rigs!

[66monaco]

does anybody have an older american truck as a hobby vehicle? i'm just play the though of having one someday  something like this: http://www.truckertotrucker.com/listings/71453.cfm

[Tilar]

I've thought about doing one but I have so many irons in the fire now I'm not sure which one to work on next. A neaighbor down the road has an old cab over kenworth that I've thought about seeing if he'd be interested in paying me to haul it off.   

[TruckDriver]

Where do I start here. I been looking for a cheap old Dodge, Diamond Reo, Brockway, a pre 1980 Mack or Superliner, or pre- 1980 International. I plan on buying a Peterbilt for work when the time is right again. Maybe a Kenworth K100 too.

[Todd Wilson]

I got an old rig.......



The rig you are looking at is not old!  You should visit the ATHS web site and go from there if you think you want a hobby truck.
http://www.aths.org

Our chapter hosted the 2008 National in my home town last year............

Monday
http://www.chargerfever.com/aths08monday/index.html
Tuesday
http://www.chargerfever.com/aths08tuesday/index.html
Wednesday
http://www.chargerfever.com/aths08wednesday/index.html
Thursday
http://www.chargerfever.com/aths08thursday/index.html
Friday
http://www.chargerfever.com/aths08friday/index.html
Saturday
http://www.chargerfever.com/aths08saturday/index.html

[WingCharger]

I love old trucks.
My favorites are the '72 through '80 Dodge PowerWagons.

I also like the "independent" trucks. I.E. the Jeep J20 and International Harvester Scout Terra.

[chargerrt]

I've been thinking about making a "Favorite Trucks" thread because I haven't seen one on here, but it looks like you beat me to it.  My favorite classic American truck is a 1969 Ford Ranger, hands down!  A SWB one with a big block and a 3-speed on the column would do me just right.

[66monaco]

I like late 70's and early 80's kenworths, peterbilds and freightliners ! gotta have someday a kenworth w900! smokey & the bandit!!  but this is cool too, and fair price! : http://www.truckpaper.com/listings/detail.aspx?OHID=1941137&guid=B0FD13E6077C4B67B44CD19E84221B9C

[TruckDriver]

That is nice and at a good price.

[66monaco]

torque.......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl911P93qUk&feature=related       

[66monaco]

geez! now this is TORQUE!!!!    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxv2hOlFav4&feature=related   

[66monaco]

THE LEGEND ! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAUd0T__ioA

Jerry kick ass!

[TruckDriver]

I have seen those first two videos already. They're both from Canada. Those guys in the video are nuts. It's suprizing they don't tear the drive shaft right out, little alone the rear ends.

This guy is a member of "Hank's Truck Forum" that I'm also a member of. This is the actual Convoy movie truck & trailer, both fully restored. There are also picture posted in one of the truck threads here.

The Real Convoy Truck June 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQlCsZGYAKU

Convoy Truck 2008 Pop Up Video (This is the better of the two videos.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoMkln-xIHA&feature=related

Here is his website with a bunch of great movie info. He also has restored the actual truck from the movie "Duel".
http://www.stlouisdumptrucks.com/

[66monaco]

I have seen those first two videos already. They're both from Canada. Those guys in the video are nuts. It's suprizing they don't tear the drive shaft right out, little alone the rear ends.

This guy is a member of "Hank's Truck Forum" that I'm also a member of. This is the actual Convoy movie truck & trailer, both fully restored. There are also picture posted in one of the truck threads here.

The Real Convoy Truck June 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQlCsZGYAKU

Convoy Truck 2008 Pop Up Video (This is the better of the two videos.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoMkln-xIHA&feature=related

Here is his website with a bunch of great movie info. He also has restored the actual truck from the movie "Duel".
http://www.stlouisdumptrucks.com/



that is what I'm wondering too! I've read somewhere that there are around 1500hp in those things, and who knows how much torq! frame take lot of twisting!
man, those convoy vids are cool!!! is it really the one that has been used in the movie?? sooo coool!   I love that movie ! I've watched it million times when I was kid! hahahah

[TruckDriver]

It was reconstructed with as much parts as possable from the real movie truck which was rolled after it was turned into a cement mixer. And it was licensed by the state as the real deal. If you read his website on the restoration of the truck, he tells in detail all about it. And, I owned the dvd of the movie since it was re-released. It's my all time fav movie.

[66monaco]

yep! I read some of his page, man, that is great! I've always loved the duck ornament! I'll probably buy one in my, someday to come, truck!  I sure would like to buy w900a or something like that freightliner I send earlier! but there's one bad thing about buying a truck....I would have to sell my charger first to get the money needed 

[ACUDANUT]

Hmmm, I need to find my forum I started about a D-600 T/T

[TruckDriver]

I am having someone check out a W900 or W900a today in fact that has been sitting for sale for over a year now in a small town. It had faded paint, but overall, looked to be in good shape. I'm thinking it might be able to be had for under $15,000. if itis a '90s model like I think it is. I'll know more tonight or tomarrow. If I can get a loan, I want to buy a older truck, and go back to work for myself. Potato season here brings good money. I was told I could pay off a $20,000 truck in 5 months if I did that. Soooooooooo..........!

[66monaco]

that seems quite nice pay! here's another Finns kenworth! it has been in several mags etc. around the world! he has done most of modifications him self, flames, kenworth enbels, etc! now it has been sold..

http://www.siliconeexpress.blogspot.com/

[TruckDriver]

I like that cabover k100

[ACUDANUT]

 Check this out. http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,43960.msg585032.html#msg585032

[tan top]

geez! now this is TORQUE!!!!    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxv2hOlFav4&feature=related   

    torque    never seen anything like that before on that sort of truck 

[ACUDANUT]

I've been thinking about making a "Favorite Trucks" thread because I haven't seen one on here, but it looks like you beat me to it.  My favorite classic American truck is a 1969 Ford Ranger, hands down!  A SWB one with a big block and a 3-speed on the column would do me just right.

I don't know.  a rig to me is a Semi. A truck is a 1/2 up to a 1 ton. Maybe you still can start a new thread. 

[472 R/T SE]

I always liked the needle nose Petes'.  I had one as my first assigned truck when I worked in the patch.

When I got off the road I had close to $20k in savings and planned on buying the truck I was running, which I got new.  Until I fell in lust with a cocktail waitress at Jubitz truck stop, all down hill from there.

[Lowprofile]

I'd love to get a old Dodge or Chevy Wrecker........someday

[66monaco]

When I got off the road I had close to $20k in savings and planned on buying the truck I was running, which I got new.  Until I fell in lust with a cocktail waitress at Jubitz truck stop, all down hill from there.
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[TruckDriver]

Well, here is the Kenworth I mentioned earlier. A friend up where the truck is stopped by yesterday, and grabbed these pics and the phone number on the truck. He also said this,

'86 W900...425 CAT (not sure if it's an A or B model), 13 speed, 60% drives/60 steers (no name cheapy tires on front), 8 bag air ride. Forgot to look to see what rears are in it.

Overall the truck looks OK for it's age. needs a little paint/polish. Good price... $10,500 but I bet you could buy it cheaper than that. Last registered 2005...

He also said that I'd have to drain and flush the fuel tanks to remove the old fuel otherwise it will plug up the fuel system after sitting so long.

I tried to call this morning, and got a answering machine. So, I hope I get a call back on it soon. I'll keep you updated. My friend Rick said that if I lease on where he is, I'd have it paid off in the fall already if I get a $20,000 loan for it.

[66monaco]

  coool! that don't look bad at all!! hope you get that baby! just little "wax on, wax off" I just send email to that 1979 freightliner owner... I just asked more pics and little more information fever keep growing... 

[TruckDriver]

He called me back on his cell. Anyway, he bought it after the original owner died. At that point, it sat a while already. It was a cattle hauler. It does have a 15 speed, not a 13. And the engine was replaced with a newer one, and only has around 125,000 on it. The guy who bought it, bought it on a splurge, and doesn't really need it. That is why he is selling it. Supposabley, there is another guy interested in it, but he hasn't talked to him in a while. He said considering the trucks age, it rides nice and quiet going down the road. Not to many rattles either.

[66monaco]

go for it! 

[TruckDriver]

The hard part is going to be getting the financing. I don't know of to many places that will finance a 22 year old truck. That, and I my credit is not perfect. I'm still trying to fix what my ex left me with.

[66monaco]

damn those women!! can't live with them, and can't live without them! yes, I send mail about that freightliner, it was sold...well no wonder! the guy offered '84 model... but it is 310" wheelbase and I want short one....

[TruckDriver]

There's a few nice old Freightliner cabovers here. There are more too then just what is on this page I posted.

http://www.truckpaper.com/listings/forsale/list.asp?bcatid=27&man=FREIGHTLINER&mdlgrp=FLA86&guid=8056465E2CE1459DBD7115829F817C32

[66monaco]

those are cool, but i wanna long nose

[TruckDriver]

Have you ever looked around at the Truck Paper site? They usually have a few listed most of the time.

[Rigs]

Love this thread !!!!

[66monaco]

yes i have, it's great site! what I really would like to have, like I have said, is something around 1975-1980 kenworth w900a, with 26"-30" basic sleeper, cummins 855 and something under 300 wheelbase...just basic good looking older rig 

[TruckDriver]

You should join http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/forum01/ if you like the older trucks. There are posts of every year truck, but there are threads just for the classic rigs. I been a member there for almost 3 years now. I go by my name there though, Pete B.

Occasionally, someone will post up a truck for sale that they passed on the side of the road. There is a post with a '80s Frieghtliner with a big bunk on it for sale like what your looking for, but I can't find it now. I was posted a few months ago.

[TruckDriver]

Love this thread !!!!

You will like these too then.

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,3877.0.html

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,18392.0.html

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,40446.0.html

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,5785.0.html

[oldgold69]

 have you ever been to the iola wis  car show  ever year a guy brings a kenworth that looks like the one on the tv show moving on . he also has a kenworth vit like the one on bj and the bear. the actor who played bj was there last year signing autographs thetruckshavebeen coming there for at least five years

[TruckDriver]

I never been there. But I do know for a fact that the Movin' On KW & B.J. & The Bear KW are the real trucks that survived from the tv shows. The guy who owns them has a large truck collection on the west side of the state. He also had those down here in the Allenton car show last year, and at the Waupun truck show last year too. There is one other remaining truck from the tv show Movin' On (out of the 6 originals) that is still out there being used on a farm as a regular work truck. I have pictures of it hooked up to a bottom dump.

[66monaco]

kenworth of my dreams 

[TruckDriver]

WOW! I love the color on that one!


The older KW's are by far my favorites too.

[66monaco]

  man, if this fevers gonna rise, I'll have to put charger for sale 

[472 R/T SE]

When I left Kansas I moved out to the Bay area to drive for a custom cutter who had some trucks out there running LTL up and down California.  I drove a round headlight KW short hood, big sleeper that came from the factory with a KT600 motor originally.  It had a 400 Cummins when I run it.  I'd never run one of those KT motors but heard lots of stories.

One of his other trucks was a 359 Pete with a silver 92 & Allison.  That was his wife's rig.  IIRC, those long hood KW's usually had KT or V8 Cats in them.

[Lowprofile]

I'd love to have one of these "007 KW's  

[TruckDriver]

Well, I can't find no one to finance a 23 year old truck. 

Not a surprize in todays economy, plus the fact my credit isn't perfect. So, even though I'm not giving up on my own business, I am putting it on hold for now to buy another muscle car. In fact, I'm calling on one tomarrow already

[66monaco]

nice 007! 

[ACUDANUT]

 That KW007 looks like it's front bumper is going to bottom out sooner or later.  Especially on todays rough roads.

[66monaco]

just watched smokey & the bandit again  great movie and rig!  well the t/a ain't bad either 

[TruckDriver]

That movie and John Wayne's "McQ", are the reasons I love Trans Am's.

[Lowprofile]

nice 007! 

That KW007 looks like it's front bumper is going to bottom out sooner or later.  Especially on todays rough roads.

Believe it or not, it has a front air ride system on it! Lifts the front end up about 3 1/2 inches. BTW, that bad ass KW is from the land down under......I believe its right hand drive also!  

[TruckDriver]

I'd love to have one of these "007 KW's  

[ACUDANUT]

 Too bad it has a nickname of "Ken Worthless" 

[Scaregrabber]

KW's are good trucks. I ran a Longnose with a 3406 and 13 speed for awhile over the Coq between Kelowna and Vancouver. That truck had 2.5 million KM's (about 1.5 million miles) on it and it ran and drove like a new truck. I prefer a Peterbilt but I think the KW is a better truck. If you get out of a KW or Pete and into a Freightliner or Sterling, you feel like you're driving an old 70's rattletrap jap car.

Sheldon

[TruckDriver]

If you get out of a KW or Pete and into a Freightliner or Sterling, you feel like you're driving an old 70's rattletrap jap car.

Sheldon

That's why Freightliner adopted the nick name "Freightshaker" Although, the '93 - FLD120 I used to own rode better then the Ramcharger's I owned at that time.

And as far a Sterling's, That is why after this year they will be no more.

[68coronetGLwannabe]

I have always preferred the Petes. My favorite would be the old 359s. Love that oldschool corvette dash. But now I am spoiled by airide everything. Here is my home away from home. What do you get when you cross a Peterbilt,Kenworth and a frieghtliner?

[TruckDriver]

I have always preferred the Petes. My favorite would be the old 359s. Love that oldschool corvette dash. But now I am spoiled by airide everything. Here is my homeaway from home. What do you get when you cross a Peterbilt,Kenworth and a frieghtliner?

I like the 359's and the 379's. But like you, I prefer the old style dashes they used in the 359's. I have the old style in the Pete quad I drive. Is that your truck, and do you have more pics? Looks cool! As far as crossing the 3 makes, ummm, I'm afraid to ask

[472 R/T SE]

What do you get when you cross a Peterbilt,Kenworth and a frieghtliner?

a Peterbilt,Kenworth and a frieghtliner(Shaking)

[68coronetGLwannabe]

What do you get when you cross a Peterbilt,Kenworth and a frieghtliner?

a Peterbilt,Kenworth and a frieghtliner(Shaking)

We have a winner    A peter worth shaking!

[68coronetGLwannabe]

I have always preferred the Petes. My favorite would be the old 359s. Love that oldschool corvette dash. But now I am spoiled by airide everything. Here is my homeaway from home. What do you get when you cross a Peterbilt,Kenworth and a frieghtliner?

I like the 359's and the 379's. But like you, I prefer the old style dashes they used in the 359's. I have the old style in the Pete quad I drive. Is that your truck, and do you have more pics? Looks cool! As far as crossing the 3 makes, ummm, I'm afraid to ask

Yes its mine. Bought it in 04 and trickin it out every since.

[472 R/T SE]

Nice large car.    I like the round headlight (nostalgic) look. That isn't a side dump is it?

I always said if I were to buy some rigs to pull dump trailers they would have been paid off in the first year here about 10 years or so ago.

[68coronetGLwannabe]

Nice large car.    I like the round headlight (nostalgic) look. That isn't a side dump is it?

I always said if I were to buy some rigs to pull dump trailers they would have been paid off in the first year here about 10 years or so ago.

Thanks! Its a Ranco 38 foot frameless demo end dump.

[TruckDriver]

I've heard that joke a lot time ago. I didn't remember it though til it got answered

That's one nice looking Pete

Friday over lunch, I was offered to jump into another "Hanks Truck Pics" forum member's '96 Pete 379, to make some extra cash while I'm layed off, and while he recovers from a shoulder replacement surgery. I need to get past my surgury too this Wednesday, then I'm supposed to call him next weekend. He also gave me a business offer to think about for the summer. And I could flat out own my own Pete 379 by this fall. But, I have to play that one by ear though because both of my boys living with me durring that time. I wanna do it bad, but I right now, don't think I can work around my situation.

[66monaco]

this has been forsale for awhile..not bad..but sure would need little interior work atleast... 

http://www.truckpaper.com/listings/detail.aspx?OHID=1913280&guid=AE8D8318D6034E93B6A2018E9BF396EA

[68coronetGLwannabe]

Love the look of the flat top sleeper. Cool diamond shaped windows in the sleeper. I like to have an old flat top Pete but its a pain to register anything older than 1988 in Arizona due to strict engine emission laws.

[66monaco]

yep, I like those ones too! here's my kinda semi! hhmm wonder how much is it... allthough, I like petes dash more...

http://www.heavytruckstogo.com/details.php?MID=4951

[BIRD67]

My Drean Truck!

[charger490]

check out this web site cool

www.bigrigtravels.com

[TruckDriver]

check out this web site cool

www.bigrigtravels.com

That's neat!

[66monaco]

hey, does anybody know what engine was in snowmans KW W900A?? The  opening scene one..

[WingCharger]

What?!?
No Love For Heavy Dodge's?

[TruckDriver]

I love the old Dodges

[66monaco]

they are so ugly, that you just gotta love them!!  same goes for early 60's mopars, youknow lancers etc. , '61 dodges and plymouths are great!!  max wedges rocks!

[Rolling_Thunder]

My Drean Truck!

Gotta Love Maximum Overdrive....    I used to watch that movie every day after i got home from school.

[BIRD67]

My Drean Truck!

Gotta Love Maximum Overdrive....    I used to watch that movie every day after i got home from school.

Lol, I still do!

[66monaco]

another nice one 

http://www.truckpaper.com/listings/detail.aspx?OHID=1993932&guid=0668B757F55C4EAEB5C143112C127B1C

[TruckDriver]

I see you joined Hank's Truck Forum now too

I been there for about 3 years now.