all worked out.

[mowerman]

2 hours ago, mechohaulic said:

GO FOR IT !!  don't wait . how lucky You are to have a mate wanting to see the USA before it get's screwed up. bought the GMC 2500 diesel to pull a full size travel home (not a camper ). only to have some one (you figure who) to say " I don't want to )  so much to see in this AMERICAN  country . 

My God, bud, you had mentioned that to me when I talked to you and Homer, thank God my wife is a go-getter as well as a big pain in the ass

[mowerman]

She is mainly the reason I get there out there and walking. She has a runner and doesn’t ever stop.

[mowerman]

And our puppies are always with us for road trips

[mowerman]

1 hour ago, Mark T said:

Congratulations OD.  Now you can have some fun with the truck . Seemed like you were getting a little disgusted (who wouldn't)  That truck probably hasn't run like that in years, sounds pretty good in the videos.  Non ethanol and you should be good for a while.   Good to see it all worked out.

I’m sure most of us figured it was something small nice to see. He got it going. Lots of fun to be made with that truck.,,, bob

[mrsmackpaul]

That really is great news, doesn't matter how or why it was what it was

 

All that matters is it is fixed

 

Paul

[other dog]

https://photos.app.goo.gl/EoMAyHKYNzdQsbYC9

Here's the one Zina took.

[other dog]

16 hours ago, Mark T said:

Congratulations OD.  Now you can have some fun with the truck . Seemed like you were getting a little disgusted (who wouldn't)  That truck probably hasn't run like that in years, sounds pretty good in the videos.  Non ethanol and you should be good for a while.   Good to see it all worked out.

I'm pretty sure it hasn't, a guy who knows the truck, and some of it's history, said the last...3  I think, previous owners just took it to truck shows and it always arrived on a trailer. The rest of the time it sat in a building somewhere, for the most part anyway. I did see a picture of it pulling a milk tanker in a parade, and the guy that knew of it saw the same picture and said it was early 2000's and it was a show truck since then.

I might not drive it very far, but I'm going to make it a point to drive it somewhere often. That was the biggest issue with the B53S mixer I had, it sat too much.

We talked to a guy about painting it a month ago, and he just stopped by the other day. He paints right up the road from here in the big building across from the stop sign, where some cars and pickups are sitting, you can see it in the video. He said we would be looking at around 10 grand to paint it and do the body work. That's about twice as much as I expected.

[67RModel]

I wonder where that milk trailer is today. I would really like to find one to put behind my 1967 R Model. I've been casually looking for one for a while and they are like hens teeth and if you do find one they are usually all smashed up.....

Edited May 22 by 67RModel

[mrsmackpaul]

OD you might be surprised at what a good sign writer can do

They can usually take the old sign off doors etc with out damaging the paint to much

Then sign write and scroll, pin stripe etc so you can not even tell anything was ever there

My son works for a company that does everything from trucks that have been upside down to brandnew trucks getting sign written 

Somevof the transformations are quite amazing 

Maybe speak to one of these type of places, or just a sign writer that does old fashioned scroll work

A few grand goes a long way

[tjc transport]

EZ-off oven cleaner is fantastic for removing lettering from paint. 

dont hurt the paint either.

[Mark T]

Does that truck need paint ?  I don't think it looks bad in the pictures. Solid color like that shouldn't be too hard to match if trying to get rid of it's previous identification (s)  Few hours with a buffer, it might come back better than you think, and it won't be ten K.   

[harrybarbon]

21 hours ago, other dog said:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/EoMAyHKYNzdQsbYC9

Here's the one Zina took.

air brakes and sweet sound of Inter V8 😄

they were very popular in the 60's here in Australia and made operators real money, and flame shooters too.

[harrybarbon]

thought about a hood ornament - flying lady or swan? KTI was my R200 - 180 turbo Cummins, 10 spd overdrive R/R, high speed diff with 2 speed and Page and Page pusher axle.

It was a fully imported from US, one of the later R models sold here. The other R200 is an early 60's model with the Richardson cab that was made in Sth Australia for Inter, it was the old Dodge cabin that fitted exactly with the Inter guards. We got the Inter comfo vision from 1963, way better than the Dodge cab. 

[tjc transport]

needs stacks....with no mufflers so the neighbors can hear you coming and going.

[harrybarbon]

Here is an example of an Australian R model Inter with the Richardson cab. This cab was also used on the Australian L model, that preceded the R model. The L model had the 2 piece front windscreen, same as the old Dodge cab. 

Inter Australia sold nearly all the R models stock standard with the 6 cyl petrol motor. Inter refused to fit any other motor. The owners would retro fit, Cummins usually 160 hp, GM's - all second hand ex US military or US buses, 453, V6 - 653 and straight 6. And the 5 spd Inter gearboxes were kept, some did fit the 10 spd R/R. The Inter diffs were kept standard mostly. Also fitted were Rolls Royce diesels (rarely), Leylands and later Nissan UD's. My dad fitted a Leyland, the driver was always last to arrive. Dad swapped a 453 GM into the Inter, the driver said it like day and night. One of dad's R 190 model had the 453 (with a few washers under the pump), overdrive gearbox and 2 spd single high spd diff, it did 75mph pulling a boggie trailer, downside was the poor vacuum brakes.

Some of the oil exploration companies imported their own US built R model Inters set up for oil rigging. There were some special US built orders for the outback mining type work.     

[other dog]

46 minutes ago, harrybarbon said:

thought about a hood ornament - flying lady or swan? KTI was my R200 - 180 turbo Cummins, 10 spd overdrive R/R, high speed diff with 2 speed and Page and Page pusher axle.

It was a fully imported from US, one of the later R models sold here. The other R200 is an early 60's model with the Richardson cab that was made in Sth Australia for Inter, it was the old Dodge cabin that fitted exactly with the Inter guards. We got the Inter comfo vision from 1963, way better than the Dodge cab. 

Wow, super nice looking truck!

[harrybarbon]

an example of a 1964 R model direct import, it has the US chicken lights. The Aust Inter delivered trucks had no overhead lights, the buyer fitted them after purchase and mirrors as well. All we got was the basic bare cab and chassis no turntable etc.

[other dog]

Does the R have a longer hood than the V models? Kind of looks like it, but it might be an optical illusion too.

I was thinking- not too hard, but thinking- about how neat it would be to have a 6-71 in that truck when I was having all that trouble trying to get it to run. I just didn't think it would fit without a lot of cutting, chopping, grinding, welding, sawing, drilling, hammering, and cussing. A 4-53 would probably be a lot easier, but still not a driveway job.

[harrybarbon]

Notice the steel bud wheels retained on the 1964 R model import, whereas all the bigger US trucks, delivered in Aust, like the Inter 180, 190 and 200's had spider wheels. The smaller Inter pick ups had steel buds. The British and European trucks all had steel bud wheels and different threads, US - SAE, Europe - metric and UK - Whitworth (British Standard Whitworth). Trailer threads were all SAE. Turntables (5th wheels) were SAE. So 2 sets of spanners and wheel tools were carried.

[harrybarbon]

24 minutes ago, other dog said:

Does the R have a longer hood than the V models? Kind of looks like it, but it might be an optical illusion too.

I was thinking- not too hard, but thinking- about how neat it would be to have a 6-71 in that truck when I was having all that trouble trying to get it to run. I just didn't think it would fit without a lot of cutting, chopping, grinding, welding, sawing, drilling, hammering, and cussing. A 4-53 would probably be a lot easier, but still not a driveway job.

This was the 180 Cummins, it is very close to the fire wall. The fire wall was not cut or modified. I think the 671 would maybe need a fire wall modification. The V6-653 and the 453's were relatively easy to fit. My dad and the mechanic from the company that imported/sold the GM's usually retro fitted the 453 into his R190's during a weekend. There was no modification to the fire wall. They had all the parts etc ready for the job, including 2 new round cyl diesel fuel tanks, exhaust pipe and fittings. I was a kid then and I was the helper, 2 long days. The fun time was first start of the engine, late Sunday afternoon. They were noisy motors. Cummins was quieter. 

I think the hoods were very close or the same length because the cab and mounting, frame (Chassis) and front axle were the same positions. It looks longer, deceiving. That frame was universally used for various models, including the VCO (first low rise Emeryville cab overs). The VCO's had the same V8 motor as your V model, early ones and most were the 345's and later the 392's. The 345 and 392 were very popular and common in the concrete agi trucks here up to the late 1980's which ran on LPG. 

You have a top Inter, congratulations.

[mrsmackpaul]

A 671 GM is a massive motor in physical size compared to the little Cummins 

I fitted a 671 to my Federal that had a HB Cummins, I  had to cut the fire wall and it was a huge battle to fit between the chassis rails

The steering box had to be changed to one that fitted outside the chassis rails

I used a 1418 Mercedes Benz steering box

It wasn't a simple job at all, HB Cummims is similar in size and the predecessor to the common 14 liter Cummins 

 

Paul

[tjc transport]

if possible i would go with a 4-71 over a 4-53. much more power.