Sorry OT....Old Semis

Even though this truck isn't old...I love the classic Art Deco styling of it.

The new International Lonestar... Sorry if its too off topic.

 

thats new? about time someone build a good looking truck again. I would have though the old designs with their round curves and styling would be a lot more aerodynamic then the square boxes that pass for todays design. this truck is beautiful

 

Here's a nice White tractor.

 

Did some work at the PACKARD museum today.. They have a GREAT 1919 Packard Dump truck on display that was used in Detroit. It's a cool piece!

J Shaw



















J Shaw

 

I my dad worked for Ford as a HD Truck regional manger from '69-88. Plus my grandfather was a dealer from '47-71. I remember all these big rigs and have ridden in quite a few of them! The Ford N, H, C, T, L, W, LN, LNT, CL. Man there were some horses.

Lost Angel, the one Ford you posted was a H series. It was nicknamed the "Mile High Falcon" Is was based on a N cab lower and a C cab top. The diesel emblem meant that it was a Cummins. Ford refused to put Detriots in their trucks for the longest time. A GM / Ford thing. Can you imagine running these with a 391 gas engine? They did!
The real horse was always the Mack's. Tough as a English Bulldog was what the english called them in WWI. That is where they got their nickname. If you ever get to see a B Model Mack, they are some of the best lookign trucks. They also had a very unique transmission with two shifter. You had to be a real artist to shift one of those boxes!

 

We are in the process of resto-roddin a 58' Kenworth. I'll try and get some pictures and post them.

 

Look Familiar Anyone???????











As a side note.... these to restore are VERY time consuming and tedious..... expensive and 90% of it is fabricated by yourself...... not a 'bolt-on' kit.....

on a side note... putting in a new 4 cylinder turbo diesel, modern OD trans, disc brakes, air suspension.... well yea that adds to cost too.....

 

Killer Truck, John

I know you from Pelican...
Bob's Flat-six

 

And then there was the Dearco. This was an actual truck design between Ford and GM:

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This is what happens if you leave giants alone in the dark.

 

Duel,,that was a great movie

 

Think that trailer is sitting in Upstate New York,,in Phonecia

 

Here's some pics of my grandfather's trucks. . .

He made this rig from an old Buick I believe. Used on the farm before WWII. . .





After WWII, he started out with this KB International. . .







Moved up to a bigger setup shortly thereafter. . .





Here's one with my Dad at three years old on the fuel tank. . .



Bought an LF Mack and put a driver in the IH. . .



I'll post more in a little while. . . Thanks for looking.

Matt

 

One of the first vehicles I drove was a KB6 dump truck with KB7 motor a 5 and 2 overdrive. It was an old "Campbell 66" "Humpin' to Please" twin screw transplant and a gravel bed you ran by reaching out the window and holding a lever to spread gravel. Memories.

 

Heres a few trucks from New Zealand, The 2 Kenworths are powered by V12 Detroits, and were a special order for Mike Lambert in the 70s for logging. I dont think there were many of these built, they may of been the only ones in the world?. This is New Zealands most famous truck, They were known as "CONCORDE" because of their extended bonnets, and were the fastest truck in there day, and passed many cars loaded, my uncle has just brought one of them for his Museum. The orange R190 International is detroit powered, and has just been painted in these colours, which were new for this truck, when it was on logs. The green VF International is restored and detroit powered was new on logs. The yellow Kenworth is my uncles, and is a Canadian model, and was new on logs.

if any of you guys want to see more photos of old New Zealand trucks, old photos, and current of restored trucks, just let me know.

 

Anyone from the northwest got a picture of the 54 KW log truck that Russ Meeks chopped three inches in the late 80s. It had well over a hundred louvers punched in the original hood, visor, and splash aprons. The paint was a dark, almost black, Ford blue with multicoloured candy flames.

After his wife forced him to give his hot rods with the admonishment that if he got another hot rod, it had better pay for itself, the owner decided this truck could become his bill paying hot rod and keep his wife off his back. He installed a hot rod Cummins 6 cylinder with two stage dual intercooled turbos dumping into full height 6" twin stacks ahead of a 13 speed, and contracted with Meeks for the body mods. Pretty wild for a working log truck.

It was based in White Salmon, Washington at the time Russ chopped it.

 

hey if you like big trucks check out www.stovebolt.com the big bolt section!

 

I learned to drive in a 65 GMC two and a half ton truck, while my dad stood on the running board holding the shifter. Yea! He put it in gear and I did all the rest. I would drive on large commercial construction jobs.

 

Darrync,
The V-12 Detroits, although somewhat rare, are definitely not the only ones in the world.

I sold semi tractors in the US for nearly 40-years, and probably sold a dozen of them in that period. (I had one customer that bought 20 of them in one order...but not from me.) They were fairly expensive, quite heavy, noisy, and didn't get very good fuel mileage, so consequently, not many were sole.

JG

 

There is a guy near me...

with these little jems (I guess they are big jems) sitting behind his awesome looking shop



This isn't a semi, but it is a ton and a half

 

A REO with Olds Toronado drivetrain seen at Portland Swap Meet 2008

 

This is a great thread....here are some pics of my visit to the A.T.H.S. show at antique powerland in Brooks, Or a few weeks back. this is my first attempt at uploading to the H.A.M.B. so I hope I'm successful because I enjoy the site so much.

 

One of the reasons you don't see more, they must be registered in most states as a commercial vehicle. Plus when driving it on the road to a show in another state, you have to have permits for every state you pass through. Plus it's very expensive to insure one. Some of the trucks you see at shows may have spent up to $1000 in insurance and permits to get there.

 

Sitting in the local junkyard.

 

Here's some pics from last year of a Local meet of ATHS.






























.....And a shot of all the old fire trucks still pumpin away.......

 

AT my last duty in the USCG on USCGC Blackthorn at BAse Mobile AL our Chief Engineer Green bought an old White beer delivery truck. He was converting it into a Motorhome when I left. Never knew how it worked out but it was sweet looking rig.

 

Im yankin a 40's White truck outta the woods and hoping to build a hotrod flatbed from it. Heres a pic of the one in the woods and a pic of what it is supposed to look like.

 

Hi JG, May be the 2 only KWs that model with the V12s in the Southern Hemisphere, they were the only ones in New Zealand, I know of 2 KWs in Australia with V12s, but have the rounded guards. I will check on the details.
thanks Darrync

 

I always dug the old fuel trucks


I work for stater bros and there are some funny sotries about this truck, like how recently, the lady who drives it to shows decided she needed money from the atm, so she drove it through the drive through and demolished the top of the vintage trailer, and the CEO Jack Brown had to pay top dollar for one of the extras he had just sold.