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I found this online. It is a 55 Mercury cabover Big Job that was pulled out of a ditch by the 53 Big Job. The 55 was new at the time and was pulling a trailer for the Princeton Brewing Co, Ltd.
I've seen Hank rabe's old truck pics before. Really neat to look at.
It says the truck went down 250' into the hole. It doesn't say if the driver survived but there is a pic of brother Chico standing next to the rig after it was pulled out of the hole, so I think he didn't make it. But the grille looks undamaged.
Abe the article said the owner, Rollo, was thrown from the truck while the truck continued down. It took four hours to get him out and he was in a body cast for three years. He retired in the early mid '90s.
Abe the article said the owner, Rollo, was thrown from the truck while the trucâk continued down. It took four hours to get him out and he was in a body cast for three years. He retired in the early mid '90s.
Oh, I see it now. I didn't see the link earlier. I was just looking at the pictures.
Here is another vintage picture of a working truck. It is a 53 or 54 cabover. It has a grille guard on so it is hard to see the grille but I think it is a 53. It might be a Mercury.
It is pulling a portable saw mill. What do you think?
Here are some more from the Hank Rabe Collection. A 56 Big Job tandem. Can anyone tell me why this Big Job doesn't have the hood scoop? I thought all 56 Big Jobs had the hood scoops. Did Canadian Big Jobs not have the scoop?
Don't forget the famous tow truck from Deliverance that was missing the driver's side door. "It ain't nothin but the biggest f____in river in the state."
Here are a series of Vintage pics from Canada from 1959. It shows a Mercury Big Job 800 and a Mack B-61 working in tandem hauling 80 foot logs to use as stringers for a bridge project. The Mack went forward while the Merc went backwards! They drove this way for 28 miles to the bridge site.
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Now this Big Job has the hood scoop where as the Big Job 56 Ford in the previous post did not.
Were the hood scoops and the air induction system optional for Big Jobs?
11-23-2016, 02:34 PM
