Elmo supplied, “When I was switching my Kenworth from tube type to ten hole Alcoa aluminum tubeless wheels in the mid-eighties it’s where I bought them. If I remember correctly they were $208 when you bought two. I bought two every paycheck ’til the entire truck had tubeless wheels and later had them polished as I could afford it.”
Elmo’s Log Truck, “This was taken in ’83, my first year running it, when it still had tube type wheels.I was very proud of the fact that I paid cash for the truck and never borrowed a dime while I ran it. That would be impossible to do today.”
12 thoughts on “Old Truck Tuesday”
1 would make for a hell of an RV conversion.
3 I think that is the Chancellor Hotel San Francisco back when it was a real city.
Unimog would make a great hunting vehicle.
Cool set Cederq
ps Elmo l want to see a picture of your truck.
Sorry posted before I saw it.
Unimogs actually do make good Campers- there are a number of Aftermarket firms that put Custom Bodies on them (not sure, but I’ll bet that you can get a Westphalia Camper from the M-B dealer)
The best one I’ve seen was a German Army ‘Mog with the Radio Van Body- owner was a Ham, so he had kept the fancy Air-Actuated, Telescopic Antenna Mast.
Is 11 an aircraft engine, like WWII type 1 each? Probably wouldn’t need supercharging in a mere semi truck.
Love that scaffold putting up Christmas decor. Long before the time of OSHA nazi’s. It was just “git-r-done”. I have not so fond memories of riding a collapsing scaffold to the ground. Even 20feet up is a long way when you are looking down.
Man I’ll take the cab over with the 69 Boss Ala Trans Am on the back please!..
Henry J. Kaiser was a man of vision. Wages were frozen during WWII, so benefits made up for hard work. Kaiser’s health care system was the best for his 9,000 emps at the Fontana Steel Mill, which was inland beyond known ship artillery range. Iron ore by Desert Center and coal mines in AZ & NM. Forklifts with 100-ton capacity! 30 miles of RR track on site.
Love the green H-Model cab over Mack with the old Dayton wheels. My Dad drove one when I was a wee lad. I loved to ride in it with him. Oh…it was equipped with a triplex transmission. And I thought I was cool with a five and four.
The late ’40s-early ’50s Kenworth with the hood open- that looks like a long hood, which I had no idea they made until the fiberglass tilt hood models of the ’70s.
I would love to know what that engine is in that rig. It was probably a high-horsepower job, which is why those guys are so proud of it.
It looks like that truck is so old it has semaphores for turn signals. Awesome.
My grandfather used to ( between wwi and wwii) go to parties attended by Mr. Fruehauf. At one event, Fruehoff was introduced to some socialite and when he introduced himself, she said “Oh, you make those rubber things that I see hanging on the back of trailers!” and he simply responded “Yes, ma’am, we do.”
1 would make for a hell of an RV conversion.
3 I think that is the Chancellor Hotel San Francisco back when it was a real city.
Unimog would make a great hunting vehicle.
Cool set Cederq
ps Elmo l want to see a picture of your truck.
Sorry posted before I saw it.
Unimogs actually do make good Campers- there are a number of Aftermarket firms that put Custom Bodies on them (not sure, but I’ll bet that you can get a Westphalia Camper from the M-B dealer)
The best one I’ve seen was a German Army ‘Mog with the Radio Van Body- owner was a Ham, so he had kept the fancy Air-Actuated, Telescopic Antenna Mast.
Is 11 an aircraft engine, like WWII type 1 each? Probably wouldn’t need supercharging in a mere semi truck.
Mystery SOLVED!
https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/vintage-trucks/vintage-truck-1951-kenworth-with-600-hp-2181-cubic-inch-hall-scott-v12-the-worlds-most-powerful-factory-highway-truck-of-the-time/
Love that scaffold putting up Christmas decor. Long before the time of OSHA nazi’s. It was just “git-r-done”. I have not so fond memories of riding a collapsing scaffold to the ground. Even 20feet up is a long way when you are looking down.
Man I’ll take the cab over with the 69 Boss Ala Trans Am on the back please!..
Henry J. Kaiser was a man of vision. Wages were frozen during WWII, so benefits made up for hard work. Kaiser’s health care system was the best for his 9,000 emps at the Fontana Steel Mill, which was inland beyond known ship artillery range. Iron ore by Desert Center and coal mines in AZ & NM. Forklifts with 100-ton capacity! 30 miles of RR track on site.
Love the green H-Model cab over Mack with the old Dayton wheels. My Dad drove one when I was a wee lad. I loved to ride in it with him. Oh…it was equipped with a triplex transmission. And I thought I was cool with a five and four.
The late ’40s-early ’50s Kenworth with the hood open- that looks like a long hood, which I had no idea they made until the fiberglass tilt hood models of the ’70s.
I would love to know what that engine is in that rig. It was probably a high-horsepower job, which is why those guys are so proud of it.
It looks like that truck is so old it has semaphores for turn signals. Awesome.
My grandfather used to ( between wwi and wwii) go to parties attended by Mr. Fruehauf. At one event, Fruehoff was introduced to some socialite and when he introduced himself, she said “Oh, you make those rubber things that I see hanging on the back of trailers!” and he simply responded “Yes, ma’am, we do.”