Memories for us old truckers

[RZucker]

I almost had a 56 big back window short box, a one owner. There was one that ran around Ellensburg that had a 427 side oiler with a top loader 4 speed. It was pretty quick.

Knew a guy in Pasco that had a '56 big window with a 392 Hemi and a pushbutton auto. It was built that way in the late 60's.

 

[Truck Shop]

Here's a dodge that's fairly good condition. On craigslist Deer Park area Spokane $2600

 

[petepilot]

well its got its suitcase packed but don`t look as if its going anywhere

 

[Mother Deuce]

By the size of the tree growing there, that cat loader has been there a while too. What would that be, a 966?

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988 and been there a long time.

 

[Truck Shop]

Elbow Macaroni in the back ground

 

[DMiller]

Poor old B has seen better days as has that suspected D6 behind it, maybe an old American off in the woods?

 

[DMiller]

Have not seen a Farr Dynacell sitting in line of sight for a LONG time!

 

[kshansen]

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988 and been there a long time.View attachment 195971

Yep a good old 87A! I have a service manual if you want to get it running again!

If it was a 966 it would bring good money on an Iron Planet auction. I've seen 966's the company I worked for had that looked much worse go for a few thousand.

 

[DMiller]

Amazing that old machines are bringing such good money and STILL require major overhaul. Says a LOT of the imperfections in the New crap.

 

[kshansen]

Amazing that old machines are bringing such good money and STILL require major overhaul. Says a LOT of the imperfections in the New crap.

I believe there are at least two reasons the 966C's the company sold brought such high prices. First would be they were simple mechanical machines with about the only electrical devices being the starter and charging system. And second I was told the 966C were small enough to be shipped relatively cheap compared to say a 988B size machine.

 

[Mother Deuce]

Poor old B has seen better days as has that suspected D6 behind it, maybe an old American off in the woods?

That is the tractor for one of those Viet Nam era military Clark 290 M scrapers the can isn't with it. The crane is a Link Belt of the truck persuasion

Yep a good old 87A! I have a service manual if you want to get it running again!

If it was a 966 it would bring good money on an Iron Planet auction. I've seen 966's the company I worked for had that looked much worse go for a few thousand.

The engine is missing in action. Completely removed.

Poor old B has seen better days as has that suspected D6 behind it, maybe an old American off in the woods?

 

[Mother Deuce]

Elbow Macaroni in the back ground

The afore mentioned pasta delicacy LOL!

 

[petepilot]

wonder if the back half of the dodge is still somewhere back in the weeds

 

[DMiller]

Them be Ruff!!

 

[RZucker]

wonder if the back half of the dodge is still somewhere back in the weeds

The Dodge Truck Shop posted? The back half is there... single drive with a tag axle. I'm going to assume there's a 250 Cummins under the hood... and the cab. Drop a 6V-92 in there and lose 3/4 of that doghouse.

 

[Truck Shop]

Oh no, not no way not no how, no boat motors in that thar Dodge. Cummins only, it's like putting a chevy in a ford and the like.

 

[RZucker]

Bunches of those big old Dodges had 8V-71's. That was the Dodge version of the GMC 9500 short nose.

 

[Old Doug]

Oh no, not no way not no how, no boat motors in that thar Dodge. Cummins only, it's like putting a chevy in a ford and the like.

If you fill that way i will not tell you about the 2 ford trucks that i repower with chevys or the IH truck that i have that i put a 350 in or the Dodge 10 wheel that had its 413 replaced with a 427. I would think hard before replaceing a 392 with a 350 i thought the smallblock would be lost in the IH but the 392 is shorter. I like hotrods but i like originals better but theres a reason why so many fords have chevys in them they fit better.

 

[Truck Shop]

Actually I couldn't give a damn what engine is used as long as it fits and not shoe horned in place. But them chevy's have the distributor in the back, I don't know how many fire walls
I've seen caved in to accept a Zora Duntoff special.

 

[Truck Shop]

Them Detroits were cheap for truck manufactures to purchase also. Plus 8V-71 is 400 lbs lighter than a 855.