Big Country sent this in from Tennessee. Tree growing in the truck
1950 Ertl Mobil Gas Die Cast.
One Luger…
Bedford, UK.
This is a Ford being marketed and sold in China
1939 GMC with a “Jimmy” Detroit Diesel Engine.
1960 Dodge F264
1976 Kaiser Deuce and a half, Bobbed
1935 Chinese Beer Delivery Truck.
1930 Diamond T
GMC “Cannonball.”
Detroit Diesel Engine Family.
GMC with 4-71 DD, Short Hood.
GMC with 6-71 DD, Long Hood.
Honda Ridgeline and Honda’s First Truck.
13 thoughts on “Old Truck Tuesday”
That Tiger Beer truck is in Singapore. It was/is the “national” beer of Singapore, with writings indicating the then current situation of Singapore being a British Colony in Malaysia. Chinese, being the predominant dialect/language of the settlers then and today, everything is written in Chinese in addition to whatever other language may be used.
Brewer96, my late cousin, Darry, served in Malaya during the Emergency, in the RAAF. Said if you left a base to work at a forward landing field, you had to drink Tiger to ensure a clean drink without parasites in it. Meeting landing supply aircraft ensured that you got a truly scarce cold drink.
cool set. the first video was pretty good also.
As an old retired trucker, I sometimes see trucks here like I once drove. Besides no power, the brakes sucked, too. Ahhh, the memories!
Tree growing *through* the truck, rather than in it.
You are being pedantic, go back to bed…
Re: Detroit Diesel Series 71 engines: About the only thing the 1-71 had in common with its mates was the cylinder displacement – 71 cubic inches – and 2 cycle operation.
The multi-cylinder engines had a lot of parts interchangeability, but the 1-71, due to its size, did not share many parts with the others.
Kind of a moot point, as there were not many made, compared to the production numbers of the multi-cylinder engines, and relatively few of the 1-71s made survive today.
You can get a chinese knock off of Honda’s first truck for about $2000. But it is only for off-road use only.
Years ago, I slithered into our local Stewart and Stevenson parts dept. Out front they had an IH pickup that a local shop teacher had stuck a 3-71 in. It was there to swap in a 4-71. They said it was way underpowered.
Watching them get that ’64 Jimmy running again was pretty cool!
Those suckers are indestructible, aren’t they?!
One of the “Ladies of the Night” on comedy LP. (1980’s).
Told of job she had with a meat distributor. Her work vehicle was a van with a larger fiberglass steer on the roof, with a wobbling head.
And a soundtrack that played: “you can’t beat my meat.”
My first truck as a genuine owner-operator was a ’71 cab over Freightliner with a 8V-71 (aka 318) Detroit with a Fuller 13 speed/overdrive. WAY, WAY, WAY underpowered but the Fuller made it fun to drive none the less.
Did your dispatcher slam your hand in the door 3 or 4 times each day so you would be angry at him and drive the truck hard?
That Tiger Beer truck is in Singapore. It was/is the “national” beer of Singapore, with writings indicating the then current situation of Singapore being a British Colony in Malaysia. Chinese, being the predominant dialect/language of the settlers then and today, everything is written in Chinese in addition to whatever other language may be used.
Brewer96, my late cousin, Darry, served in Malaya during the Emergency, in the RAAF. Said if you left a base to work at a forward landing field, you had to drink Tiger to ensure a clean drink without parasites in it. Meeting landing supply aircraft ensured that you got a truly scarce cold drink.
cool set. the first video was pretty good also.
As an old retired trucker, I sometimes see trucks here like I once drove. Besides no power, the brakes sucked, too. Ahhh, the memories!
Tree growing *through* the truck, rather than in it.
You are being pedantic, go back to bed…
Re: Detroit Diesel Series 71 engines: About the only thing the 1-71 had in common with its mates was the cylinder displacement – 71 cubic inches – and 2 cycle operation.
The multi-cylinder engines had a lot of parts interchangeability, but the 1-71, due to its size, did not share many parts with the others.
Kind of a moot point, as there were not many made, compared to the production numbers of the multi-cylinder engines, and relatively few of the 1-71s made survive today.
You can get a chinese knock off of Honda’s first truck for about $2000. But it is only for off-road use only.
Years ago, I slithered into our local Stewart and Stevenson parts dept. Out front they had an IH pickup that a local shop teacher had stuck a 3-71 in. It was there to swap in a 4-71. They said it was way underpowered.
Watching them get that ’64 Jimmy running again was pretty cool!
Those suckers are indestructible, aren’t they?!
One of the “Ladies of the Night” on comedy LP. (1980’s).
Told of job she had with a meat distributor. Her work vehicle was a van with a larger fiberglass steer on the roof, with a wobbling head.
And a soundtrack that played: “you can’t beat my meat.”
My first truck as a genuine owner-operator was a ’71 cab over Freightliner with a 8V-71 (aka 318) Detroit with a Fuller 13 speed/overdrive. WAY, WAY, WAY underpowered but the Fuller made it fun to drive none the less.
Did your dispatcher slam your hand in the door 3 or 4 times each day so you would be angry at him and drive the truck hard?