COE COE Picture thread (imported from main board)

What frame/chassis did you use, looks fairly stout?

 

Its a chev c30 dually the photo makes it look like it has lots of over hang but its only 1.5meters

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What do you mean by stout?

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Strong

 

There is such a limited market for the cabovers..likely why so many went through the shredders over the years. Any of my pics are from a collector who passed away 3 years ago.

 

This is my 1970 International CO1800 at Bonneville Salt Flats for Speed Week this year. Drove it down from Boise. It started over heating and blew out the side of the radiator holding tank 50 miles outside of Boise near Mountain Home. Had that repaired by an old codger who knew exactly what needed to be done. Then just past Twin Falls I almost put it on its side when some woman slammed on her brakes in front of me and I locked up the brakes while turning to avoid her. This was the first time I had driven a truck of this size and with air brakes. Somewhere along the way she started having fuel starvation problems and died. We had to run new line from the primary tank and bypass the solenoid that switched between the two tanks. And finally on our way out to the Salt on the first day she started overheating again, so we flushed with more fluids and replaced the thermostat. Once out there there were a lot of people questioning our decision to drive her down there, but they got a kick out of it.

We named her "Her Name is Frank". She has a lot of issues as the engine is tired, she leaks a little of everything, but she is a hoot to drive. It makes me feel like the pace of life has slowed down and I'm just out there to enjoy it.

Mick

 

Mick, I'm not the internet police but cut off around this place is 1965. Please do an intro or you'll take some flack.

 

You have the right to only type with space*****ons.
Everything you type will be quoted against you.
You have the right to speak to a moderator.
If u cant afford a moderator to help u, a not-out-of-the-closet ratrodder/restorer will be provided.

I dunno like his Coe plus it takes courage to drive some like that to Bonneville. :thumbup:

 

No kidding! I like an adventure but getting stuck on the side of the interstate with a truck weighing 20,000 lbs doesn't sound appealing!

Regardless, kudos to him for doing it. He must clank when he walks.

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I had the unfortunate experience of losing the engine in a firetruck I had just bought. I was 500 miles from home, but I got lucky and found a safe house to store it at, and was able to limp it to safety. AAA doesn't like $1000 tow bills! LOL

 

Thank you all for the welcome and the warnings. I put out an introduction. I'm unaware of the cutoff of 1965. I guess my 1965 Rambler Marlin fits. As for the cabover it is the exact same design as they had in 1962. I like that they didn't mess with the design for almost twelve years. I have always been a fan of the cabovers and this one popped up in Spokane earlier this year. We drove it from there to Boise, fixed a few minor issues and then drove it to Bonneville. Never really worried about breaking down, we caravan and have a lot of tools/parts with us. Last year we blew an oil line in a 52 Bellair in the middle of a thunderstorm just 13 miles from Wendover. Now that was a fun time.

Mick

 

LOL, sounds like fun! Welcome.

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I think this is a White, correct me if I'm wrong. Overhauled the engine in something that looked kinda like this in the late '70s. It was a gas motor in the high 500 cu. in. displacement, 572 maybe? Pistons looked like coffee cans. Thought that was pretty cool.

 

And yet... you are.

 

The forum has rules and it helps if we all abide by them. I think it was a polite way to point out that.

 

As are you?

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No drama, please. We have to watch the content of this thread or it could be lost like so many other good ones. We have already been warned by mods a couple times.
I would hate to lose this thread for any reason.

Heres a*****py pic of a buddies '39 Chevy tow truck.....

 

It is a white, I have a couple of them for sale in the classifieds, if anybody has one of these with a roached body and a repairable roof I would be interested.

 

Neat bumper! Using belting to cover the bumper is nicer looking than the often used tire tread from "back in the day" and cutting the bowtie into it is a nice modern touch!

 

Looks like it started out life as an isuzu NPR tow truck....the wheels, bolt pattern and the hole in the bumper give it away....It looks like it was put together very well. The hole in the bumper is most likely to get air to the radiator bucause they sit so low in the chassis. I'd like to see more if this truck....

 

I agree! Didn't notice it until you said it though... good eye!

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I agree Buggy, wonder if the cab tilts?

 

Yes, NPR chassis, 350 up front under the floor. I don't believe the cab tilts. It has a functional late model wrecker body on it. He just got it and I haven't really had a chance to check it out closely.

Another*****py pic....

 

this truck is for sale locally to me, for 5k obo they said it is Four Wheel Drive too.
I have only seen one other truck like this, says "FWD" on the front. say it is a 57 GMC or based on GMC?

 

That looks like the comfo-vision cab, built by the Chicago Cab company, many were used on Internationals, but there were several other companies that used them. The Clintonville Four Wheel Drive Company was one of those companies. I'm pretty sure this is an FWD, was built here in central Wisconsin. They are now part of the Seagrave Fire Truck company.

 

I spy a rear drive shaft, so at the very least it's 2WD if not 4WD and obviously not FWD.

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LOL, FWD is the name of the truck company.......really!

 

LMAO! Egg all over my face!

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LOL Daddio, looks like you have been schooled by that wizard of COE's in Montana.......good on ya Scott. keep these boys in line

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Wheel_Drive

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A relationship with premier race car constructor Harry Miller resulted in the Four Wheel Drive Miller that competed successfully at Indianapolis in 1931 and later. This car, with lockable center differential, is arguably the first modern all wheel drive car. One example survives and has competed in premier vintage race car meets such as the Goodwood Festival of Speed. "The Last Great Miller" by Griffith Borgeson gives a complete history of this landmark car.