I'm so excited! I just bought this 1965 GMC 4000 flat nose cabover. Paid $241.00 for it. Been sitting a while. It has a 25ft deck with a GVW of 20,000. It use to be a heavy equipment truck with dual rear axle and 8 wheel drive at the rear(or I was told). at some point in it's life that was removed. but It still has a 2-speed rear. How much wieght could I put on it? If any one knows anything about these trucks and would like to share that would be great.thanks
You should be able to put about any car you want to on the back of that, it's huge, in fact if I was registering it in New York State a 20,000 GVW is too much for a standard driver's license. It probably weighs in the 8,000-lb range empty, maybe a little more. Air brakes or hydraulic? Those mid-60s forward cab jobs are fairly rare anymore, I can't remember the last time I saw one. I don't know if they replace the sort of half-cab-over that used a pickup cab, or they're just the next size up.
If anyone wants a international version of that for sale just north of the Texas Motor speedway , Justin Texas ..
I think here the limit is 24,000 GVW for a special license. I did some investigating the scale weight is listed at 11,310 pounds. It has Hydraulic brakes. I found out these are called forward controls. I think they still made the stubby pickup cab models as well. I've seen pictures of both for 65.
The requirement nationwide for a Commercial Driver License, or CDL, is 24,001 pounds GVW or greater. Keep in mind, that is Gross Vehicle Weight, NOT Tare (empty) weight!!! It's a ***mins Diesel engine you want, not a ***mings. Go over to www.stovebolt.com where you can find out everything you ever wanted to know about this truck. Lots of big GM truck fans there with tons of knowledge!
Back in the mid 1970s I had a summer job during college driving a GMC cabover like that one. It had a worn out V6 gas engine, that thing was a dog but it was still fun to drive. No power steering, though...I had some pretty good forearms by the time the summer was over. As I recall GMC (and Chevy) built cabovers with GVWs both over and under 24,000 pounds, so you could get them either way.
actually. He was asking $300. I offered him $200, he said $250 all I had was $200 in my hand and another hundred and 41 dollars in my wallet. I didn't want to agree at $250 then pull out another crisp hundred. So I said how about $241.00. I'd just spent two hours cutting it out of the blackberry bushes so I could have a better look. I think he felt sorry for me....
Hey the economy is bad he probably haggled for hours ,great buy it would bring more in s**** most likely.
yes that's pretty cool. i have been looking for one, and the 241 would have been right in my price range. hahaha. why lower it? i agree it needs a little paint though.
nope, just about three minutes. what's 11,310 pounds worth in s****e anyways? If I can't get it running that's where it's going.
I won't actually s**** it, Unless it didn't sell. With todays progress it's looking more and more like a keeper. I'm pretty sure when I wash it that I could get my current money invested out of it if I did sell it.
Gotta be careful with that post '64 stuff on here....I found out the hard way after being on here for 6 yrs. BTW....my '65 Caddy is for sale.
I cleaned out the gas tanks today. The old gas looked like coffee. I'm going to drop them and clean them. Until then I'll have to run it from a boat tank. I cleaned up the points today and after I poured some gas down her throat she fired up! I need a new carburetor for sure. the throttle plate bushings are shot. It's a Bendex Stromberg WW series carb. they were used from the 50's into the 70's on a lot of gm products from what I've read. Does any one know what else will fit? I've heard a holley 500 is a good replacement. Next project is get the brakes working.
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