Memories for us old truckers

[petepilot]

Used to have a set of those PerLux Fog lights as on the 351, LONG ago.

got a brand new set of em in my pete, and i was with in few miles of you thursday. picked a trailer out of moberly

 

[Hank R]

 

[Truck Shop]

 

[Hank R]

That young boy beside the truck is Harry Black and him in the bicycle in the lane where they are building a house.

 

[mowingman]

Was at a car show this weekend here in SE Ohio. They had this nicely restored B model on display. It has a Mack diesel in it. I could not find the owner to get any other info.

 

[crane operator]

Bad motor mount? Its in a KW for sale, and I'm not sure what else the chain and binder would be for.

 

[Truck Shop]

Broken motor mount. Vickers power assist steering. 350 horse power V-71.

 

[Truck Shop]

Strange.

 

[Hank R]

 

[kshansen]

Bad motor mount? Its in a KW for sale, and I'm not sure what else the chain and binder would be for.

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It must be to hold back all the low end torque from that engine. Also must have been some place that gets cold to need that Kim Hotstart heater! Or maybe it's just so worn out it needs the heat to fire up?

 

[farmerlund]

68’ KW, ser# 110,000. Quietly waiting for TS to take on another project. My dad bought this truck in 1979 from a local cement company. I always thought the drop down stop sign for low air pressure was pretty cool.

 

[Old Doug]

Lots of hydrovac rebuilders out there, don't know who is good but they exist:

https://www.brakesystemsinc.com/reman.html
https://powerbrakes.com/hydrovacs/
https://brakeboosterrebuild.com/about/
https://www.applehydraulicsonline.com/
https://whitepost.com/brake-sleeving-rebuilding-services/
https://harmonclassicbrakes.com/
https://www.brakematerialsandparts.com/booster-rebuilding
https://www.powerbrakeservice.net/hyrese.html

I stopped at a parts place the owner happen to find one in Canada but they couldnt tell me just what it will cost. I called several of the rebuild places one said they could rebuild it for less than $400.00 i need to find out about shipping. I got another used one took it apart and its working for now. Hopefully this will buy me some time to get a backup plan going.

 

[Truck Shop]

I always thought the drop down stop sign for low air pressure was pretty cool.

Called a wig-wag. I would probably do it, but need some ambition first. I see Spud
stopped by your neighborhood, that 900 is parked in a Spud Shed.

 

[kshansen]

Called a wig-wag. I would probably do it, but need some ambition first. I see Spud
stopped by your neighborhood, that 900 is parked in a Spud Shed.

For some operators these days you would have to mount that wig-wag a bit further back so it would hit them the side of the head when air pressure dropped!

 

[Birken Vogt]

It would not work for most of the boys these days that ride around w/o air in the seat and a drop visor, it would be too far out of the field of view.

 

[Truck Shop]

It would not work for most of the boys these days that ride around w/o air in the seat and a drop visor, it would be too far out of the field of view.

In some cases it's the new old school toy added to a newer truck.

 

[farmerlund]

The other interesting thing it has is a flip over little lever for the tractor parking brake. Trailer air has regular push knob. If you zoom in you can see it in the picture. Arrow pointing each way for drive/park

 

[Truck Shop]

The other interesting thing it has is a flip over little lever for the tractor parking brake. Trailer air has regular push knob. If you zoom in you can see it in the picture. Arrow pointing each way for drive/park

That was the common brake release valve years ago. My 66 Pete came from factory with a toggle switch
and starter button. Only keys were for the door locks. Used the same park brake valve. Then about 1970
the valves for tractor and trailer were all PP1 push valves.

For a 68 the dash and exterior fiberglass look in nice shape.

 

[Hank R]

 

[Hank R]

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